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Session Proposal: Advanced Experimental Analytical Approaches in Exploring Planetary Interiors (AGU25)

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Advanced Experimental Analytical Approaches in Exploring Planetary Interiors

Session ID#: 250231

Session Description:
Recent advancements in experimental techniques now enable in situ investigations of mineral properties under extreme pressure and temperature conditions, providing unprecedented access to the complex environments of planetary deep interiors. Historically, groundbreaking scientific discoveries have long been driven by experimental innovations, particularly those involving advanced detector technologies that have achieved remarkable enhancements in spatial and temporal resolution over the past few years. Especially state-of-the-art large-area hybrid pixel photon-counting detectors offer exceptional signal-to-noise ratios, rapid data acquisition, and operational efficiency tailored to synchrotron-based applications. These advancements promise transformative improvements across diverse researches on diffraction, scattering, spectroscopy, and imaging. This session invites contributions that showcase cutting-edge developments in both static and dynamic compression experimental methodologies, and novel analytical approaches for probing the physical and chemical properties of materials. By bridging experimental breakthroughs with planetary science, this session aims to deepen our understanding of the evolution, structure, and dynamic processes governing planetary systems.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • DI - Study of the Earth's Deep Interior
Index Terms:

3919 Equations of state [MINERAL PHYSICS]
3924 High-pressure behavior [MINERAL PHYSICS]
3954 X-ray, neutron, and electron spectroscopy and diffraction [MINERAL PHYSICS]
3994 Instruments and techniques [MINERAL PHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Lisa Luhongwang Liu, SHARPS, Shanghai, China
Conveners:  Arthur Haozhe Liu, HPSTAR, Beijing, China, Ricardo Donizeth dos Reis, SIRIUS, LNLS, Campinas, Brazil and Saori Kawaguchi-Imada, DECTRIS Ltd., Hyogo, Japan
 
Tetrahedral-hexahedral-octahedral transition of GeO2 glass at high pressure (1849369)
Xinguo Hong, HPSTAR Beijing, Port Jefferson, NY, UNITED STATES
 
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Interaction between Rock Minerals and Drilling Fluids and Their Impact on Breakdown Pressure (1853248)
Chao Liu1, Dung Phan1, Murtadha AlTammar2, Tameem Almani2 and Osman Hamid3, (1)Aramco Americas: Aramco Research Center - Houston, Houston, United States, (2)EXPEC ARC-Production Technology Division, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, (3)Gas Strategy & Technical Support Department, Gas Development, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 
In-situ synthesis and structure studies for hydrides under high-pressure conditions (1877779)
Lisa Luhongwang Liu, SHARPS, Shanghai, China and Arthur Haozhe Liu, HPSTAR, Beijing, China
 
SEES : New Opportunities and Developments in Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science (1886679)
Mark L Rivers and Andrew Campbell, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
 
Diamond Anvil Cell Program at GSECARS after APS-U (Invited) (1891708)
Mark L Rivers1, Vitali B Prakapenka2, Stella Chariton2, Young Jay Ryu2 and Dongzhou Zhang3, (1)University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, (2)The University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, United States, (3)Caltech-Seismolab, Pasadena, United States
 
Polymerization of carbonic acid (H2CO3) at elevated pressures (1906174)
Dominik Spahr1, Lkhamsuren Bayarjargal1, Elena Bykova1, Maxim Bykov2, Victor Milman3 and Bjoern Winkler1, (1)Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute of Geosciences, Frankfurt, Germany, (2)Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Frankurt, Germany, (3)Dassault Systemes BIOVIA, Cambridge, United Kingdom
 
Single crystal microdiffraction to determine novel high pressure carbonates: from H2CO3 to U2(CO3)3 (Invited) (1906252)
Bjoern Winkler1, Dominik Spahr1, Lkhamsuren Bayarjargal1, Elena Bykova1 and Victor Milman2, (1)Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute of Geosciences, Frankfurt, Germany, (2)Dassault Systemes BIOVIA, Cambridge, United Kingdom
 
Synthesis Of Bulk Hexagonal Diamond With Two Bond Lengths (Invited) (1908804)
Wenge Yang, Liuxiang Yang and Hokwang Mao, Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, China
 
