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Liton Majumdar, Pierre Gratier, Thomas Vidal, Valentine Wakelam, Jean-Christophe Loison, Kevin M. Hickson, Emmanuel Caux
The nature of the main sulphur reservoir in star forming regions is a long standing mystery. The observed abundance of sulphur-bearing species in dense clouds is only about 0.1 per cent of the same quantity in diffuse clouds. Therefore, the main sulphur species in star forming regions of the interstellar medium are still unknown. IRAS 16293-2422 is one of the regions where production of S-bearing species is favourable due to its conditions which allows the evaporation of ice mantles. We carried out observations in the 3 mm band towards the solar type protostar IRAS 16293-2422 with the IRAM 30m telescope. We observed a single frequency setup with the EMIR heterodyne 3 mm receiver with an Lower Inner (LI) tuning frequency of 89.98 GHz. Several lines of the complex sulphur species CH3SH were detected. Observed abundances are compared with simulations using the NAUTILUS gas-grain chemical model. Modelling results suggest that CH3SH has the constant abundance of 4e-9 (compared to H2) for radii lower than 200 AU and is mostly formed on the surfaces. Detection of CH3SH indicates that there may be several new families of S-bearing molecules (which could form starting from CH3SH) which have not been detected or looked for yet.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 458, Issue 2, p.1859-1865
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stw457
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07619
N. Biver, R. Moreno, D. Bockelée-Morvan, Aa. Sandqvist, P. Colom, J.
Crovisier, D.C. Lis, J. Boissier, V. Debout, G. Paubert, S. Milam, A.
Hjalmarson, S. Lundin, T. Karlsson, M. Battelino, U. Frisk, D. Murtagh, and
the Odin team
The apparition of bright comets C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) in
March-April 2013 and January 2015, combined with the improved observational
capabilities of submillimeter facilities, offered an opportunity to carry out
sensitive compositional and isotopic studies of the volatiles in their coma. We
observed comet Lovejoy with the IRAM 30m telescope between 13 and 26 January
2015, and with the Odin submillimeter space observatory on 29 January - 3
February 2015. We detected 22 molecules and several isotopologues. The
H216O and H218O production rates measured with Odin follow a
periodic pattern with a period of 0.94 days and an amplitude of ~25%. The
inferred isotope ratios in comet Lovejoy are 16O/18O = 499 ± 24
and D/H = 1.4 ± 0.4 x 10-4 in water, 32S/34S = 24.7
± 3.5 in CS, all compatible with terrestrial values. The ratio
12C/13C = 109 ± 14 in HCN is marginally higher than terrestrial
and 14N/15N = 145 ± 12 in HCN is half the Earth ratio. Several
upper limits for D/H or 12C/13C in other molecules are reported. From our
observation of HDO in comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), we report the first D/H ratio
in an Oort Cloud comet that is not larger than the terrestrial value. On the
other hand, the observation of the same HDO line in the other Oort-cloud comet,
C/2012 F6 (Lemmon), suggests a D/H value four times higher. Given the previous
measurements of D/H in cometary water, this illustrates that a diversity in the
D/H ratio and in the chemical composition, is present even within the same
dynamical group of comets, suggesting that current dynamical groups contain
comets formed at very different places or times in the early solar system.
Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201528041
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05006
O. Fehér, L. V. Tóth, D. Ward-Thompson, J. Kirk, A. Kraus, V.-M.
Pelkonen, S. Pintér, S. Zahorecz
We observed high S/N, high velocity resolution NH3(1,1) and (2,2) emission
on an extended map in TMC-1, a filamentary cloud in a nearby quiescent star
forming area. By fitting multiple hyperfine-split line profiles to the
NH3(1,1) spectra we derived the velocity distribution of the line components
and calculated gas parameters on several positions. Herschel SPIRE continuum
observations were reduced and used to calculate the physical parameters of the
Planck Galactic Cold Clumps in the region. The Herschel-based column density
map of TMC-1 shows a main ridge with two local maxima and a separated peak to
the south-west. H2-column densities and dust temperatures are in the range
of 0.5-3.3 x 1e22 cm-2 and 10.5-12 K, respectively.
