Session B23: Focus Session: High Pressure II - Earth and Planetary Materials

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Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Alexander Goncharov, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Colorado Convention Center - 110


Monday, March 5, 2007
11:15AM - 11:51AM

B23.00001: High-pressure investigations of Earth's interior
Invited Speaker: Jennifer Jackson

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Monday, March 5, 2007
11:51AM - 12:03PM

B23.00002: Infrared Reflectance of Magnesiowustite(Mg$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$O): Experiment and Theory
Tao Sun , Philip B. Allen , David G. Stahnke , Steven D. Jacobsen , Christopher C. Homes

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Monday, March 5, 2007
12:03PM - 12:15PM

B23.00003: Dynamical mean-field theory study of the high pressure behavior of FeO
A.C. Kollias , R.E. Cohen

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Monday, March 5, 2007
12:15PM - 12:27PM

B23.00004: Elastic Signature of the High-Spin to Low-Spin Transition in Magnesiow\"{u}stite
Cesar da Silva , Renata Wentzcovitch , Taku Tsuchiya

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Monday, March 5, 2007
12:27PM - 12:39PM

B23.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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Monday, March 5, 2007
12:39PM - 12:51PM

B23.00006: \textit{Ab initio} Study of the Composition Dependence of the Pressure-Induced Spin Transition in Perovskite (Mg,Fe)SiO$_{3}$
Amelia Bengtson , Kristin Persson , Dane Morgan

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Monday, March 5, 2007
12:51PM - 1:03PM

B23.00007: First-principles investigation of the spin state of ferrous iron in MgSiO$_3$ under pressure
Yonggang Yu , Ryan Requist , Koichiro Umemoto , Renata Wentzcovitch

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Monday, March 5, 2007
1:03PM - 1:15PM

B23.00008: Structure and freezing of MgSiO$_3$ liquid in Earth's interior
Lars Stixrude , Bijaya Karki

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Monday, March 5, 2007
1:15PM - 1:27PM

B23.00009: Consequences of the Quasiharmonic Approximation: Tests and Predictions
Pierre Carrier , Jun Tsuchiya , Renata M. Wentzcovitch

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Monday, March 5, 2007
1:27PM - 1:39PM

B23.00010: Quantum Monte Carlo Benchmarks Functionals for Silica Polymorphs
K.P. Driver , J.W. Wilkins , R.G. Hennig , C.J. Umrigar , G. Scuseria , B. Militzer , R.E. Cohen

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Monday, March 5, 2007
1:39PM - 1:51PM

B23.00011: Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of the Quartz to Stishovite Transition in SiO$_2$
R.E. Cohen , Mike Towler , Pablo Lopez Rios , Neil Drummond , Richard Needs

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Monday, March 5, 2007
1:51PM - 2:03PM

B23.00012: First-principles calculations of thermodynamic properties and phase transitions in Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ and Ga$_{2}$O$_{3}$ at high temperature and high pressure
Bin Xu , Jianjun Dong

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Monday, March 5, 2007
2:03PM - 2:15PM

B23.00013: Proton behaviour, structure and elasticity of serpentine at high-pressure
Mainak Mookherjee , Lars Stixrude

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