Publications – Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures

Identification of Distortions To The Ni Atomic Potential at 100 GPa With Temperature Measurements

October 27, 2026

D. A. Chin, G. Hess, E. A. Smith, M. E. Signor, D. T. Bishel, G. Bunker, S. Boccato, R.Torchio, S. Bonev, Y. Ping, H. Sio, S. Anzellini, T. Irifune, N.…

Structure of Niobium to 365 GPa Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction and Shock Compression

October 27, 2026

C.M.Lonsdale, J.D.McHardy, C.V.Storm, M.I.McMahon, R.S.McWilliams, N.Jaisle, M. Jones, C.R.Roy, R.F.Smith, A.Descamps, A.Higginbotham, T.M.Hutchinson, S.Pandolfi, A.Sollier, A. Amouretti, M.Andrzejewski, K.Appel, T.Aughey, P.Avery, E.Barraud, A.B.Belonoshko, E.Brambrink, N.Bruzy, K.Buakor, S. D. Di Dio…

Colloquium: Laboratory Exploration of Planetary Interiors

October 27, 2026

G. W. Collins, S. Seager, J. Eggert, X. Gong, M. Huff, J. R. Rygg, T.-A. Suer, and R. Jeanloz In Reviews of Modern Physics (2026). https://doi.org/10.1103/nft2-txrm

Temperature and Conductivity In Shock Compressed Bridgmanite MgSiO3 Up To 2TPa

October 27, 2026

M. F. Huff , M. C. Marshall, F. Gonzalez-Cataldo, T. Irifune, T. Shinmei , T. Sato , L. E. Hansen, N. Ozaki , K. Katagiri, T. Okuchi, K. Ohara, T.…

Electrical Conductivities of (Mg,Fe)O at Extreme Pressures and Implications for Planetary Magma Oceans

October 27, 2026

M. Nakajima, S. K. Harter, A.V. Jasko, D. N. Polsin, I. Szumila, K. A. Cone, V. Lherm, E. G. Blackman, F. Dragulet, L. Stixrude, D. Trail, M. F. Huff, J.…

From Methane to Nanodiamond Precursors in Water: Superacid-like Condensation Pathways Under Extreme Conditions

December 4, 2025

T. Thévenet, A. Dian, M. Cioni, D. A. Markovits, D. S. Scandolo, A. France-Lanord, F. Siro Brigiano Angewandte Chemie (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202520364

Theory of x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy for multiscale flows

October 10, 2025

Hao Yin, Charles Heaton, Eric G. Blackman, Arianna E. Gleason, Joshua J. Turner, Gilbert W. Collins, Gianluca Gregori, Jessica K. Shang, Hussein Aluie, Theory of x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy for…

Femtosecond temperature measurements of laser-shocked copper deduced from the intensity of the x-ray thermal diffuse scattering

October 10, 2025

J. S. Wark, D. J. Peake, T. Stevens, P. G. Heighway, Y. Ping, P. Sterne, B. Albertazzi, S. J. Ali, L. Antonelli, M. R. Armstrong, C. Baehtz, O. B. Ball,…

High-Pressure Electrides: A Quantum Chemical Perspective

October 10, 2025

S. Racioppi and E. Zurek, High-Pressure Electrides: A Quantum Chemical Perspective. In Annual Review of Materials Research (2025). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-080423-124050

Looking at high-pressure electrides through the lens of quantum crystallography: the case of simple cubic calcium

October 10, 2025

S. Racioppi and E. Zurek, Looking at high-pressure electrides through the lens of quantum crystallography: the case of simple cubic calcium, (2025). In Acta Crystallographica Section B, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520625001647

Lithium’s low-temperature phase transitions: Insights into quantum lattice dynamics and superconductivity

October 10, 2025

Stefano Racioppi, Iren Saffarian-Deemyad, William Holle, Francesco Belli, Jesse S. Smith, Curtis Kenney-Benson, Richard Ferry, Eva Zurek, and Shanti Deemyad, Lithium’s low-temperature phase transitions: Insights into quantum lattice dynamics and…

Interior and Gravity Field Models for Uranus Suggest a Mixed-composition Interior: Implications for the Uranus Orbiter and Probe

October 10, 2025

Zifan Lin, Sara Seager and Benjamin P. Weiss, Interior and Gravity Field Models for Uranus Suggest a Mixed-composition Interior: Implications for the Uranus Orbiter and Probe, (2025). In The Planetary Science Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ada124