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Planetary physics research programme at the Facility for Antiprotons and Ion Research at Darmstadt
Author(s) -
Tahir N.A.,
Lomonosov I.V.,
Borm B.,
Piriz A.R.,
Neumayer P.,
Shutov A.,
Bagnoud V.,
Piriz S.A
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.201700076
Subject(s) - physics , planet , antiproton , solar system , exoplanet , ion , nuclear physics , astrobiology , aerospace engineering , astronomy , astrophysics , proton , quantum mechanics , engineering
Planetary physics research is an important part of the high energy density ( HED ) physics programme at the Facility for Antiprotons and Ion Research ( FAIR ) at Darmstadt. In this paper, we report numerical simulations of a proposed experiment named LA boratory PLA netary S ciences ( LAPLAS ). These simulations show that in such experiments, an Fe sample can be imploded to extreme physical conditions that are expected to exist in the interior of the Earth and in the interior of more massive rocky planets named, super‐Earths. The LAPLAS experiments will thus provide very valuable information on the equation‐of‐state ( EOS ) and transport properties of HED Fe, which will help the scientists to understand the structure and evolution of the planets in our solar system and of the extrasolar system planets.