Hydrostatic pressure and uniaxial stress derivatives of the Fermi surface of rhenium

Derivatives with respect to hydrostatic pressure of extremal cross-sectional areas normal to [Formula: see text] of all closed sheets of the Fermi surface of rhenium have been determined by both fluid–helium and solid–helium phase shift techniques. Precise values of de Haas–van Alphen frequencies and effective masses have also been measured for these cross sections. In addition, uniaxial stress derivatives of the zone seven cross sections have been deduced from quantum oseillations in magnetostriction and torque. Previously observed anomalies in the pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature are interpreted in terms of the present results.