Unconventional phase transitions on hd and O2cryocrystals

Y. Crespo; A. Laio; G.E. Santoro; M. Fabrizio; S. Scandolo; E. Tosatti

Authors

Y. Crespo International Center for Theoretical Physics, StradaCostiera 1, Trieste, Italy
A. Laio International Center for Theoretical Physics, StradaCostiera 1, Trieste, Italy
G.E. Santoro International Center for Theoretical Physics, StradaCostiera 1, Trieste, Italy
M. Fabrizio International Center for Theoretical Physics, StradaCostiera 1, Trieste, Italy
S. Scandolo International Center for Theoretical Physics, StradaCostiera 1, Trieste, Italy
E. Tosatti International Center for Theoretical Physics, StradaCostiera 1, Trieste, Italy

Keywords:

phase diagram, pressure, sample, crystalline phase

Abstract

Both HD and O₂ are molecular solids with an exceedingly well explored phase diagram under pressure. In this talk we focus in two unusual phase transition taking place at high pressures. First we study the unusual reentrant phase transition that the phase diagram of HD exhibits near 50 Gpa where a rotationally ordered (“broken symmetry”) crystalline phase (BSP) surprisingly transforms into a rotationally “disordered” high-symmetry phase upon cooling.