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Peter M. Bell

Bio: Peter M. Bell is an academic researcher from Carnegie Institution for Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diamond anvil cell & Diamond. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 90 publications receiving 8752 citations.


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TL;DR: An improved calibration curve of the pressure shift of the ruby R1 emission line was obtained under quasi-hydrostatic conditions in the diamond-window, high-pressure cell to 800 kbar.
Abstract: An improved calibration curve of the pressure shift of the ruby R1 emission line was obtained under quasi-hydrostatic conditions in the diamond-window, high-pressure cell to 800 kbar. Argon was the pressure-transmitting medium. Metallic copper, as a standard, was studied in situ by X ray diffraction. The reference pressure was determined by calibration against known equations of state of the copper sample and by previously obtained data on silver.

3,556 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the wavelength shift with pressure of the ruby R1 fluorescence line (Δλ) has been calibrated in the diamond window pressure cell from 0.06 to 1 Mbar.
Abstract: The wavelength shift with pressure of the ruby R1 fluorescence line (Δλ) has been calibrated in the diamond‐window pressure cell from 0.06 to 1 Mbar. This was done by simultaneously making specific volume measurements of four metals (Cu, Mo, Ag, and Pd) and referring these results to isothermal equations of state derived from shock‐wave experiments. The result is P (Mbar) = (19.04/5) {[(λ0+Δλ)/λ0]5−1}, where λ0 is the wavelength measured at 1 bar.

1,830 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a new technique has been developed for optical studies of amorphous solids to very high pressures, and the Raman spectra of Si$(O)O-Si angle distribution was measured at 8 GPa.
Abstract: A new technique has been developed for optical studies of amorphous solids to very high pressures. Raman spectra of Si${\mathrm{O}}_{2}$ glass measured at 8 GPa indicate a significant reduction in the width of the Si-O-Si angle distribution, which has been associated with a number of anomalous properties of silica glass under ambient conditions. Between 8 and \ensuremath{\sim} 30 GPa irreversible changes in the Raman spectrum occur that are consistent with a shift in ring statistics in densified glass. The spectra suggest a breakdown in intermediate-range order at higher pressure.

399 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the room temperature, static compression of iron to 78 GPa with solid neon and argon as pressure-transmitting media was performed in a diamond anvil cell.
Abstract: New data are presented for the room temperature, static compression of iron to 78 GPa with solid neon and argon as pressure-transmitting media. X ray diffraction studies have been performed on a geophysically relevant material, for the first time to such pressures under quasihydrostatic conditions, in a diamond anvil cell. The hydrostatic technique leads to increased precision in the measurement of high pressures and has placed closer constraints on the equation of state of e iron. From a linear least squares fit of a finite strain equation of state to the present data combined with earlier, low-pressure data for metastable e iron, the preferred values for the zero-pressure isothermal bulk modulus, K0, and first pressure derivative, K0′, are 192.7 (±9.0) GPa and 4.29 (±0.36), respectively. The zero-pressure volume for the e phase is 6.687 (±0.018) cm3/mol. On the basis of the pressure-volume curve calculated from fits of the finite strain equation of state, e iron appears to be less compressible under nonhydrostatic conditions, but the differences are within the error of the nonhydrostatic experiment. The results also confirm that the absence of a soft medium in static compression experiments with the diamond anvil cell results in an overestimate of the unit cell volume (measured with the incident X ray beam parallel to the load axis) for pressures calculated with the nonhydrostatic ruby calibration scale. It is found that for e iron, substantial compensation for this nonhydrostatic effect is implicit in the nonhydrostatic ruby pressure scale up to intermediate strains. The hydrostatic data and the e iron isotherm derived from shock wave experiments on iron samples are in very close agreement.

248 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, an attempt is made to compare pressure calibration methods among several laboratories in an unbiased way to produce some indication of the bandwidth of observations on the pressure of an equilibrium reaction where sources of discrepancy not resulting from pressure calibration are likely to have been eliminated.
Abstract: An attempt is made to compare pressure calibration methods among several laboratories in an unbiased way to produce some indication of the bandwidth of observations on the pressure of an equilibrium reaction where sources of discrepancy not resulting from pressure calibration are likely to have been eliminated. The reaction chosen is the breakdown of albite to jadeite and quartz under pressure.

