title: Achieving high-density states through shock-wave loading of precompressed samples.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. jeanloz@uclink.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Raymond
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authors.lastname: Jeanloz
authors.forename: Peter M
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authors.lastname: Celliers
authors.forename: Gilbert W
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authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Jon H
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authors.lastname: Eggert
authors.forename: Kanani K M
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authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R Stewart
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authors.lastname: McWilliams
authors.forename: Stéphanie
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authors.lastname: Brygoo
authors.forename: Paul
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authors.lastname: Loubeyre