Introduction

Refereed Publications

K. K. M. Lee, L. R. Benedetti, A. Mackinnon, D. Hicks, S. J. Moon, P. Loubeyre, F. Occelli, A. Dewaele, G. W. Collins, and R. Jeanloz, "Taking Thin Diamonds to Their Limit: Coupling Static-Compression and Laser-Shock Techniques to Generate Dense Water," AIP Conference Proceedings 620, 1363 (2002). pdf

K. K. M. Lee and R. Jeanloz, "High pressure alloying of potassium and iron: Radioactivity in the Earth's core?," Geophysical Research Letters, 30(23), 2212 (2003). pdf

K. K. M. Lee, B. O'Neill, R. Jeanloz, "Limits to resolution in composition and density in ultra high-pressure experiments on natural mantle-rock samples," Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 143-144, 241 (2004). pdf

K. K. M. Lee, G. Steinle-Neumann and R. Jeanloz, "Ab-initio high-pressure alloying of iron and potassium: Implications for the Earth's core," Geophysical Research Letters, 31(11), L11603 (2004). pdf

K. K. M. Lee, B. O'Neill, W. R. Panero, S.-H. Shim, L. R. Benedetti and R. Jeanloz, "Equations of state of the high-pressure phases of a natural peridotite and implications for the Earth's lower mantle," Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 223(3-4), 381-393, (2004). pdf P-V data

K. K. M. Lee and G. Steinle-Neumann, "High-pressure alloying of iron and xenon: 'Missing' Xe in the Earth's core," Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 111, B02202, doi:10.1029/2005JB003781 (2006). pdf

K. K. M. Lee, L. R. Benedetti, R. Jeanloz, P. M. Celliers, J. H. Eggert, D. G. Hicks, S. J. Moon, A. Mackinnon, G. W. Collins, E. Henry, M. Koenig, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, "Laser-driven shock experiments on pre-compressed water: Implications for icy giant planets," Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 104701, doi:10.1063/1.2207618 (2006).pdf

K. K. M. Lee and G. Steinle-Neumann, "Ab-initio study of the effects of pressure and chemistry on the electron-capture radioactive decay constants of 7Be, 22Na and 40K," in press, Earth & Planetary Science Letters, (in press, 2008).

P. Loubeyre, P. M. Celliers, D. G. Hicks, E. Henry, A. Dewaele, J. Pasley, J. H. Eggert , M. Koenig, F. Occelli, K. K. M. Lee, R. Jeanloz, D. Neely, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, D. Bradley, M. Bastea, S. Moon and G.W. Collins, "Coupling static and dynamic compressions: First measurements in dense hydrogen," High Pressure Research, 24(1), 25 (2004). pdf

P. M. Celliers, G. W. Collins, D. G. Hicks, M. Koenig, E. Henry, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, D. Batani, D. K. Bradley, L. B. DaSilva, R. J. Wallace, S. J. Moon, J. H. Eggert, K. K. M. Lee, L. R. Benedetti, R. Jeanloz, I. Masclet, N. Dague, B. Marchet, M. Rabec Le Gloahec, Ch. Reverdin, J. Pasley, O. Willi, D. Neely and C. Danson, "Electronic conduction in shock-compressed water," Physics of Plasmas, 11(8), L41 (2004). pdf

R. Jeanloz, P. M. Celliers, G. W. Collins, J. H. Eggert, K. K. M. Lee, R. S. McWilliams, S. Brygoo, P. Loubeyre, "Achieving novel states through shock-wave loading of pre-compressed samples," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi/10.1073/pnas.0608170104 (2007). pdf

Theses

Lee, K. K. M. (2003). Exploring Planetary Interiors: Experiments at Extreme Conditions. Department of Earth & Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, p. 122.