title: Evidence for low-temperature melting of mercury owing to relativity.
abstract: An old problem solved: Monte Carlo simulations using the diatomic-in-molecule method derived from accurate ground- and excited-state relativistic calculations for Hg2 show that the melting temperature for bulk mercury is lowered by 105 K, which is due to relativistic effects.
authors.affiliation: ILM, Université de Lyon and CNRS UMR 5306, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France. florent.calvo@univ-lyon1.fr
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pahl
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wormit
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schwerdtfeger
keywords: Monte Carlo simulations; melting; mercury; relativistic effects