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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 5, Issue 3, 038101(2020)

Everything you always wanted to know about metallic hydrogen but were afraid to ask

Eugene Gregoryanz1...2,3,a), Cheng Ji2, Philip Dalladay-Simpson2, Bing Li2, Ross T. Howie2 and Ho-Kwang Mao2 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
  • 2Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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    Category: High Pressure Physics and Materials Science

    Received: Jan. 22, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 5, 2020

    Published Online: Nov. 25, 2020

    The Author Email: Gregoryanz Eugene (e.gregoryanz@ed.ac.uk)

    DOI:10.1063/5.0002104

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