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Condensed matter physics of planets - Puzzles, progress and predictionsAttention is given to some of the major unresolved issues concerned with the physics of planetary interiors. The important advances in observations, and experimental and theoretical investigations are briefly reviewed, and some areas for further study are identified, including: the characteristics of atomic and electronic degrees of freedom at the high pressures and temperatures typical of a condensed planetary core; the behavior of water at megabar pressures; and the nature of the core-alloy in the earth and in the core mantle phase boundary. Consideration is also given to the behavior of carbon at high pressures and temperatures in the presence of oxygen and hydrogen; the behavior of the volatile ice assemblage in Titan at pressures of 2-40 kbar; and the electrical conductivities of matter under planetary core conditions.
Document ID
19850042372
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Stevenson, D. J.
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1984
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: High pressure in science and technology
Location: Albany, NY
Start Date: July 25, 1983
End Date: July 28, 1983
Accession Number
85A24523
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-185
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF EAR-82-06383
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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