We are organizing workshop Dynamic Phenomena under Extremes on Monday, January 24th (arrival) to Friday, January 28th (departure), 2011, Austin, Texas.

We would like to invite you to participate in the workshop to discuss static and dynamic phenomena at extreme conditions (pressures, temperatures, magnetic field and strain rates) including:

- Thermomechanical and electromagnetic extremes - bridging the gap between static and shock-wave experiments
- Melting at high pressures: static and dynamic experiments vs theory
- Material properties and synthesis under static and dynamic thermomechanical and electromagnetic extremes
- Material Response: Strength, Rheology and Viscosity
- Thermally activated reaction dynamics
- Structural changes in solids and liquids – going beyond the static phase diagrams and thermodynamic stability/metastability
- Transport properties: viscosity, thermal conductivity, diffusion
- Bonds, phonons, electrons, and spin dynamics - in situ measurements
- Non-equilibrium recrystallization

Synopsis (objective): Understanding material properties under extreme conditions such as pressures, temperatures, magnetic field and strain rates is of central importance to a plethora of scientific studies including synthesis of novel materials (with improved properties), energy and defense technologies,- Material Response: Strength, Rheology and Viscosity

- Thermally activated reaction dynamics
- Structural changes in solids and liquids – going beyond the static phase diagrams and thermodynamic stability/metastability
- Transport properties: viscosity, thermal conductivity, diffusion
- Bonds, phonons, electrons, and spin dynamics - in situ measurements
- Non-equilibrium recrystallization

Synopsis (objective): Understanding material properties under extreme conditions such as pressures, temperatures, magnetic field and strain rates is of central importance to a plethora of scientific studies including synthesis of novel materials (with improved properties), energy and defense technologies, reaction chemistry of energetic materials, and environmental and planetar reaction chemistry of energetic materials, and environmental and planetary sciences. In spite of numerous technological advances in static techniques during recent years, the experiments required for in situ measurements of material properties under extreme pressure-temperature conditions remains challenging. Specifically, the study of physical and chemical phenomena on very short time scales comparable to structural and electronic transitions, thermal transport, atomic diffusion, and fast chemical reactions requires cutting-edge development of novel time-resolved techniques

Confirmed Speakers:

Cindy A. Bolme, LANL 
Darío Alejandro Arena (NSLS)
Dave Mao (CIW)
David Cahill (UIUC)
Dennis Klug (CNRC)
Evan Reed (Stanford)
Jung-Fu Lin (Austin)
Kanani Lee (Yale)
Michael Armstrong (LLNL)   
Michael Klopf (JLab)
Michael Pravica, ULNV
Murli Manghnani  (SOEST)
Neil Holmes, LLNL
Oleg Chubar (NSLS)
Oliver Tschauner, ULNV
Pavel Zinin, SOEST
Qun Shen (NSLS)
R. Stewart McWilliams   (CIW and Howard)
Reini Boehler (CIW)
Riad Manaa, LLNL
Russell J. Hemley CIW
Ross McDonald (LANL)
Todd Ditmire    UT Austin     
Vitali Prakapenka (CARS)
Wendy Mao (Stanford)
Yusheng Zhao (ULNV)
Yanzhang Ma, TexasTech
Zhenxian Liu (CIW-NSLS)    
Leonardo Spanu (UC Davis)
Chu Shengq , Chinese Academy of Sciences
A. M. Lindenberg Stanford
Andrei Fluerasu, NSLS-II
Chuck Mielke, LANL
Robert Mayanovic, Missouri State University
Elaine Li, University Texas
Jianshi Zhou, University Texas
Ahmet Alatas, ANL
Katherine Crispin, Case University
Eric Dufresne, ANL
Eric Doorhyee, NSLS
Douglas Allen Dalton, CIW
Alexander Goncharov (CIW)                       

If you plan to attend workshop please let us know if you are going to present a talk or poster (tentative title is needed) or just attend workshop and participate in discussion.

Limited financial support from COMPRES for students and young scientist (less than 35 years old) will be available. Please contact Vitali Prakapenka (prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu) for details.

We have applied for additional funds and hope to get financial support for most participants.

Sincerely,

Vitali Prakapenka, University of Chicago, prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu
Alexander Goncharov, Carnegie Institution of Washington, goncharov@gl.ciw.edu
Maddury Somayazulu, Carnegie Institution of Washington, zulu@gl.ciw.edu
Jon Eggert , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, eggert1@llnl.gov
Jung-Fu Lin, Local organizer at the University of Texas at Austin, afu@jsg.utexas.edu