Title
Professor of Earth and Planetary Science

Department
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science


Faculty URL
http://astro.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/militzer.html

Email
militzer@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 643-7414


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Research Expertise and Interest
Saturn, structure and evolution of Jupiter, and extrasolar giant planets

Research Description
B. Militzer studies the interiors of giant planets with computer simulations in order to understand their structure and evolution. Since materials in planetary interiors are exposed to extreme temperature and pressure conditions that cannot yet be reached with laboratory experiments. B. Militzer instead relies on highly accurate simulations from first principles. He and collaborators recently predicted the existence of a massive core in Jupiter of 14 Earth masses.