Peer Reviewed Publications

1. M. d'Astuto, M. Calandra, N. Bendiab, G. Loupias, F. Mauri, S. Zhou, J. Graf, A. Lanzara, N. Emery, C. Hérold, P. Lagrange, D. Petitgrand, M. Hoesch: ``Phonon dispersion and low-energy anomaly in CaC₆ from inelastic neutron and x-ray scattering experiments'', Phys. Rev. B 81 (2010) 104519.

2. J. Graf, M. d'Astuto, C. Jozwiak, D. R. Garcia, N. L. Saini, M. Krisch, K. Ikeuchi, A. Q. R. Baron, H. Eisaki, A. Lanzara: ``Bond Stretching Phonon Softening and Kinks in the Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectra of Optimally Doped Bi₂Sr_1.6La_0.4Cu₂O_6+d Superconductors'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 227002.

3. R. Verbeni, M. d'Astuto, M. Krisch, M. Lorenzen, A. Mermet, G. Monaco, H. Requardt, F. Sette: ``Energy calibration of a high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering spectrometer'', Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79 (2008) 083902.

4. M. d'Astuto, G. Dhalenne, J. Graf, M. Hoesch, P. Giura, M. Krisch, P. Berthet, A. Lanzara, A. Shukla: ``Sharp optical-phonon softening near optimal doping in La_2-xBa_xCuO_4+d observed via inelastic x-ray scattering'', Physical Review B 78 (2008) 140511(R).

5. A. Gauzzi, N. Bendiab, M. d'Astuto, B. Canny, M. Calandra, F. Mauri, G. Loupias, N. Emery, C. Hérold, P. Lagrange, M. Hanfland, M. Mezouar: ``Maximum Tc at the verge of a simultaneous order-disorder and lattice-softening transition in superconducting CaC₆'', Physical Review B (2008) 064506.

6. J. Graf, M. d'Astuto, P. Giura, A. Shukla, N. L. Saini, A. Bossak, M. Krisch, S.-W. Cheong, T. Sasagawa, A. Lanzara: ``In-plane copper-oxygen bond-stretching mode anomaly in underdoped La_2-xSr_xCuO^4+d measured with high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering'', Physical Review B 76 (2007) 172507.

7. M. d'Astuto, M. Calandra, S. Reich, A. Shukla, M. Lazzeri, F. Mauri, J. Karpinski, N. D. Zhigadlo, A. Bossak, M. Krisch: ``Weak anharmonic effects in MgB₂: A comparative inelastic x-ray scattering and Raman study'', Physical Review B 75 (2007) 174508.

8. J. Badro, G. Fiquet, F. Guyot, E. Gregoryanz, F. Occelli, D. Antonangeli, M. d'Astuto: ``Effect of light elements on the sound velocities in solid iron: Implications for the composition of Earth's core'', Earth and Planetary Science Letters 254 (2007) 233.

9. A. Gauzzi, M. d'Astuto, F. Licci, A. Bossak, M. Krisch: ``Long-wavelength dispersion of transverse acoustic phonons in untwinned YBa₂Cu₃O₇ single crystals'', Physical Review B 75 (2007) 144511.

10. J.P. Rueff, M. Calandra, M. d'Astuto, Ph. Leininger, A. Shukla, A. Bosak, M. Krisch, H. Ishii, Y. Cai, P. Badica, T. Sasaki, K. Yamada, K. Togano: ``Phonon softening in NaxCoO₂ · yH(2)O: Implications for the Fermi surface topology and the superconducting state'', Physical Review B 74 (2006) 020504(R).

11. J. Nogues, E. Apinaniz, J. Sort, M. Amboage, M. d'Astuto, O. Mathon, R. Puzniak, I. Fita, J.S. Garitaonandia, S. Surinach, J.S. Munoz, M.D. Baro, F. Plazaola, F. Baudelet: ``Volume expansion contribution to the magnetism of atomically disordered intermetallic alloys'', Physical Review B 74 (2006) 024407.

12. N. Emery, C. Herold, M. d'Astuto, V. Garcia, C. Bellin, J.F. Mareche, P. Lagrange, G.Loupias: ``Superconductivity of bulk CaC₆'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 087003.

13. F. Baudelet, S. Pascarelli, O. Mathon, J.P. Itié, A. Polian, M. d'Astuto, J.C. Chervin: ``X-ray absorption spectroscopy and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism simultaneous measurements under high pressure: the iron bcc-hcp transition case'', J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 (2005) S957.

14. O. Mathon, F. Baudelet, J.P. Itié, A. Polian, M. d'Astuto, J.C. Chervin, S. Pascarelli: ``Dynamics of the magnetic and structural alpha-epsilon phase transition in iron'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 255503.

15. M. d'Astuto, Alessandro Mirone, Paola Giura, Dorothée Colson, Anne Forget and Michael Krisch: ``Phonon dispersion in the one-layer cuprate HgBa₂CuO_4+d'', J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 (2003) 8827 .

16. A. Shukla, M. Calandra, M. d'Astuto, M. Lazzeri, F. Mauri, C. Bellin, M. Krisch, J. Karpinski, S. M. Kazakov, J. Jun, D. Daghero, K. Parlinski: ``Phonon Dispersion and Lifetimes in MgB₂'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, (2003) 095506.

17. S. Raymond, J.P. Rueff, M. d'Astuto, D. Braithwaite, M. Krisch, J. Flouquet: ``Phonon anomalies at the valence transition of SmS: An inelastic X-ray scattering study under pressure'', Physical Review B 66 (2002) 220301(R).

18. M. Krisch, P. Loubeyre, G. Ruocco, F. Sette, A. Cunsolo, M. d'Astuto, R. LeToullec, M. Lorenzen, A. Mermet, G. Monaco, R. Verbeni: ``Pressure evolution of the high-frequency sound velocity in liquid water'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 125502.

19. M. d'Astuto, P.K. Mang, P. Giura, A. Shukla, P. Ghigna, A. Mirone, M. Braden, M. Greven, M. Krisch, F. Sette: ``Anomalous dispersion of longitudinal optical phonons in Nd_1.86Ce_0.14CuO_4+d determined by inelastic X ray scattering'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 167002.

20. T.Ruf, J. Serrano, M. Cardona, P. Pavone, M. Pabst, M. Krisch, M. d'Astuto, T Suski, I. Grzegory, M. Leszczynski: ``Phonon dispersion curves in wurtzite-structure GaN determinedby inelastic X-ray scattering'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 906.

21. T. Scopigno, M. d'Astuto, M. Krisch, F. Sette, G. Ruocco: ``Observation of Umklapp processes in non crystalline materials'', Physical Review B 64 (2001) 12301.

22. N. M. Pyka, M. d'Astuto, A. Metz, A. S. Ivanov, M. Loewenhaupt, H. Casalta, D. Petitgrand, P. Bourges: ``High-resolution study of the supposed fourfold Nd spin-wave degeneracy of Nd₂CuO₄'', Phys. Rev. B 61 (2000) 14311.

23. H. Casalta, P. Bourges, M. d'Astuto, D. Petitgrand, A. Ivanov: ``Magnetic behaviour of Nd in Nd₂CuO₄ above 1.5 K'', Phys. Rev. B 57 (1998) 471.

24. E. Bonetti, E.G. Campari, M. d'Astuto, M. Marangolo: ``Isothermal phase transition and elastic energy dissipation in YBa₂Cu₃O_6+y'', Phys. Rev. B 51 (1995) 1249.