- Review
Kohn Anomaly and Phase Stability in Group VB Transition Metals
- Alexander Landa,
- Per Söderlind,
- Ivan I. Naumov,
- John E. Klepeis and
- Levente Vitos
In the periodic table, only a few pure metals exhibit lattice or magnetic instabilities associated with Fermi surface nesting, the classical examples being α-U and Cr. Whereas α-U displays a strong Kohn anomaly in the phonon spectrum that ultimately...

