RESEARCH AT HIGH PRESSURE

KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY
MERIDEN, NH
June 25-30, 2000

Isaac Silvera, Chair
Paul McMillan, Vice-Chair

• Ray Jeanloz- (TBA): on High Pressure Challenges in the New Millenium
• A. Macdonald (tentative) -(TBA): on The Life Process and Hydrostatic Pressure

• P. Loubeyre- (TBA) on Hydrogen at Static Pressures
• J. Kohanoff- Understanding the nature of phase III of compressed hydrogen: quantitative comparison between first-principles and experimental data
• H. Nagara- Theoretical studies of pressure induced metallic transitions and molecular dissociation in highly compressed hydrogen.

• Gilbert Collins- Laser Produced Shock Wave Equation of State and Reflectivity Measurements of Deuterium up to 3 Mbar
• C.S. Yoo- Transitions and Chemistry in Simple Molecular Solids: Convergence of Shock and Static High-Pressure Data at High temperature
• K. Aoki- Proton Transfer in Dense Ice.

• P. Alivasatos- Nanocrystals as model systems for solid-solid phase transitions
• V. Brazhkin- New superhard carbon materials: trends of research
• J. Badding- Pressure Tuning in the Search for Improved Thermoelectric Materials"

• R. Wentzcovitch-(TBA) on the Theory of the Mantle
• R. Boehler-(TBA) on Laboratory Synthesis of Mantle Materials
• D. Weidner- (TBA) on The Static Earth Mantle

• J. Neaton- New twists on the theory of simple metals under compression
• K Syassen- Structural Phase Transitions of Simple Metals under Pressure
• Awards Talks for Young Researchers-TBA

• V. Struzhkin- Superconductivity and Magnetism at Multimegabar Pressures.
• M. Pasternak-The Agonizing Death of Magnetism in Matter at High Pressures
• G. Wortmann (tentative) TBA on synchrotron studies of magnetic materials

• D. Hauserman-(TBA) on The New High Pressure Synchrotron Beam Line at APS
• S. Weir- Experiments at Mbar Pressures with Designer Anvils
• I. Goncharenko-Neutron scattering in the 50 GPa pressure range. Studies of magnetic structures and phase transitions.

• A. Ruoff- A century of high pressure research: The players and the plays.
• W. Daniels- Fifty Years of High Pressure Experiments-a Personal Journey