Phase engineering by high-pressure and high-temperature method to design novel high-performance thermoelectric materials (1912607)
Arthur Haozhe Liu1, Zheng Bi2, Yan Li2 and Lisa Luhongwang Liu3, (1)HPSTAR, Beijing, China, (2)Jilin University, Changchun, China, (3)SHARPS, Shanghai, China
 
APS 6BM-B Beamline: A Workhorse for Rock and Mineral Deformation (1927452)
Haiyan Chen1, Matthew Whitaker2, Kenneth Baldwin3, Donald Weidner3 and Mark L Rivers4, (1)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (2)Stony Brook University, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook, United States, (3)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, United States, (4)The University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, United States
 
Synthesis of a Novel Eight-Coordinated Phase of Mg2SiO4 at Pressures of Deep Exoplanetary Interiors (1933566)
Rajkrishna Dutta1, Sirus Han2, Amy Jenei3, Ray Smith4, Sanae Koizumi5, Martin Gorman6, Ian Karl Ocampo1, Sebastien Hamel3, Saransh Soderlind3, Stefano Rocioppi7, Jon Eggert4, Thomas S Duffy2, Dave Braun3, Pratik Das8, Eva Zurek7 and Andrew Krygier3, (1)Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, United States, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (4)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (5)Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (6)First light Fusion, UK, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, (7)University at Buffalo, Buffalo, United States, (8)Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal, India
 
Measuring Highly Siderophile Elements Using Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (1942435)
Jack Sheehan, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States and Rebecca A. Fischer, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States
 
PILATUS4 CdTe Hybrid Photon Counting Detectors: Enabling High-Resolution High-Energy Diffraction for Planetary Interior Studies (1943905)
Tilman Donath1, Melanie Cardona2, Pascal Hofer2 and Saori Kawaguchi-Imada3, (1)DECTRIS Ltd., Baden, Switzerland, (2)DECTRIS Ltd., Philadelphia, United States, (3)DECTRIS Ltd., Hyogo, Japan
 
The stabilities of SiC polytypes at high pressure and temperature: Implications for the interior of the carbon-rich planets (1945364)
Kenta Kobayashi1, Ryosuke Sinmyo1, Takayuki Ishii2 and Shuhou Maitani1, (1)Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan, (2)Okayama University, Institute for Planetary Materials, Tottori, Japan
 
Cohering a workflow for thermal conductivity measurements of diverse materials at extreme conditions (1952221)
Vasilije V Dobrosavljevic1, Zachary M Geballe1, Eric Edmund1, Charles Barker1,2, Tyler Perez1, Ryan Tappero3 and Alexander F Goncharov1, (1)Carnegie Science, Earth & Planets Laboratory, Washington, D.C., United States, (2)Amherst College, Amherst, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States
 
Expanding Nuclear Resonant Scattering Capabilities to Extreme Conditions: A New Laser Heating Diamond Anvil Cell System at 3-ID, APS (1953378)
Cijin Zhou1,2, Barbara Lavina2,3, Thomas Toellner4, Vitali Prakapenka3, Stella Chariton3, Dongzhou Zhang3, Mark L Rivers3, Wolfgang Sturhahn1, Jennifer M Jackson1 and Jiyong Zhao2, (1)California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (2)Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States, (3)The University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, United States, (4)Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, Lemont, United States
 
Shock-ramp compression of MgO up to 400 GPa on the Z machine (1998115)
Steven D Jacobsen1,2, Hannah Bausch3,4, Joshua P Townsend3, Jean-Paul Davis3, Sakun Duwal3, Christopher T Seagle3, Tirzah Abbott5 and Alisha N Clark1, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States, (2)Northwestern University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Evanston, IL, United States, (3)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, (4)Northwestern University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Evanston, United States, (5)Northwestern University, NUANCE Center, Evanston, United States
 
Advancing High-Repetition-Rate Laser Shock Experiments with Slurry Targets: New Insights into Melting Behavior of Brittle Materials at Extreme Conditions (2003785)
Nathan William Pulver, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; University of California Los Angeles, Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Chris McGuire, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States and Abby Kavner, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
 
Insights into the Structure of Carbonate Glass at High Pressure from Time-resolved Laser Fluorescence (1845670)
Anastasiia Kalugina, Sergey Lobanov and Anna Nikolenko, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
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