Achieving high-density states through shock-wave loading of precompressed samples.
Materials can be experimentally characterized to terapascal pressures by sending a laser-induced shock wave through a sample that is precompressed inside a diamond-anvil cell. This combination of static and dynamic compression methods has been experimentally demonstrated and ultimately provides access to the 10- to 100-TPa (0.1-1 Gbar) pressure range that is relevant to planetary science, testing first-principles theories of condensed matter, and experimentally studying a new regime of chemical bonding.
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Raymond
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Departments of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. jeanloz@uclink.berkeley.edu
Celliers
Peter M
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Collins
Gilbert W
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Eggert
Jon H
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Kanani K M
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McWilliams
R Stewart
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Brygoo
Stéphanie
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Loubeyre
Paul
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