Plasmas in Planetary Interiors

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We give an overview of the properties of matter in planetary interiors. Of special interest are the equation of state and the conductivities. This field has gained much more interest because of the detection of Jupiter-like, extrasolar planets since 1995.

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Redmer, R. Plasmas in Planetary Interiors. In: Dinklage, A., Klinger, T., Marx, G., Schweikhard, L. (eds) Plasma Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 670. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11360360_12

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