NH3-column densities are 2.8-14.2 x 1e14 cm-2 and and
H2-volume densities are 0.4-2.8 x 1e4 cm-3. Kinetic
temperatures are typically very low with a minimum of 9 K, and a maximum of
13.7 K was found at the Class I protostar IRAS 04381+2540. The kinetic
temperatures vary similarly as the dust temperatures in spite of the fact that
densities are lower than the critical density for coupling between the gas and
dust phase. The k-means clustering method separated four sub-filaments in TMC-1
in the position-velocity-column density parameter space. They have masses of
32.5, 19.6, 28.9 and 45.9 M_{\odot, low turbulent velocity dispersion
(0.13-0.2 kms-1) and they are close to gravitational equilibrium. We label
them TMC-1F1 through F4. TMC-1F1, TMC-1F2 and TMC-1F4 are very elongated, dense
and cold. TMC-1F3 is a little less elongated and somewhat warmer, probably
heated by IRAS 04381+2540 that is embedded in it. TMC-1F3 is ~ 0.1 pc
behind TMC1-F1. Because of its structure, TMC-1 is a good target to test
filament evolution scenarios.
accepted for publication in A&A
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201424385
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05844
B. Brugger, O. Mousis, A. Morse, U. Marboeuf, L. Jorda, A.
Guilbert-Lepoutre, D. Andrews, S. Barber, P. Lamy, A. Luspay-Kuti, K. Mandt,
G. Morgan, S. Sheridan, P. Vernazza and I.P. Wright
On November 12, 2014, the ESA/Rosetta descent module Philae landed on the
Abydos site of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Aboard this module, the Ptolemy
mass spectrometer measured a CO/CO2 ratio of 0.07 +/- 0.04 which differs
substantially from the value obtained in the coma by the Rosetta/ROSINA
instrument, suggesting a heterogeneity in the comet nucleus. To understand this
difference, we investigated the physico-chemical properties of the Abydos
subsurface leading to CO/CO2 ratios close to that observed by Ptolemy at the
surface of this region. We used a comet nucleus model that takes into account
different water ice phase changes (amorphous ice, crystalline ice and
clathrates), as well as diffusion of molecules throughout the pores of the
matrix. The input parameters of the model were optimized for the Abydos site
and the ROSINA CO/CO2 measured ratio is assumed to correspond to the bulk value
in the nucleus. We find that all considered structures of water ice are able to
reproduce the Ptolemy observation with a time difference not exceeding ~50
days, i.e. lower than ~2% on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's orbital period. The
suspected heterogeneity of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's nucleus is also found
possible only if it is constituted of crystalline ices. If the icy phase is
made of amorphous ice or clathrates, the difference between Ptolemy and
ROSINA's measurements would rather originate from the spatial variations in
illumination on the nucleus surface. An eventual new measurement of the CO/CO2
ratio at Abydos by Ptolemy could be decisive to distinguish between the three
water ice structures.
Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05893
T. Grodanov, R. McCarroll, E. Roueff
This work is motivated by the necessity to take account both of the nuclear spin symmetries of H2 and of the spin-orbit interaction of N+ ion in order to investigate gas phase reactions in interstellar chemistry, leading to the formation of nitrogenous and deuterated compounds.
The main objective in this work is to determine the rate coefficients for each possible initial quantum state of the reactants N+(3Pj) + H2(J) (and their isotopic variants). Only in this way does it become possible both to analyze experimantal data and develop realistic application to interstellar chemical models to constrain the gas phase chemistry of ammonia and its isotopologues.
A statistical treatment is presented of state selective reactive collisions involving
N+ ions in fine structure state j with H2 or HD molecules in a rotation level J of the ground vibration state, leading either to the production of
NH+ ions and H in the case of the H2 reactant and to the production of either NH+ ions or ND+ in the case of the HD reactant. The fine structure states (j=0, 1, 2) of the N+ ions are treated on an equal footing with other internal motions.
Cross sections for state to state collisions are calculated for collision energies ranging from 0.1 - 30 meV. These cross sections are then averaged over the kinetic energies of the reactants for each (J,j) to obtain the rate coefficients for a range of kinetic temperatures 10-200 K.
