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Observation of body-centered cubic iron above 200 gigapascals

Konopkova, Zuzana·Edmund, Eric [Earth & Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science, 5251 Broad Branch Rd NW, Washington, DC, USA]·Ball, Orianna·Dewaele, Agnes·Ginestet, Hélène [Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207]·Husband, Rachel [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany]·Jaisle, Nicolas [School of Physics and Astronomy, and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom]·Strohm, Cornelius·Anae, Madden [Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100]·Antonangeli, Daniele [Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 7590, Paris, France]·Appel, Karen·Baron, Marzena [Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière, Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France]·Boccato, Silvia [Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 7590, Paris, France]·Buakor, Khachiwan [Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F-59000 Lille, France]·Chantel, Julien [Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F-59000 Lille, France]·Cynn, Hyunchae [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]·Dwivedi, Anand·Ehm, Lars [Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-2100, USA]·Glazyrin, Konstantin·Graafsma, Heinz [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany]·Koemets, Egor·Laurus, Thorsten·Marquardt, Hauke·Massani, Bernhard·McHardy, James [SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC), The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom]·McMahon, Malcolm·Prakapenka, Vitali·Sztuk-Dambietz, Jolanta [European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany]·Tang, Minxue [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany]·Xie, Tianqi [Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100]·Younes, Zena·Zastrau, Ulf·Goncharov, Alexander·Prescher, Clemens·Mcwilliams, Ryan·Morard, Guillaume·Merkel, Sébastien
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Konopkova, Zuzana, Edmund, Eric [Earth & Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science, 5251 Broad Branch Rd NW, Washington, DC, USA], Ball, Orianna, Dewaele, Agnes, Ginestet, Hélène [Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207], Husband, Rachel [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany], Jaisle, Nicolas [School of Physics and Astronomy, and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom], Strohm, Cornelius, Anae, Madden [Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100], Antonangeli, Daniele [Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 7590, Paris, France], Appel, Karen, Baron, Marzena [Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière, Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France], Boccato, Silvia [Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 7590, Paris, France], Buakor, Khachiwan [Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F-59000 Lille, France], Chantel, Julien [Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F-59000 Lille, France], Cynn, Hyunchae [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory], Dwivedi, Anand, Ehm, Lars [Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-2100, USA], Glazyrin, Konstantin, Graafsma, Heinz [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany], Koemets, Egor, Laurus, Thorsten, Marquardt, Hauke, Massani, Bernhard, McHardy, James [SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC), The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom], McMahon, Malcolm, Prakapenka, Vitali, Sztuk-Dambietz, Jolanta [European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany], Tang, Minxue [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany], Xie, Tianqi [Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100], Younes, Zena, Zastrau, Ulf, Goncharov, Alexander, Prescher, Clemens, Mcwilliams, Ryan, Morard, Guillaume, Merkel, Sébastien. 2026-08-10. Observation of body-centered cubic iron above 200 gigapascals. https://doi.org/10.1103/kxnf-6c5y

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