Public Debate on Metallic Hydrogen to Boost High Pressure Research

Abstract

Instead of praises from colleagues, the claim of observation of metallic hydrogen at 495 GPa by Dias and Silvera was met with skeptism, and grew into a public debate at the International Conference on High-Pressure Science and Technology, AIRAPT26. We briefly review this debate, and extend the topic to show that this disputation could be an opportunity to benefit the whole high pressure community.

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