The exothermicity of the reactions involving
N+(3Pj) + H2(J) (and isotopic variants) are derived from the difference Delta E_e between the dissociation energies of the electronic molecular potentials of NH+ and H2. The value Delta Ee= 101 meV is found to satisfactorily
reproduce the experiments performed with para and ortho- H2. This value is used to determine the endothermicity of the N+ + HD reaction leading to the formation of ND+, and subsequently the rate coefficient. The calculated rate is consistent with the available experimental data.
The present results allow for the determination of reaction rate coefficients for any given distribution of specific fine structure and rotational state populations of the reactants. In interstellar conditions, where N+ is in its 3P0 state and para and ortho-H2 respectively in J= 0 and J=1,
our results enable a study of the influence of the ortho/para evolution of molecular hydrogen on the formation of nitrogen compounds.
accepted in Astronomy Astrophysics
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201628092
Full-text URL:
http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/forth/aa28092-16.pdf
Yu Song, Hong Gao, Yih Chung Chang, D. Hammoutène, H. Ndome, M. Hochlaf, William M. Jackson, and C. Y. Ng
The branching ratios for the N(4S) + N(2D), N(4S) + N(2P), and N(2D) + N(2D) channels are measured for the photodissociation of N2(X1Σg+; v'' = 0,'' J) in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region of 100,808–122,159 cm−1 using the VUV–VUV pump-probe approach combined with velocity-map-imaging-photoion detection. No evidence of forming the ground-state N(4S) + N(4S) products is found. No potential barrier is observed for the N (2D) + N(2D) channel, but the N(4S) + N(2P) channel has a small potential barrier of ≈740 cm−1. The branching ratios are found to depend on the symmetry of predissociative N2 states instead of the total VUV excitation energy, indicating that N2 photodissociation is nonstatistical. When the branching ratios for N(4S) + N(2D) and N(4S) + N (2P) products are plotted as a function of the VUV excitation energy for the valence N2 1Πu and 1Σu+ states, oscillations in these ratios are observed demonstrating how these channels are competing with each other. These data can be used to select both the velocity and internal states of the atomic products by picking the quantum state that is excited. High-level ab initio potential energy curves of the excited N2 states are calculated to provide insight into the mechanisms for the observed branching ratios. The calculations predict that the formation of both N(4S) + N(2D) and N(4S) + N(2P) channels involves potential energy barriers, in agreement with experimental observations. A discussion of the application of the present results to astronomy, planetary sciences, and comets is given.
The Astrophysical Journal, 819:23 (13pp), 2016 March 1
DOI:
10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/23
Full-text URL:
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/23;jsessionid=ACC2C87AE92A95E8F9A36C78495F8C39.c1.iopscience.cld.iop.org
Kevin M. Hickson, Valentine Wakelam, Jean-Christophe Loison
We present an extensive review of gas phase reactions producing methylacetylene and propene showing that these relatively abundant unsaturated hydrocarbons cannot be synthesized through gas-phase reactions. We explain the formation of propene and methylacetylene through surface hydrogenation of C3 depleted onto interstellar ices, C3 being a very abundant species in the gas phase.
Molecular Astrophysics in Press
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02703
U. Hincelin, B. Commercon, V. Wakelam, F. Hersant, S. Guilloteau
The first hydrostatic core, also called the first Larson core, is one of the first steps in low-mass star formation, as predicted by theory. With recent and future high performance telescopes, details of these first phases become accessible, and observations may confirm theory and even bring new challenges for theoreticians. In this context, we study from a theoretical point of view the chemical and physical evolution of the collapse of prestellar cores until the formation of the first Larson core, in order to better characterize this early phase in the star formation process. We couple a state-of-the-art hydrodynamical model with full gas-grain chemistry, using different assumptions on the magnetic field strength and orientation.
We extract the different components of each collapsing core (i.e., the central core, the outflow, the disk, the pseudodisk, and the envelope) to highlight their specific physical and chemical characteristics. Each component often presents a specific physical history, as well as a specific chemical evolution. From some species, the components can clearly be differentiated. The different core models can also be chemically differentiated. Our simulation suggests some chemical species as tracers of the different components of a collapsing prestellar dense core, and as tracers of the magnetic field characteristics of the core. From this result, we pinpoint promising key chemical species to be observed.
