Abstract
The defect energy and configuration of oxygen-atom interstitials in crystalline magnesium oxide have been studied within a band model, using the Hartree-Fock linear combination of atomic orbitals method. Special attention has been paid to the size of the supercell that is necessary to obtain reliable results. Volume-centered, face-centered, and edge-centered interstitials have been studied. In all three cases the most stable defect configuration is the ${\mathrm{O}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$-${\mathrm{O}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$ ``dumbbell'' formed by the symmetrical displacement of one of the nearest-neighbor lattice anions, with a redistribution of charge such that each O atom in the dumbbell carries a charge of close to -1e. The separation of the two O atoms in the dumbbell depends on its orientation and is between 1.32 and 1.38 \AA{}. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
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