| APS Topical Group on Compression of Condensed Matter | |
| Type: | Professional Organization |
| Founded Date: | 1984 |
| Leader Title: | Chair |
| Leader Name: | Peter Celliers (2023) |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Focus: | High pressures in condensed matter |
| Method: | Conferences, Publications |
| Num Members: | 400 |
| Homepage: | https://engage.aps.org/gccm/home |
The Topical Group on Compression of Condensed Matter (GCCM) is a Unit of the American Physical Society (APS).[1] The objective of the GCCM is the advancement and dissemination of knowledge on the physics of materials under high-pressure loading including shock physics, the effect of shock waves on materials, dynamic behavior of materials, and materials in extremes.[2] Originally formed in 1984 as the Topical Group on the Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, the group has sponsored the Biennial International Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (SCCM)[3] and awards the George E. Duvall Shock Compression Science Award.[4] The Topical Group changed to its current name in 2023 to reflect a broader community including static high compression experiments.
While specific topics and session names are set for each Biennial SCCM Conference, frequent topics include:
Recently one-off focused sessions have been organized on topics such as:
The Topical Group publishes a series of Proceeds from the conferences, with the majority of proceedings published by the American Institute of Physics (1981, 1993 to 2011.)[8] For the 2013 conference the proceeds was published by the Institute of Physics and was Open Access for the first time.[9]