Equation-of-State and Physe-Transition Issues in Models of Qrdinary Astrophysical Matter

Includes a report that a controversy about high-pressure experiments with hydrogen and deuterium has ended. This work offers a critical assessment of systematic errors in observational helioseismological data, and a collective realization that there are a number of independent advanced formalisms for astrophysically useful equations of state.

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All papers were peer-reviewed. The aim of the workshop was to bring together physicists and astronomers with an interest in this interdisciplinary field. Breakthroughsannounced during the workshop include: a report that a near-ten-year controversy about high-pressure experiments with hydrogen and deuterium has ended; a demonstration that dynamical effects in screening enhancements of nuclear reactions must be taken seriously; a critical assessment of systematic errors in observational helioseismological data; and a collective relaization that right now there is a remarkable number of independent advanced formalisms for astrophysically useful equations of state.