Correlation and relativistic effects in U metal and U-Zr alloy: Validation of ab initio approaches

Wei Xie ( ),1,* Wei Xiong,2 Chris A. Marianetti,3 and Dane Morgan1,2,4,† 1Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA 3Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA 4Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA (Received 21 June 2013; published 26 December 2013)