Metallic Xenon at Static Pressures

Using a diamond indentor, diamond anvil technique along with nonshorting interdigitated electrodes produced on the anvil by lithographic processes, we have shown that the electrical resistance of a xenon sample at 32^∘{}K drops from 10¹³ {Ω} (or greater) to about 10⁴ {Ω} at 0.33 Mbar. Further studies using a second method reveal that the resistivity has dropped to below 10^-1 {Ω} cm and possibly much lower.