Bulletin of the American Physical Society

18th Biennial Intl. Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter held in conjunction with the 24th Biennial Intl. Conference of the Intl. Association for the Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT)

Volume 58, Number 7

Sunday–Friday, July 7–12, 2013; Seattle, Washington

Session Index

Session C1: ME.4 Strength II

Chair: Eric Brown, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Grand Ballroom I

Monday, July 8, 2013 11:00AM - 11:30AM		C1.00001: Shock structures at ultrahigh strain rates: what can they tell us about material behavior on very fast time scales? Invited Speaker: Jonathan Crowhurst Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:30AM - 11:45AM		C1.00002: On the weak shock limit (WSL) in condensed matter Neil Bourne Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:45AM - 12:00PM		C1.00003: Dynamic Strength of Tantalum under impact Benny Glam, Meir Werdiger, Shlomi Levi Pistinner Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:00PM - 12:15PM		C1.00004: Laser Compression of Nanocrystalline Tantalum Chia-Hui Lu, Bruce Remington, Brian Maddox, Bimal Kad, Hye-Sook Park, Megumi Kawasaki, Terence Langdon, Marc Meyers Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:15PM - 12:30PM		C1.00005: On the residual yield stress of shocked metals David Chapman, Daniel Eakins, Andrey Savinykh, Gennady Garkushin, Gennady Kanel, Sergey Razorenov Preview Abstract

Session C2: CM.1 Equation of State: Oxides

Chair: Jason Scharff, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Grand Ballroom II

Monday, July 8, 2013 11:00AM - 11:15AM		C2.00001: Characterization of the release response of alpha-quartz in the multi-Mbar regime for use as an impedance match standard Marcus Knudson, Michael Desjarlias Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:15AM - 11:30AM		C2.00002: Hugoniot temperature measurements of Sapphire using laser-induced decaying shocks Takayoshi Sano, Norimasa Ozaki, Tomoaki Kimura, Kohei Miyanishi, Ryosuke Kodama, Taku Tsuchiya, Tatsuhiro Sakaiya, Keisuke Shigemori, Toshihiko Kadono, Yoichiro Hironaka, Masahiro Ikoma, Takuo Okuchi, Toshimori Sekine Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:30AM - 12:00PM		C2.00003: The phase diagram and transport properties of MgO from theory and experiment Invited Speaker: Luke Shulenburger Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:00PM - 12:15PM		C2.00004: Ab-initio calculations of high pressure equation of state and ideal strength of MgO D. Mukherjee, K.D. Joshi, S.C. Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:15PM - 12:30PM		C2.00005: A multiphase equation of state for cerium (IV) oxide Eric Chisolm Preview Abstract

Session C3: TM First Principles Methods II

Chair: Joel Kress, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Fifth Avenue

Monday, July 8, 2013 11:00AM - 11:30AM		C3.00001: \textit{Ab initio} molecular dynamics study of pressure-induced amorphization in sulfur Invited Speaker: Roman Marto\v{n}\'ak Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:30AM - 11:45AM		C3.00002: Crystal Structure Searching by Free Energy Surface Trekking: Application to Carbon above 1 TPa Takahiro Ishikawa, Naoshi Suzuki, Katsuya Shimizu Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:45AM - 12:00PM		C3.00003: Theoretical and Experimental Study of A$_3$B$_5$O$_{12}$ Garnets Under High Pressure Alfonso Munoz, Virginia Monteseguro, Placida Rodriguez-Hernandez, Francisco Javier Manjon, Victor Lavin Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:00PM - 12:15PM		C3.00004: Towards a Predictive First-Principles Description of High Pressure Hydrogen with Density Functional Theory Miguel A. Morales, Jeffrey M. McMahon, Carlo Pierleoni, David M. Ceperley Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:15PM - 12:30PM		C3.00005: Origin of Metallization of FeO at High Temperatures and Pressures from First-principles DFT-DMFT Computations R.E. Cohen, Kristjan Haule Preview Abstract

Session C4: EM.3 Small Scale Safety Testing

Chair: Daniel Preston, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Vashon

Monday, July 8, 2013 11:00AM - 11:30AM		C4.00001: Statistical Evaluation of Small-scale Explosives Testing Invited Speaker: Clint Guymon Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:30AM - 11:45AM		C4.00002: Automated High-Speed Video Detection of Small-Scale Explosives Testing Robert Ford, Clint Guymon Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:45AM - 12:00PM		C4.00003: Improved Sensitivity Testing of Explosives Using Transformed Up-Down Methods Geoffrey Brown Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:00PM - 12:15PM		C4.00004: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Proficiency Testing on Small-Scale Safety and Thermal Testing of Improvised Explosives John G. Reynolds, Mary M. Sandstrom, Geoffrey W. Brown, Kirstin F. Warner, Jason J. Phillips, Timothy J. Shelley, Jose A. Reyes, Peter C. Hsu Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:15PM - 12:30PM		C4.00005: Safety Testing of Ammonium Nitrate Based Mixtures Jason Phillips, Karmen Lappo, James Phelan, Nathan Peterson, Don Gilbert Preview Abstract

Session C5: GP1: Geophysics I

Chair: Jing-Yen Chen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Cascade I

Monday, July 8, 2013 11:00AM - 11:30AM		C5.00001: Phase relations of Earth's core materials Invited Speaker: Tetsuya Komabayashi Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:30AM - 11:45AM		C5.00002: Gas recovery experiments to determine the degree of shock-induced devolatilization of calcite Sohsuke Ohno, Ko Ishibashi, Toshimori Sekine, Kosuke Kurosawa, Takamichi Kobayashi, Seiji Sugita, Takafumi Matsui Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:45AM - 12:00PM		C5.00003: Electrical Resistivity of natural Marcasite at High-pressures Gopalakrishnarao Parthasarathy Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:00PM - 12:30PM		C5.00004: On the Composition and Temperature of the Terrestrial Planetary Core Invited Speaker: Yingwei Fei Preview Abstract

Session C6: ME.1 Particulate/Porous Materials II

Chair: John Borg, Marquette University
Room: Cascade II

Monday, July 8, 2013 11:00AM - 11:15AM		C6.00001: Criticality of damage-failure transitions under dynamic and shock wave loading Oleg Naimark Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:15AM - 11:30AM		C6.00002: Shock Hugoniot Measurements in Foam Oren Petel, Simon Ouellet, David Frost, Andrew Higgins Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:30AM - 11:45AM		C6.00003: Modeling of laser-driven shocks into porous graphite Gabriel Seisson, David H\'ebert, Isabelle Bertron, Laurent Videau, Patrick Combis, Laurent Berthe, Michel Boustie Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 11:45AM - 12:00PM		C6.00004: Mesoscale Simulations of the Shock and Release of an Aluminum-Polymer System John Borg, Russ Maines, Raymond Ryckman, Lalit Chhabildas Preview Abstract
Monday, July 8, 2013 12:00PM - 12:30PM		C6.00005: Shock Propagation Modeling in Heterogeneous Materials Invited Speaker: Thomas A. Haill Preview Abstract

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