Implications of Shock Wave Experiments with Precompressed Materials for Giant Planet Interiors
Materials Science
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
This work uses density functional molecular dynamics simulations of fluid helium at high pressure to examine how shock wave experiments with precompressed samples can help characterizing the interior of giant planets. In particular, we analyze how large of a precompression is needed to probe a certain depth in a planet's gas envelope. We find that precompressions of up to 0.1, 1.0, 10, or 100 GPa are needed to characterized 2.5, 5.9, 18, to 63% of Jupiter's envelope by mass.
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@article{arxiv.0707.4649,
title = {Implications of Shock Wave Experiments with Precompressed Materials for Giant Planet Interiors},
author = {Burkhard Militzer and William B. Hubbard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.4649},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Submitted As Proceedings Article For The American Physical Society Meeting On Shock Compression Of Condensed Matter, Hawaii, June, 2007