Abstract
Two possible techniques for reducing the external pressure required to induce the insulator-metal transition in solid hydrogen are described. One uses impurities to lower the energy of the metallic phase relative to that of the insulating phase. The other utilizes a negative pressure induced in the insulating phase by electron-hole pairs, created either with laser irradiation or pulsed synchrotron sources.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1305-1308 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 17 |
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| State | Published - 1983 |