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Shockwaves driven by intense laser pulses allow the phase diagram of diamond to be extended up to pressures of 40 megabars and temperatures of 50,000 K. The results could help us better understand the material properties of the core of giant planets within and beyond our Solar System.
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- Isaac Silvera is in the Department of Physics, 17 Oxford Street, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. silvera@physics.harvard.edu,
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Silvera, I. Molten under pressure.Nature Phys 6, 9–10 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1491
- Issue date: January 2010
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1491