Accepted for publication in ApJ
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02529
Christian P. Endres, Stephan Schlemmer, Peter Schilke, Jürgen Stutzki, Holger S.P. Müller
The Cologne Database for Molecular Spectroscopy, CDMS, was founded 1998 to provide in its catalog section line lists of mostly molecular species which are or may be observed
in various astronomical sources by means of (usually) radio astronomical means. The line lists contain transition frequencies with qualified accuracies, intensities, quantum numbers, as well as further auxilary information. They have been generated from critically evaluated experimental line lists, mostly from laboratory experiments, employing established Hamiltonian models. Seperate entries exist for different isotopic species and usually also for different vibrational states. As of December 2015, the number of entries is 792. They are available online as ascii tables with additional files documenting information on the entries.
The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre, VAMDC, was founded more than 5 years ago as a common platform for atomic and molecular data. This platform facilitates exchange not only between spectroscopic databases related to astrophysics or astrochemistry, but also with collisional and kinetic databases. A dedicated infrastructure was developed to provide a common data format in the various databases enabling queries to a large variety of databases on atomic and molecular data at once.
For CDMS, the incorporation in VAMDC was combined with several modifications on the generation of CDMS catalog entries. Here we introduce related changes to the data structure and the data content in the CDMS. The new data scheme allows us to incorporate all previous data entries but in addition allows us also to include entries based on new theoretical descriptions. Moreover, the CDMS entries have been transferred into a mySQL database format. These developments within the VAMDC framework have in part been driven by the needs of the astronomical community to be able to deal efficiently with large data sets obtained with the Herschel Space Telescope or, more recently, with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array.
J. Mol. Spectrosc., Special Issue on Databases; in press
DOI:
10.1016/j.jms.2016.03.005
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.03264
R.C. Fortenberry, E. Roueff, T.J Lee
The rovibrational spectrum of cyclic, protonated acetylene has been established. The improvement in modern telescopes coupled with the different branching ratios in reaction models welcomes study of 13C-substitution for C2H3+. Quartic force fields (QFFs) have been previously utilized to predict the anti-symmetric HCCH stretch in standard c-C2H3+ to within 0.1cm−1 of
experiment and are employed heretogenerate rovibrational insights for the 13C isotopologues. The zero-point energie are also given for the cyclic and ‘Y’-shaped isomers for both 13C and D substitutions. Vibrational intensities and the dipole moments are provided in order to characterize more fully this simple cation.
Chemical Physics Letters, 650, 126, 2016
DOI:
10.1016/j.cplett.2016.02.068
Full-text URL:
http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Sic626nNRS7Y
M. Antinolo, M. Agundez, E. Jimenez, B. Ballesteros, A. Canosa, G. El Dib, J. Albaladejo, and J. Cernicharo
In the last years, ultra-low temperature chemical kinetic experiments have
demonstrated that some gas-phase reactions are much faster than previously
thought. One example is the reaction between OH and CH3OH, which has been
recently found to be accelerated at low temperatures yielding CH3O as main
product. This finding opened the question of whether the CH3O observed in the
dense core Barnard 1b could be formed by the gas-phase reaction of CH3OH and
OH. Several chemical models including this reaction and grain-surface processes
have been developed to explain the observed abundance of CH3O with little
success. Here we report for the first time rate coefficients for the gas-phase
reaction of OH and CH3OH down to a temperature of 22 K, very close to those in
cold interstellar clouds. Two independent experimental set-ups based on the
supersonic gas expansion technique coupled to the pulsed laser photolysis-laser
induced fluorescence technique were used to determine rate coefficients in the
temperature range 22-64 K. The temperature dependence obtained in this work can
be expressed as k(22-64 K) = (3.6+/-0.1)e-12 (T/ 300)^(-1.0+/-0.2) cm3
molecule-1 s-1. Implementing this expression in a chemical model of a cold
dense cloud results in CH3O/CH3OH abundance ratios similar or slightly lower
than the value of 3e-3 observed in Barnard 1b. This finding confirms that the
gas-phase reaction between OH and CH3OH is an important contributor to the
formation of interstellar CH3O. The role of grain-surface processes in the
formation of CH3O, although it cannot be fully neglected, remains
controversial.
Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.04244
J.-C. Loison, M. Agúndez, N. Marcelino, V. Wakelam, K. M. Hickson, J. Cernicharo, M. Gerin, E. Roueff, M. Guélin
We present the detection of two H2C3O isomers, propynal and cyclopropenone, toward various starless cores and molecular clouds, together with upper limits for the third isomer propadienone. We review the processes controlling the abundances of H2C3O isomers in interstellar media showing that the reactions involved are gas-phase ones. We show that the abundances of these species are controlled by kinetic rather than thermodynamic effects.
MNRAS 456, 4101–4110 (2016)
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stv2866
Full-text URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.01582
M L Dubernet, B K Antony, Y A Ba, Yu L Babikov, K Bartschat, V Boudon, B J Braams, H-K Chung, F Daniel, F Delahaye, G Del Zanna, J de Urquijo, M S Dimitrijević, A Domaracka, M Doronin, B J Drouin, C P Endres, A Z Fazliev, S V Gagarin, I E Gordon, P Gratier, U Heiter, C Hill, D Jevremović, C Joblin, A Kasprzak, E Krishnakumar, G Leto, P A Loboda, T Louge, S Maclot, B P Marinković, A Markwick, T Marquart, H E Mason, N J Mason, C Mendoza, A A Mihajlov, T J Millar, N Moreau, G Mulas, Yu Pakhomov, P Palmeri, S Pancheshnyi, V I Perevalov, N Piskunov, J Postler, P Quinet, E Quintas-Sánchez, Yu Ralchenko, Y-J Rhee, G Rixon, L S Rothman, E Roueff, T Ryabchikova, S Sahal-Bréchot, P Scheier, S Schlemmer, B Schmitt, E Stempels, S Tashkun, J Tennyson, Vl G Tyuterev, V Vujčić, V Wakelam, N A Walton, O Zatsarinny, C J Zeippen and C M Zwölf
The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) Consortium is a worldwide consortium which federates atomic and molecular databases through an e-science infrastructure and an organisation to support this activity. About 90% of the inter-connected databases handle data that are used for the interpretation of astronomical spectra and for modelling in many fields of astrophysics. Recently the VAMDC Consortium has connected databases from the radiation damage and the plasma communities, as well as promoting the publication of data from Indian institutes. This paper describes how the VAMDC Consortium is organised for the optimal distribution of atomic and molecular data for scientific research. It is noted that the VAMDC Consortium strongly advocates that authors of research papers using data cite the original experimental and theoretical papers as well as the relevant databases.
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Volume 49, Number 7
DOI:
10.1088/0953-4075/49/7/074003
Full-text URL:
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0953-4075/49/7/074003/pdf
Linking Exoplanet and Disk Compositions - workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute
This workshop will gather scientists working on the compositional characterization of planets and planet-forming regions in protoplanetary disks. Recent and upcoming advancements make it timely to have a round-table conversation among the several communities involved, to join forces in tackling our most compelling questions on the origins of exoplanet diversity. Do exoplanet compositions retain the imprint of large-scale disk processes? Do disks include compositional trends that imprint on planets? What do we learn in this context from observations of Solar System bodies? And what can we test with observations of disks and exoplanets in the near future? We intend to identify long-lasting and observable links between exoplanet and disk compositions, to help the community in shaping ongoing modeling efforts as well as the essential parameter space to cover with existing and upcoming observatories for exoplanet and disk characterization.
Abstract submission will begin on March 26, 2016 through the link provided below.
SOC: Daniel Apai (Univ. of Arizona), Andrea Banzatti (STScI, chair) , Fred Ciesla (Univ. of Chicago), Jonathan Fortney (UCSC), Sarah Horst (JHU), Inga Kamp (Kapteyn Inst., Groningen), Nikole Lewis (STScI, co-chair), Amaya Moro-Martin (STScI), Karin Oberg (Harvard CfA), Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI), Olivia Venot (Katholieke Univ. Leuven), Marie Ygouf (STScI).
Confirmed Invited Speakers: Conel Alexander (Carnegie DTM), Uma Gorti (SETI, NASA Ames), Jonathan Lunine (Cornell Univ.), Christoph Mordasini (Univ. of Bern), Ilaria Pascucci (Univ. of Arizona), Sean Raymond (Univ. of Bordeaux), Leslie Rogers (Univ. of Chicago).
