The generation and diagnostics of extreme states of matter prevailing in the interior of planets, brown dwarfs and stars is a key scientific challenge in a number of scientific fields.
These include:
- Generation of such conditions at FLASH and free electron laser facilities (e.g., European XFEL).
- Generation of higher pressures in static experiments both in the laboratory and at synchrotron facilities (PETRA III).
- Development of new diagnostic tools.
- Predictions of high pressure and temperature properties of materials from ab-initio methods.
To bring together researchers from these different fields in the physical sciences, a workshop series has been established by DESY, XFEL GmbH, DLR Berlin, the University of Rostock and Bayerisches Geoinstitut to discuss related topics and problems. The aim of the upcoming workshop is to continue the discussion of scientific questions with relevance for extreme planetary environments at high pressures and high temperatures. Such conditions are prevalent in the deep interiors or in the atmospheric envelopes of planets and satellites of our solar system as well as of other star systems.