JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017

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[EE] Poster

S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-IT Science of the Earth's Interior & Tectonophysics

[S-IT22] [EE] Interaction and Coevolution of the Core and Mantle in the Earth and Planets

Sun. May 21, 2017 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall HALL7)

convener:Taku Tsuchiya(Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University), Hidenori Terasaki(Graduate School of Science, Osaka University), Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar(Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University), Tetsuo Irifune(Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University), John Hernlund(Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Eiji Ohtani(Department of Earth and Planetary Materials Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)

[SIT22-P24] Ab initio lattice thermal conductivity of MgO using a full solution to the linearized Boltzmann transport equation

*Haruhiko Dekura1, Taku Tsuchiya1 (1.Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University)

Keywords:Lower mantle minerals, Lattice thermal conductivity, Computer simulation, Phonon-phonon interaction, Density-functional theory

Lattice thermal conductivity, κlat, of MgO at high pressures and temperatures, up to 150 GPa and 4000 K, are determined using lattice dynamics calculations and the linearized phonon Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) beyond the relaxation time approximation (RTA) from first principles. It is found that the complete solution of the linearized BTE substantially corrects values of κlat calculated with the RTA by ~30%, from ~39 W m−1 K−1 to ~50 W m−1 K−1 under ambient conditions. The calculated values of κlat are in good agreement with those from the existing experiments. At conditions representative of the Earth’s core-mantle boundary (P = 136 GPa and T = 3800 K), κlat is predicted to be ~31 W m−1 K−1 and ~39 W m−1 K−1 by RTA and the full solution of BTE, respectively. We report a detailed comparison of our study with earlier theoretical studies.