Compressed hydrides as metallic hydrogen superconductors

@article{Quan2019CompressedHA,
  title={Compressed hydrides as metallic hydrogen superconductors},
  author={Yundi Quan and Soham Ghosh and Warren E. Pickett},
  journal={Physical Review B},
  year={2019}
}
The 2014-2015 prediction, discovery, and confirmation of record high temperature superconductivity above 200K in H$_3$S, followed by the 2018 extension to superconductivity in the 250-280K range in lanthanum hydride, marks a new era in the longstanding quest for room temperature superconductivity: quest achieved, at the cost of supplying 1.5-2 megabars of pressure. Predictions of numerous high temperature superconducting metal hydrides $XH_n$ ($X$=metal) have appeared, but are providing limited… 
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