Molecular to atomic transformation in solid iodine under high pressure
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Structural transformations in solid iodine under high pressure are analyzed from the point of view of symmetries of possible charge density distortions coupled to phonons. The transition from the high pressure atomic phase to the low pressure molecular phase is interpreted in terms of phonon softening and formation of molecular bonds and is seen as a condensation of a charge density distortion wave coupled to a phonon mode.