Phonon thermal transport in UO$_2$ via self-consistent perturbation theory

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Autores principales: Zhou, Shuxiang, Xiao, Enda, Ma, Hao, Gofryk, Krzysztof, Jiang, Chao, Manley, Michael E., Hurley, David H., Marianetti, Chris A.
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author Zhou, Shuxiang
Xiao, Enda
Ma, Hao
Gofryk, Krzysztof
Jiang, Chao
Manley, Michael E.
Hurley, David H.
Marianetti, Chris A.
author_facet Zhou, Shuxiang
Xiao, Enda
Ma, Hao
Gofryk, Krzysztof
Jiang, Chao
Manley, Michael E.
Hurley, David H.
Marianetti, Chris A.
contents Computing thermal transport from first-principles in UO$_2$ is complicated due to the challenges associated with Mott physics. Here we use irreducible derivative approaches to compute the cubic and quartic phonon interactions in UO$_2$ from first-principles, and we perform enhanced thermal transport computations by evaluating the phonon Green's function via self-consistent diagrammatic perturbation theory. Our predicted phonon lifetimes at $T=600$ K agree well with our inelastic neutron scattering measurements across the entire Brillouin zone, and our thermal conductivity predictions agree well with previous measurements. Both the changes due to thermal expansion and self-consistent contributions are nontrivial at high temperatures, though the effects tend to cancel, and interband transitions yield a substantial contribution.
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spellingShingle Phonon thermal transport in UO$_2$ via self-consistent perturbation theory
Zhou, Shuxiang
Xiao, Enda
Ma, Hao
Gofryk, Krzysztof
Jiang, Chao
Manley, Michael E.
Hurley, David H.
Marianetti, Chris A.
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Computing thermal transport from first-principles in UO$_2$ is complicated due to the challenges associated with Mott physics. Here we use irreducible derivative approaches to compute the cubic and quartic phonon interactions in UO$_2$ from first-principles, and we perform enhanced thermal transport computations by evaluating the phonon Green's function via self-consistent diagrammatic perturbation theory. Our predicted phonon lifetimes at $T=600$ K agree well with our inelastic neutron scattering measurements across the entire Brillouin zone, and our thermal conductivity predictions agree well with previous measurements. Both the changes due to thermal expansion and self-consistent contributions are nontrivial at high temperatures, though the effects tend to cancel, and interband transitions yield a substantial contribution.
title Phonon thermal transport in UO$_2$ via self-consistent perturbation theory
topic Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.09282