Fluid helium at conditions of giant planetary interiors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 11071-11075

  Stixrude, Lars ^a   Jeanloz, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap closure; Giant planets; High pressure; Hybridization; Metallization

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 49649086466     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804609105     Document Type: Article

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