A new design for heavy-ion beam driven isentropic compression experiments is suggested and analysed. The proposed setup utilises long stopping ranges and the variable focal spot geometry of the high-energy uranium beams delivered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum f\"ur Schwerionenforschung and Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research accelerator facilities in Darmstadt, Germany, to produce a planar ramp loading of various samples. In such experiments, the predicted high pressure amplitudes (\unit[<10]{Mbar}) and the predicted short timescales of compression (\unit[<10]{ns}) will allow testing the time dependent material deformation phenomena at unprecedented extreme conditions.
@article{arxiv.0901.2495,
title = {Heavy Ion-Beam Driven Isentropic Compression Experiments},
author = {A. Grinenko and D. O. Gericke and D. Varentsov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.2495},
year = {2009}
}