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Overview

Raymond Jeanloz is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Materials Science, and Physics and Astronomy, with a primary focus on high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The main subfields of study addressed in their work include geophysics, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, astronomy and astrophysics, as well as mechanics of materials.

The topics covered extensively in Jeanloz's research include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Diamond and carbon-based materials research
  • Astro and planetary science
  • Laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics
  • Crystal structures and properties
  • 2D materials and applications

Jeanloz has published frequently in several venues, notably:

  • Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nature
  • Physics of Plasmas

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Jeanloz, including J. H. Eggert, J. R. Rygg, P. M. Celliers, Katherine H. Freeman, and M. Millot.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jeanloz include:

  • "Imaging the Meissner effect in hydride superconductors using quantum sensors," 2024, Nature
  • "Evidence of hydrogen−helium immiscibility at Jupiter-interior conditions," 2021, Nature
  • "Band Engineering of Large-Twist-Angle Graphene/h−BN Moiré Superlattices with Pressure," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "Equation of State of CO2 Shock Compressed to 1 TPa," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "Evidence for Dissociation and Ionization in Shock Compressed Nitrogen to 800 GPa," 2022, Physical Review Letters

Jeanloz has authored books published by Cambridge University Press and Springer Nature. These include "Static and Dynamic High Pressure Mineral Physics" (2022) and "International Cooperation for Enhancing Nuclear Safety, Security, Safeguards and Non-proliferation" (2020).

Best Publications

  • The equation of state of the gold calibration standard

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  • Phase transitions and mantle discontinuities

    Raymond Jeanloz;Alan B. Thompson

  • Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary: Results of Experiments at High Pressures and Temperatures

    Elise Knittle;Raymond Jeanloz

  • The Melting Curve of Iron to 250 Gigapascals: A Constraint on the Temperature at Earth's Center

    Quentin Williams;Raymond Jeanloz;Jay D Bass;Bob Svendsen

  • Deep-focus earthquakes and recycling of water into the earth's mantle

    Charles Meade;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Spectroscopic evidence for pressure-induced coordination changes in silicate glasses and melts.

    Quentin Williams;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Synthesis and Equation of State of (Mg,Fe) SiO3 Perovskite to Over 100 Gigapascals.

    Elise Knittle;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Experimental and theoretical equation of state of cubic boron nitride

    Elise Knittle;Elise Knittle;Renata M. Wentzcovitch;Renata M. Wentzcovitch;Raymond Jeanloz;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen

  • Equations of state of FeO and CaO

    Raymond Jeanloz;Thomas J. Ahrens

  • High-pressure synthesis, characterization, and equation of state of cubic C-BN solid solutions.

    E. Knittle;R. B. Kaner;R. Jeanloz;M. L. Cohen

  • Sediments at the Top of Earth's Core

    Bruce A. Buffett;Edward J. Garnero;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Convection, composition, and the thermal state of the lower mantle

    Raymond Jeanloz;Frank M. Richter

  • Wüstite (Fe1‐x O): A review of its defect structure and physical properties

    Robert M. Hazen;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Ramp compression of diamond to five terapascals

    R. F. Smith;J. H. Eggert;R. Jeanloz;T. S. Duffy

  • The D″ Discontinuity and its Implications

    Michael E. Wysession;Thorne Lay;Justin Revenaugh;Quentin Williams

  • Convection and anisotropy of the inner core

    Raymond Jeanloz;Hans-Rudolf Wenk

  • Measurement of the melting curve of Mg0.9Fe0.1SiO3 at lower mantle conditions and its geophysical implications

    Dion L. Heinz;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Dissociation of CH4 at High Pressures and Temperatures: Diamond Formation in Giant Planet Interiors?

    Laura Robin Benedetti;Jeffrey H. Nguyen;Wendell A. Caldwell;Hongjian Liu

  • Vibrational spectra of Mg(OH)2 and Ca(OH)2 under pressure

    M. B. Kruger;Q. Williams;R. Jeanloz

  • Thermal expansion of silicate perovskite and stratification of the Earth's mantle

    Elise Knittle;Raymond Jeanloz;Gordon L. Smith

  • Simulating the core‐mantle boundary: An experimental study of high‐pressure reactions between silicates and liquid iron

    Elise Knittle;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Planet Within a Planet: Rotation of the Inner Core of Earth

    Wei-jia Su;Adam M. Dziewonski;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Iron spin transition in Earth's mantle

    S. Speziale;A. Milner;V. E. Lee;S. M. Clark

  • Reflection properties of phase transition and compositional change models of the 670-km discontinuity

    Alison C. Lees;M. S. T. Bukowinski;Raymond Jeanloz

  • Properties of iron at high pressures and the state of the core

    Raymond Jeanloz

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins University of Rochester
Peter M. Celliers
Peter M. Celliers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Simon M. Clark
Simon M. Clark Macquarie University
Quentin Williams
Quentin Williams University of California, Santa Cruz
Xiaoyuan Li
Xiaoyuan Li Yale University
A. J. Mackinnon
A. J. Mackinnon Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Viktor V. Struzhkin
Viktor V. Struzhkin Carnegie Institution for Science
Russell J. Hemley
Russell J. Hemley University of Illinois at Chicago
Lars Stixrude
Lars Stixrude University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas S. Duffy
Thomas S. Duffy Princeton University

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