Static and Dynamic High Pressure Mineral Physics

High pressure mineral physics is a field that has shaped our understanding of deep planetary interiors and revealed new material phenomena occurring at extreme conditions. Comprised of sixteen chapters written by well-established experts, this book covers recent advances in static and dynamic compression techniques and enhanced diagnostic capabilities, including synchrotron X-ray and neutron diffraction, spectroscopic measurements, in situ X-ray diffraction under dynamic loading, and multigrain crystallography at megabar pressures. Applications range from measuring equations of state, elasticity, and deformation of materials at high pressure, to high pressure synthesis, thermochemistry of high pressure phases, and new molecular compounds and superconductivity under extreme conditions. This book also introduces experimental geochemistry in the laser-heated diamond-anvil cell enabled by the focused ion beam technique for sample recovery and quantitative chemical analysis at submicron scale. Each chapter ends with an insightful perspective of future directions, making it an invaluable source for graduate students and researchers.

Yingwei Fei is a leading high pressure experimentalist with broad interests in Earth and planetary science and high pressure physics and materials synthesis. He is a staff scientist in the Earth and Planets Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution for Science and is an elected Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, and the Geochemical Society.

Michael J. Walter is an experimental petrologist who investigates the chemistry, structure, and properties of melts and minerals under the extreme pressures and temperatures in deep planetary interiors. He is the Deputy Director of the Earth and Planets Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution for Science and is a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and the American Geophysical Union.