Programme

Tuesday 11th October 2011 
   
Arrival  

 
16:00 - 18:00 Registration and welcome reception  
 
   
 
Wednesday 12th October 2011 
   
Session 1: New Astrochemistry Chemistry revealed by Herschel and ALMA  
 

Chair: Nigel Mason 
09:00 - 09:30   Opening and Welcome   Nigel Mason
(Open University)  
09:30 - 10:15   Review 1: Anions in Astrophysics   J Cernicharo
(CAB. INTA-CSIC, Madrid)  
10:15 - 10:45   Coffee  
 
10:45 - 11:15   The role of chemistry as a tool to probe the physics of protoplanetary disks   Tom Millar
(Queen's University Belfast)  
11:15 - 11:45   The origin and nature of molecular emission in star forming regions   Serena Viti
(University College London)  
11:45 - 12:15   State specific elementary rate coefficients for astrochemistry   Dieter Gerlich
(Technische Universität Chemnitz / Charles University Prague)  
12:15 - 12:45   Formation of small polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on silicate surfaces   Peter Sarre
(The University of Nottingham)  
12:45 - 14:00   Lunch (Buffet)  
 
   
Session 2: Ion Molecule Chemistry  
 
Chair: Wolf Geppert 
14:00 - 14:30   Physical conditions in dense cold interstellar clouds as input for chemical models   Viktor Toth
(Eötvös University & Zrinyi University)  
14:30 - 15:00   State selective recombination of H3+ ions   Juraj Glosik
(Charles University Prague)  
15:00 - 15:30   Decorated ions: camouflage of large molecules in molecular clouds   Paul Scheier
(University of Innsbruck)  
15:30 - 16:00   Low-energy H- production by electron impact with small hydrocarbons   Iztok Cadez
(Jožef Stefan Institute)  
16:00 - 16:20   Departure for boat trip  
 
   
 
Thursday 13th October 2011 
   
Session 3: Surface Astrochemistry  
 
Chair: Maria Palumbo 
09:00 - 09:45   Review 2: Freeze-out and desorption in star-forming regions   Jonathan Rawlings
(University College London)  
09:45 - 10:15   Studies of sulphur containing model interstellar ices   Wendy Brown
(University College London)  
10:15 - 10:45   Coffee  
 
10:45 - 11:15   Slow electrons in space and the first peptide bond   Jan Bredehoft
(University of Bremen)  
11:15 - 11:45   Nucleation of magnesium silicates in stellar outflows   Fedor Goumans
(Leiden University)  
11:45 - 12:15   Electron-stimulated processes in astrophysical ices   Mark Collings
(Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)  
12:15 - 12:45   Ion Chemistry In The Early Universe : The Role Of Simple Molecular Ions From Accurate Quantum Treatments   Franco Gianturco
(University of Rome "Sapienza")  
12:45 - 14:00   Lunch (Buffet) - MC meeting  
 
   
Session 4: Surface astrochemistry  
 
Chair: Jean Louis Lemaire 
14:00 - 14:30   Astroelectrochemistry: Cosmic Dust Grains As Chemical Factories   Daren Caruana
(University College London)  
14:30 - 15:00   About the role of water ice in the formation of water ice   Francoise Pauzat
(Université Pierre et Marie Curie)  
15:00 - 15:30   Simulations of diffusion and clustering at an ice Ih surface   Hannes Jonsson
(University of Iceland)  
15:30 - 16:00   Surface Formation Routes of Interstellar Molecules   Sergio Iopollo
(Leiden University)  
16:00 - 16:30   UV photodesorption mechanisms, in particular of carbon monoxide   Marc van Hemert
(Leiden University)  
16:30 - 18:30   Tea, followed by poster session  
 
19:00  Departure for conference dinner (Mdina)  
 
   
 
Friday 14th October 2011 
   
Session 5: Planetary Atmospheres  
 
Chair: David Field 
09:00 - 09:45   Review 3: Exploring Titan   Francois Raulin
(Université Paris Est-Créteil / Université Denis Diderot)  
09:45 - 10:30   Review 4: Revealing Mars   Christian Muller
(B. USOC)  
10:30 - 11:00   Coffee  
 
11:00 - 11:30   Exoplanets: formation, evolution and habitability   Ewa Szuszkiewicz
(University of Szczecin)  
11:30 - 12:00   Formation of Olivine particles in Stellar Outflows and Planetary Atmospheres   J Plane
(University of Leeds)  
12:00 - 12:30   Anion Chemistry on Titan: A possible route to large hydrocarbons   Jan Zabka
(J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry)  
12:30 - 12:45   H2O synthesis in CH4-N2-CO2 discharges: A method for water formation in Titan’s atmosphere?   Gabriel Horvath
(Comenius University)  
12:45 - 13:00   Electron induced fluorescence of nitrogen and methan - the main constituents of Titan's atmosphere   Juraj Orzagh
(Comenius University)  
13:00 - 14:00   Lunch (Buffet)  
 
   
Session 6: Consolidated topics  
 
Chair: A Tielens 
14:00 - 14:30   European Studies of Extragalactic Astrochemistry and Molecules   Susanne Aalto
(Chalmers University of Technology)  
14:30 - 15:00   The effects of methanol on the trapping of volatile ice components   Daren Burke
(University College London)  
15:00 - 15:30   On the formation of glycolaldehyde in dense molecular cores   Paul Woods
(University College London)  
15:30 - 16:00   The "minimum energy principle" as a guide for observations   Yves Ellinger
(Université Pierre et Marie Curie)  
16:00 - 16:30   Tea  
 
16:30 - 16:45   The formation of graphene and its conversion into C60 in interstellar space   Olivier Berne
(Leiden University)  
16:45 - 17:00   Global Parameters of H2 Formation in the ISM: Experiments in Thermally Controlled Dust and Gas Conditions   Lisseth Gavilan
(Observatoire de Paris and Université de Cergy Pontoise)  
17:00 - 17:15   Laboratory studies of UV and ion irradiation of methanol and nitrogen ice mixtures: does synergy occur?   Farahjabeen Islam
(INAF)  
17:15 - 17:30   Non-equilibrium vibrational distributions and energy exchange processes in the Early Universe   Carla Maria Coppola
(Universitŕ degli Studi “Aldo Moro” di Bari / University College London)  
17:30 - 17:45   Theoretical investigation of H2 formation on silicate materials Boutheina Kerkeni
(Université de Carthage)
17:50 - 18:00   End of meeting  
 
18:00  Close of meeting  
 
   
 

 


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