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A laboratory exploration of new worlds, stars, and revolutionary states of matter

CMAP is a National Science Foundation Physics Frontier Center born out of two major breakthroughs in science. First, is the ability to explore matter at quantum-relevant pressures in the laboratory- conditions not previously explored on Earth, but common in planets and stars throughout the universe.
Second is the discovery of thousands of extrasolar planets and many more stars, changing humanity’s perceived role in the universe.

Hosted at the University of Rochester and designated as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Physics Frontiers Center, the Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP) is a collaboration among faculty, scientists, researchers and students at MIT, Princeton, the Universities of California at Berkeley and Davis, the University at Buffalo, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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A pivotal time in the history of physics

About CMAP

By combining the talent and resources of leading institutions from across the country, CMAP researchers conduct laboratory-based exploration of planets and stars throughout the universe, including revolutionary states of matter right here on Earth.

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