Knibbe, J. S.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Rivoldini, A.; Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Luginbuhl, S. M.; Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Namur, O.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Charlier, Bernard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Pétrologie, géochimie endogènes et pétrophysique
Mezouar, M.; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France
Sifre, D.; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France
Berndt, J.; Institute for Mineralogy, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
Kono, Y.; Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
Neuville, D. R.; Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
van Westrenen, W.; Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Van Hoolst, T.; Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Mercury's Interior Structure Constrained by Density and P-Wave Velocity Measurements of Liquid Fe-Si-C Alloys
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