229 citations


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TL;DR: An improved calibration curve of the pressure shift of the ruby R1 emission line was obtained under quasi-hydrostatic conditions in the diamond-window, high-pressure cell to 800 kbar.
Abstract: An improved calibration curve of the pressure shift of the ruby R1 emission line was obtained under quasi-hydrostatic conditions in the diamond-window, high-pressure cell to 800 kbar. Argon was the pressure-transmitting medium. Metallic copper, as a standard, was studied in situ by X ray diffraction. The reference pressure was determined by calibration against known equations of state of the copper sample and by previously obtained data on silver.

3,556 citations

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TL;DR: Tests of general relativity at the post-Newtonian level have reached high precision, including the light deflection, the Shapiro time delay, the perihelion advance of Mercury, the Nordtvedt effect in lunar motion, and frame-dragging.
Abstract: The status of experimental tests of general relativity and of theoretical frameworks for analyzing them is reviewed and updated. Einstein’s equivalence principle (EEP) is well supported by experiments such as the Eotvos experiment, tests of local Lorentz invariance and clock experiments. Ongoing tests of EEP and of the inverse square law are searching for new interactions arising from unification or quantum gravity. Tests of general relativity at the post-Newtonian level have reached high precision, including the light deflection, the Shapiro time delay, the perihelion advance of Mercury, the Nordtvedt effect in lunar motion, and frame-dragging. Gravitational wave damping has been detected in an amount that agrees with general relativity to better than half a percent using the Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar, and a growing family of other binary pulsar systems is yielding new tests, especially of strong-field effects. Current and future tests of relativity will center on strong gravity and gravitational waves.

3,394 citations

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TL;DR: The Raman spectrum of hexagonal diamond (lonsdaleite) is distinct from that of the cubic diamond and allows it to be recognized as discussed by the authors, and the Raman line width varies with mode of preparation of the diamond and has been related to degree of structural order.
Abstract: As the technology for diamond film preparation by plasma-assisted CVD and related procedures has advanced, Raman spectroscopy has emerged as one of the principal characterization tools for diamond materials. Cubic diamond has a single Raman-active first order phonon mode at the center of the Brillouin zone. The presence of sharp Raman lines allows cubic diamond to be recognized against a background of graphitic carbon and also to characterize the graphitic carbon. Small shifts in the band wavenumber have been related to the stress state of deposited films. The effect is most noticeable in diamond films deposited on hard substrates such as alumina or carbides. The Raman line width varies with mode of preparation of the diamond and has been related to degree of structural order. The Raman spectrum of hexagonal diamond (lonsdaleite) is distinct from that of the cubic diamond and allows it to be recognized.

2,300 citations

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TL;DR: The field of viscous liquid and glassy solid dynamics is reviewed by a process of posing the key questions that need to be answered, and then providing the best answers available to the authors and their advisors at this time as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The field of viscous liquid and glassy solid dynamics is reviewed by a process of posing the key questions that need to be answered, and then providing the best answers available to the authors and their advisors at this time. The subject is divided into four parts, three of them dealing with behavior in different domains of temperature with respect to the glass transition temperature, Tg , and a fourth dealing with ‘‘short time processes.’’ The first part tackles the high temperature regime T.Tg ,i n which the system is ergodic and the evolution of the viscous liquid toward the condition at Tg is in focus. The second part deals with the regime T;Tg , where the system is nonergodic except for very long annealing times, hence has time-dependent properties ~aging and annealing!. The third part discusses behavior when the system is completely frozen with respect to the primary relaxation process but in which secondary processes, particularly those responsible for ‘‘superionic’’ conductivity, and dopart mobility in amorphous silicon, remain active. In the fourth part we focus on the behavior of the system at the crossover between the low frequency vibrational components of the molecular motion and its high frequency relaxational components, paying particular attention to very recent developments in the short time dielectric response and the high Q mechanical response. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.@S0021-8979~00!02213-1#

1,958 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal conductivity of graphene suspended across trenches in Si∕SiO2 wafer was investigated using a noncontact technique based on micro-Raman spectroscopy.
Abstract: The authors reported on investigation of the thermal conductivity of graphene suspended across trenches in Si∕SiO2 wafer. The measurements were performed using a noncontact technique based on micro-Raman spectroscopy. The amount of power dissipated in graphene and corresponding temperature rise were determined from the spectral position and integrated intensity of graphene’s G mode. The extremely high thermal conductivity in the range of ∼3080–5150W∕mK and phonon mean free path of ∼775nm near room temperature were extracted for a set of graphene flakes. The obtained results suggest graphene’s applications as thermal management material in future nanoelectronic circuits.

1,881 citations