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DIG Astrochemistry - 2: Icy Dust Astrochemistry Workshop

25 June 2024

Astrochemistry has now evolved as an emerging branch of many astrophysical fields, where molecules are used as a diagnostic tool to understand both the physical and chemical properties of various astronomical objects. Using both ground and space-borne facilities, equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation, we are now able to identify the fingerprints of many new chemicals in the interstellar medium and in both stellar and planetary environments.  The high sensitivity and high resolution of  ALMA is producing spatial maps of gas phase molecules down to the planetary scale. JWST is assembling a chemical inventory by looking deep into protoplanetary disks, planetary atmospheres, PDR, etc., and is able to investigate the composition of ices in both the ISM and on planetary and lunar surfaces, providing much deeper insights into their evolution.

This one day workshop aims to bring together the astrochemical experimental community to confer on both its recent accomplishments and upcoming challenges. 


Programme

Tuesday 25 June

Session #1     Building blocks of life

9:00 - 9:30       Liv Hornekær

9:30 - 9:45       Alfred Hopkinson

9:45 - 10:00     Anita Schneiker

10:00 - 10:15   Ragav Ramachandran

10:15 - 10:30   Cornelia Meinert
 

10:30 - 11:00   Coffee break
 

Session #2      Ice - light interactions

11:00 - 11:30   Y.-J. Wu

11:30 - 11:45   Alessandra Migliorini

11:45 - 12:00   Alejandra Traspas Muiña

12:00 - 12:15   Ann Mary Wilson

12:15 - 12:30   Jin Zhang
 

12:30 - 13:30   Lunch break
 

Session #3      Dust grain analogues, nanoparticles, and nanostructures

13:30 - 14:00   Gonzalo Santoro

14:00 - 14:15   Cornelia Jäger

14:15 - 14:30   Arijit Roy

14:30 - 14:45   Pavithraa Sundararajan

14:45 - 15:00   Surendra Vikram Singh
 

15:00 - 15:30   Coffee break
 

Session #4      Ice and dust processing

15:30 - 16:00   Will Rocha

16:00 - 16:15   Duncan Mifsud

16:15 - 16:30   Zuzana Kaňuchová

16:30 - 16:45   Daniele Fulvio

16:45 - 17:00   Bijesh Malla
 

17:00                 End of the meeting


Registration

The workshop is based on invitation only.