About the group

Since Motohiko Murakami's arrival at ETH Zurich in August 2017, the Experimental Mineral Physics group is developing a high-pressure and high-temperature elasticity measurement system to achieve the determination of the density of the silicate melts under extreme condition in the laboratory in order to understand the differentiation process in early Earth which was fully covered with deep magma ocean. In parallel, the group is also aiming for technical developments at PSI such as synchrotron and free-electron laser facilities for the possible application to fundamental issues on the planetary science and condensed matter physics under extreme pressure condition. The group has already set up the basic measurement systems in the lab including Brillouin & Raman scattering techniques combined with laser-heated diamond anvil cell apparatus, which will soon be ready to enable the group to explore the differentiation process in deep planetary interiors from fully molten state.