Ronald Redmer
University of Rostock, Germany
The hydrogen-helium EOS at high pressures: Planetary interiors
The high-pressure equation of state for hydrogen and helium is needed to model giant planets such as Jupiter or Jupiter-like
extrasolar planets. Under those conditions, pressure dissociation and ionization processes occur which lead simultaneously
to a transiton from a nonconducting to a metallic state. New theoretical results for the equation of state and the transport
properties of hydrogen, helium, and their mixtures are compared with shock-wave experiments, and models for planetary interiors
are presented.
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