Website: http://www.cvent.com/d/ffqwn1
Brave New Worlds: Understanding the Planets of Other Stars
May 29-June 03, 2016 – Lake Como School of Advanced Studies.
Only nine planets were known before 1995, the ones orbiting our favourite star, the Sun, which then included Pluto. Twenty years later, we have «lost» Pluto but we have gained two thousands planets in orbit around other stars. Current statistical estimates indicate that, on average, every star in our Galaxy hosts at least one planetary companion, i.e. our Milky Way is crowded with one hundred billion planets! The most revolutionary aspect of this young field is the discovery that the Solar System does not appear to be the paradigm in our Galaxy, but rather one of the many possible configurations we are seeing out there. These include planets completing a revolution in less than one day, as well as planets orbiting two stars or moving on trajectories so eccentric as to resemble comets. Some of them are freezing cold, some are so hot that their surface is molten. Finding out why are these new worlds as they are is one of the key challenges of modern astrophysics.
The school is directed to Ph.D. students and young researchers who are interested in widening their knowledge in the field exoplanets, through an integrated approach covering observations, data analysis and interpretation.
More information is available at:
http://gatr.lakecomoschool.org
Interstellar shocks: models, observations & experiments
To be held in Toruń, Poland, from the 14th - 16th September 2016.
The website of the workshop: http://shocks2016.faj.org.pl/
Meeting overview and goals
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Shocks are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium, including protostars, evolved stars, supernovae blast waves as well as spiral arms. On small scales, shocks have a strong impact on the local physical conditions, the gas chemistry and they deeply affect dust grains, through sputtering of their ice mantle or their refractory cores, or even through shattering in the fastest shocks. On larger scales, shocks produced by spiral arms can induce colliding flows, triggering the formation of molecular clouds. The cumulative impact of shocks influence the evolution of molecular clouds by injecting supersonic turbulence, and in turn their star formation efficiency, hence play a major role in regulating the star formation rate of galaxies. Shocks are therefore relevant for many astrophysical and chemical processes and their detailed understanding, which needs a combination of observations, models and laboratory experiments, has a wide range of applications.
This meeting will cover all aspects of shocks in the interstellar medium: from microphysics to impact on galaxy scales. The program of the workshop reflects this broad range of topics related to interstellar shocks:
- Observations of shocks and related chemistry in protostars, supernovae remnants and evolved stars from UV to sub-mm
- Models of shocks, with a special focus on the impact of UV irradiation, the shock geometry, and the role of grains
- Laboratory studies of shocks, jets and sputtering phenomenon
- Shocks in stellar cluster and at molecular cloud scales
The objective of the meeting is to bring together astronomers with diverse observational, experimental, and theoretical backgrounds, to foster new collaborations, and to identify the major open questions relating to interstellar shocks.
Invited speakers:
- Sybille Anderl (IPAG Grenoble, FR)
- Hector Arce (Yale University, USA)
- Sylvie Cabrit (Observatoire de Paris, FR)
- Andrea Ciardi (Observatoire de Paris, FR)
- Antoine Gusdorf (Observatoire de Paris, FR)
- Michael Kaufman (San Jose State University, USA)
- Ralf Klessen (Heidelberg University, DE)
- Lars Kristensen (Center for Astrophysics, Harvard, USA)
- David Neufeld (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
- John Raymond (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA)
- Steven Sibener (University of Chicago, USA)
- Mario Tafalla (Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, ES)
SOC:
Sylvie Cabrit
Paola Caselli
Andrea Ciardi
Ewine van Dishoeck
Helen Fraser
Maryvonne Gerin
Vincent Guillet
Antoine Gusdorf
Michal Hanasz
Agata Karska
Michael Kaufman
Lars Kristensen
Alexandre Marcowith
David Neufeld
Linda Podio
Origins of Habitable Planets - A cross-disciplinary programme on planet formation
From May 2 to June 10, 2016, researchers in the fields of physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology and engineering gather in Gothenburg with one common goal: To advance our understanding of how planets which can harbour life are formed.
This unique research programme is led by Dr. Leonardo Testi of the European Southern Observatory. The programme includes scientific workshops focusing on different aspects related to future observational instrumentation and synergies between astrophysical
observations, models and lab work, seminars, group discussions, and public lectures.
For more information visit http://www.chalmers.se/en/centres/GoCAS