Purpose and Goals
The generation and diagnostics of extreme states of matter prevailing in the interior of planets, brown dwarfs and stars is a key scientific challenge in a number of scientific fields.
These include:
- Generation of such conditions at FLASH and free electron laser facilities (e.g., European XFEL).
- Generation of higher pressures in static experiments both in the laboratory and at synchrotron facilities (PETRA III).
- Development of new diagnostic tools.
- Predictions of high pressure and temperature properties of materials from ab-initio methods.
To bring together researchers from these different fields in the physical sciences, a workshop series has been established by DESY, XFEL GmbH, DLR Berlin, the University of Rostock and Bayerisches Geoinstitut to discuss related topics and problems. The aim of the upcoming workshop is to continue the discussion of scientific questions with relevance for extreme planetary environments at high pressures and high temperatures. Such conditions are prevalent in the deep interiors or in the atmospheric envelopes of planets and satellites of our solar system as well as of other star systems.
The following topics will be part of the workshop:
- Dynamic and ultrafast processes in strongly excited matter
- Compression experiments using high-power optical and free electron lasers
- Laboratory experiments using multi-anvil and diamond-anvil cells
- Ab-initio simulation studies for matter under extreme conditions
- Equations of state, petrology, and chemistry of planetary materials
- Melting and phase relations of materials at extreme conditions
- Evolution and structure of giant planet interiors
- Structure, composition, and internal dynamics of solid planets
- Physics and chemistry of impact processes
The workshop will include a mix of solicited, contributed and poster presentations. This meeting is also intended to inspire new projects and offer a discussion space to foster collaboration between workshop participants from the various research fields.
The program can be found in the pdf below.
Invited Speakers (confirmed)
- Dario Alfè, University College London, UK
- Karen Appel, European XFEL, Germany
- Roi Baer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Razvan Caracas, IPGP Paris, France
- Thomas Duffy, Princeton University, USA
- Saburo Howard, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, France
- Stewart McWilliams, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Attilio Rivoldini, Royal Observatory of Belgium
- Sandro Scandolo, ICTP Trieste, Italy
- Johannes Wicht, Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany
Time and Location
The workshop will start on September 25th (9am) and end on September 27th (12:30pm) 2023. It will be held at the Institut für Physik (HS1), Universität Rostock, A.-Einstein-Str. 23-24, 18059 Rostock, Germany. There is no registration fee.
In case of questions please contact local organizers (Peggy Preuss & Ronald Redmer) or the program chair (Gerd Steinle-Neumann).
