From microjoules to megajoules and kilobars to gigabars: Probing matter at extreme states of deformation

Grain-Size-Independent Plastic Flow at Ultrahigh Pressures and Strain Rates

(2015) H.-S. Park et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Shock compression of stishovite and melting of silica at planetary interior conditions

(2015) M. Millot et al.   SCIENCE

Sound velocity and density measurements of liquid iron up to 800 GPa: A universal relation between Birch's law coefficients for solid and liquid metals

(2014) Tatsuhiro Sakaiya et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The α→ϵ phase transition in iron at strain rates up to ∼109 s−1

(2014) Jonathan C. Crowhurst et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Flow strength of tantalum under ramp compression to 250 GPa

(2014) J. L. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Ramp compression of diamond to five terapascals

(2014) R. F. Smith et al.   NATURE

Molecular dynamics simulations of shock-compressed single-crystal silicon

(2014) Gabriele Mogni et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

The high-foot implosion campaign on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) O. A. Hurricane et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Qualification of a high-efficiency, gated spectrometer for x-ray Thomson scattering on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) T. Döppner et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Time-dependence of the alpha to epsilon phase transformation in iron

(2013) R. F. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Ramp compression of iron to 273 GPa

(2013) Jue Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Experimental evidence for a phase transition in magnesium oxide at exoplanet pressures

(2013) F. Coppari et al.   Nature Geoscience

Probing the Complex Ion Structure in Liquid Carbon at 100 GPa

(2013) D. Kraus et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Onset of Hydrodynamic Mix in High-Velocity, Highly Compressed Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions

(2013) T. Ma et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Strength of Shock-Loaded Single-Crystal Tantalum [100] Determined usingIn SituBroadband X-Ray Laue Diffraction

(2013) A. J. Comley et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Solid Iron Compressed Up to 560 GPa

(2013) Y. Ping et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Progress towards ignition on the National Ignition Facility

(2013) M. J. Edwards et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Femtosecond Visualization of Lattice Dynamics in Shock-Compressed Matter

(2013) D. Milathianaki et al.   SCIENCE

Probing matter at Gbar pressures at the NIF

(2013) A.L. Kritcher et al.   High Energy Density Physics

Laser compression of monocrystalline tantalum

(2012) C.H. Lu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

COLLISIONS BETWEEN GRAVITY-DOMINATED BODIES. II. THE DIVERSITY OF IMPACT OUTCOMES DURING THE END STAGE OF PLANET FORMATION

(2012) Sarah T. Stewart et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Shock vaporization of silica and the thermodynamics of planetary impact events

(2012) R. G. Kraus et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Strain rate and orientation dependencies of the strength of single crystalline copper under compression

(2012) Virginie Dupont et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Sound velocity measurements by x-ray shadowgraph technique for melting phenomena at ultrahigh-pressure regime

(2012) K. Shigemori et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Phase Transformations and Metallization of Magnesium Oxide at High Pressure and Temperature

(2012) R. S. McWilliams et al.   SCIENCE

Forming a Moon with an Earth-like Composition via a Giant Impact

(2012) R. M. Canup   SCIENCE

Implementation of micro-ball nanodiamond anvils for high-pressure studies above 6 Mbar

(2012) Leonid Dubrovinsky et al.   Nature Communications

Defining and cataloging exoplanets: the exoplanet.eu database

(2011) J. Schneider et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

COLLISIONS BETWEEN GRAVITY-DOMINATED BODIES. I. OUTCOME REGIMES AND SCALING LAWS

(2011) Zoë M. Leinhardt et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MASS-RADIUS RELATIONSHIPS FOR EXOPLANETS

(2011) D. C. Swift et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A multiscale strength model for extreme loading conditions

(2011) N. R. Barton et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Metal deformation and phase transitions at extremely high strain rates

(2011) R. E. Rudd et al.   MRS BULLETIN

In situx-ray diffraction measurements of thec/aratio in the high-pressureεphase of shock-compressed polycrystalline iron

(2011) James A. Hawreliak et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

In-Flight Measurements of Capsule Shell Adiabats in Laser-Driven Implosions

(2011) A. L. Kritcher et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Point design targets, specifications, and requirements for the 2010 ignition campaign on the National Ignition Facility

(2011) S. W. Haan et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The experimental plan for cryogenic layered target implosions on the National Ignition Facility—The inertial confinement approach to fusion

(2011) M. J. Edwards et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Experiments at High Pressure and Strain Rate

(2010) Hye-Sook Park et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Strong stabilization of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability by material strength at megabar pressures

(2010) Hye-Sook Park et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The role of high-pressure experiments on determining super-Earth properties

(2009) Diana Valencia et al.   ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE

Yield strength of tantalum for shockless compression to 18 GPa

(2009) J. R. Asay et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Melting temperature of diamond at ultrahigh pressure

(2009) J. H. Eggert et al.   Nature Physics

Frontiers of the physics of dense plasmas and planetary interiors: Experiments, theory, and applications

(2009) J. J. Fortney et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Predicting EXAFS signals from shock compressed iron by use of molecular dynamics simulations

(2009) Andrew Higginbotham et al.   High Energy Density Physics

High-pressure nanocrystalline structure of a shock-compressed single crystal of iron

(2008) James A. Hawreliak et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B