HPSynC: People: Michael Lerche
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Resume
| 1998 | B.S. in Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany | |
| 2000 | M.S. in Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany Investigation of sapphire single crystals, applications in the monochromatization and the exact Bragg backscattering of synchrotron radiation (in German) |
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| 2004 | Ph.D in Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany A Fabry Pérot interferometer for X-rays (in German) |
Research Interests
Liquid dynamics under high pressure and material properties of amorphous metals under extreme conditions.
Selected Publications
Lerche, M., D. Haskel, N. Souta-Neto, W. Sturhahn, G. Shen, and K.S. Suslick: Magnetism of amorphous iron at pressures up to 30GPa, in preparation
Winterrose, M. L., M. S. Lucas, A. F. Yue, I. Halevy, L. Mauger, J.A. Muñoz, Jingzhu Hu, M. Lerche, and B. Fultz, Pressure-Induced Invar Behavior in Pd3Fe. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2009), accepted
Jackson, J., W. Sturhahn, O. Tschauner, M. Lerche, and Y. Fei, Behavior of iron in (Mg,Fe)SiO3 post-perovskite assemblages at Mbar pressures. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L10301. (2009)
Shim, S.-H., A. Bengtson, D. Morgan, W. Sturhahn, K. Catalli, J. Zhao, M. Lerche, A. Kubo, and V. B. Prakapenka: Electronic and magnetic structures of the postperovskite-type Fe2O3 - Implications for planetary magnetic records and deep interior transitions. P. Natl. Acad. Sci., 106, 5508-5512. (2009)
Lin, J.F., A. G. Gavriliuk, W. Sturhahn, S. D. Jacobsen, J. Zhao, M. Lerche, M. Hu, Z. Jenei: Synchrotron Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of Ferropericlase at High Pressures and Temperatures, American Minerologist, 94, 594-599 (2009)
Gao, L., B. Chen, J. Wang, E.E. Alp, J. Zhao, M. Lerche, W. Sturhahn, H.P. Scott, F. Huang, Y. Ding, S.V. Sinogeikin, C.C. Lundstrom, J.D. Bass, and J. Li: Pressure -induced magnetic transition and sound velocities of Fe3C: Implications for carbon in the earth's inner core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L17306, (2008).
Giefers, H., E.A. Tanis, S.P. Rudin, C. Greeff, X. Ke, C. Chen, M.F. Nicol, M. Pravica, W. Pravica, J. Zhao, A. Alatas, M. Lerche, W. Sturhahn, and E. Alp, Phonon density of states of metallic Sn at high pressure, Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 245502, (2007)
Jackson, J.M., W. Sturhahn, M. Lerche and J. Li, The electronic structure of iron in aluminous (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite at high-pressures and high temperatures, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Mett. Suppl., San Francisco, CA (2006)


