Conference Program
 
HIGH PRESSURE, RESEARCH AT

June 27 - July 2, 2004
Kimball Union Academy
Meriden, NH

Chair:
Anastasia Chopelas

Vice Chair:
Reinhard Boehler
SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmLow Temperature Calorimetry & Jahn-Teller Systems at Pressure
Session Chair, H. Dieter Hochheimer
7:30 pmOpening remarks by Anastasia Chopelas and Dennis Reich
7:45 pmHeribert Wilhelm (MPI, Germany)
Calorimetric and thermoelectric measurements at high pressure and low temperature
8:30 pmFernando Rodriguez (Santander, Spain)
High Presssure effects in Jahn Teller systems of Cu(II) and Mn(III): Structural correlations using XRD and optical spectroscopy
9:15 pmInvited posters:
Matsuoka, Graphite
Eremets, Nitrogen
Zou, C3N4
9:30 pmPoster Session I / "Welcome" Social
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:45 amGroup Picture
9:00 am - 12:30 pmInelastic X-ray Scattering
Session Chair, Malcolm Nicol
9:05 amYue Meng (APS)
Inelastic x-ray scattering at high pressure and its application in the study of 2nd-row elements
9:55 amCoffee Break
10:10 amDaniele Antonangeli (France)
Anisotropy of propagation of acoustic waves in hcp metals at high pressure: implications for the Earth's core
11:00 amJoe Wong (Livermore)
Probing Phonons in Plutonium
11:50 amInvited posters:
Sturhan, Nuclear resonant scattering
Ulivi, Raman of hydrogen
Hatenyi, Ortho-para transition, Hydrogen
Belonoshko, Liquid Deuterium
12:30 pmLunch
Snack Bar opens daily at 4:30 pm
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmShocked Deuterium
Session Chair, Gilbert (Rip) Collins
7:30 pmDamien Hicks (Livermore)
Laser-Driven Shock Compression of Deuterium: Results from Single and Double Shock Measurements
8:10 pmMarcus Knudson (Sandia)
Shock response of deuterium subjected to high-velocity plate impact
8:50 pmBill Nellis (LLNL)
The shock compression curve of liquid deuterium up to Mbar pressures
9:25 pmInvited poster:
Nguyen, Shock techniques
9:30 pmPoster Session I (continued)
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmAdvances in X-ray Crystallography
Session Chair, Moshe Pasternak
9:05 amPrzemek Dera (CIW)
Transition metal oxides at a megabar - recent advancements in high-pressure single-crystal XRD
9:55 amCoffee Break
10:10 amAgnes Dewaele (France)
X-ray studies of metals under high pressure
11:00 amRoss Angel (Virginia)
The compression of frameworks - beyond rigid polyhedra
11:50 amInvited Posters:
Murakami, Post-perovskite
J. Jackson, Post-perovskite
Yagi, Hollandite
Shimizu, Synthetic diamond
12:30 pmLunch
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmAdvances in Acoustic Velocity Measurements at High Pressure
Session Chair, J. Michael Brown
7:30 pmJennifer Jackson (Illinois)
High-pressure investigations of deep Earth materials using Brillouin and X-ray spectroscopy
8:20 pmJonathan Crowhurst (LLNL)
Direct measurements of the elastic properties of iron and cobalt to 120 GPa
9:10 pmInvited Posters:
Liebermann, Elasticity
Mueller, Elasticity
Reichmann, Gigahertz ultrasonics
9:30 pmPoster Session II
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmHydrogen Containing Systems
Session Chair, I. Silvera
9:05 amJohn Loveday (United Kingdom)
New developments in high pressure neutron diffraction, results on ices
9:55 amCoffee Break
10:10 amNeil Ashcroft (New York)
The physics of hydrogen rich systems at high pressure
11:00 amEric Schwegler (LLNL)
First principles simulations of water under pressure
11:50 amInvited Posters:
Ruoff, Methane
Goncharov, Water
Bonev, Hydrogen and CO2
12:30 pmLunch
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCorrelated Electrons and Superconductivity
Session Chair, James Schilling
7:30 pmAndrew Cornelius (Nevada)
Correlated - Electron Materials at High Pressure
8:20 pmShanti Deemyad (Missouri)
Superconductivity in the alkali metals
9:10 pmInvited Posters:
J. Zhang, Metallic Glasses
Furlanetto, UV refractive index meas
Chesnut, Deviatoric Stresses
D. Jackson, designer anvils
9:30 pmPoster Session II (continued)
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmMelting and Melt Structure
Session Chair, Reinhard Boehler
9:05 amDaniel Errandonea (Spain)
Melting of metals at extreme pressures
9:55 amCoffee Break
10:10 amWataru Utsumi (Japan)
Congruent melting of GaN at high pressures and its application to single crystal growth
11:00 amHattori Takanori (Japan)
Pressure-induced change of liquid structure in tetrahedrally bonded materials
11:50 amEvaluations and Election
12:30 pmLunch
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNovel New Methods and Materials
Session Chair, Bill Bassett
7:30 pmAwards
Van Valkenberg, Jamieson
7:50 pmNeil Holmes (LLNL)
Using shock waves to do very fast spectroscopy
8:40 pmYusheng Zhao (Los Alamos)
Novel Superhard Materials to Rival Diamonds
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart
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