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Isotope Quantum Effects in the Metallization Transition in Liquid Hydrogen

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
卷 126, 期 22, 页码 -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.225701

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  1. ERC grant HECATE
  2. EPSRC [EP/P022561/1, EP/P020267/1, EP/L015110/1]
  3. University of Edinburgh
  4. EPSRC [EP/P020267/1, EP/P022561/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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Research reveals quantum effects in high-pressure liquid hydrogen, with a significant isotope effect on metallization transition. Corrections are needed for experimental results on deuterium to understand hydrogen under planetary conditions.
Quantum effects in condensed matter normally only occur at low temperatures. Here we show a large quantum effect in high-pressure liquid hydrogen at thousands of Kelvins. We show that the metallization transition in hydrogen is subject to a very large isotope effect, occurring hundreds of degrees lower than the equivalent transition in deuterium. We examined this using path integral molecular dynamics simulations which identify a liquid-liquid transition involving atomization, metallization, and changes in viscosity, specific heat, and compressibility. The difference between H-2 and D-2 is a quantum mechanical effect that can be associated with the larger zero-point energy in H-2 weakening the covalent bond. Our results mean that experimental results on deuterium must be corrected before they are relevant to understanding hydrogen at planetary conditions.

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