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Press released by Takezawa and Hirose – Large Amounts of Helium in the Earth’s Core?

Haruki Takezawa (M2 student) and Kei Hirose, in collaboration with Naoya Sakamoto (Hokkaido University) and Han Hsu (Academia Sinica), have released a joint press statement. They successfully synthesized iron-helium compounds and demonstrated their existence using theoretical calculations and mass spectrometry.

This research have been published in the journal Physical Review Letters. The paper was selected as an “Editors’ Suggestion” due to its significance and was also featured in the “Physics”. The research was chosen as the cover image for the issue.

For more details, please refer to the following press releases and articles:

Press Releases & Articles
University of Tokyo：https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/press/10669/
Hokkaido University：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250228_pr3.pdf
Synopsis：https://physics.aps.org/articles/v18/s22

Publication details
Journal：Physical Review Letters
Title：Formation of iron-helium compounds under high pressure
Authors：Haruki Takezawa*, Han Hsu*, Kei Hirose*, Fumiya Sakai, Suyu Fu, Hitoshi Gomi, Shiro Miwa, and Naoya Sakamoto
DOI：10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.084101
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.084101