Programme
Tuesday 11th October 2011 | ||
Arrival |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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