Tabarz, October 13-17, 2014 - Thank you to all the participants!
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Group Picture
Rationale
The summer school "Laboratory Astrophysics" was organized within the framework of the DFG Priority Program "Physics of the Interstellar Medium" (ISM-SPP 1573). Its goal was to present the role played by laboratory studies in the identification of the chemical and physical processes that take place in the interstellar medium (ISM). For this purpose, introductory lectures on the interstellar matter presented scientific problems and issues to which laboratory studies can bring solutions. Each introduction was followed by topical lectures on the current research themes in the field of laboratory astrophysics and the techniques that are implemented. The program ended with a seminar on soft skills, that is science communication.
The school was intended for master and PhD students and also postdoctoral researchers from the field of astrophysics or fields related to astrophysics who wished to familiarize themselves with works carried out in laboratories and the needs of astronomers for laboratory data.
Location and Accommodation
The summer school took place at the Am Burgholz hotel in Tabarz, Thuringia.
Hotel Am Burgholz
Am Burgholz 30
99891 Tabarz
Tel: +49-(0)36259-54-0
Fax: +49-(0)36259-54-19100
E-mail: info(at)hotel-am-burgholz.de
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Program and Schedule
The program comprised introductory lectures on the atoms, molecules, and both bare and ice-coated grains that populate the interstellar medium. Topical lectures describec how these interstellar species are investigated with the assistance of laboratory experiments using various spectroscopy, synthesis, and processing techniques.
A poster session gave the participants the opportunity to present their work, regardless of its subject.
Note: the lecture on molecular spectroscopy in the microwave domain had to be moved from Tuesday to Thursday.
| Monday | |
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| 18:00- | Registration and get-together dinner |
| Tuesday - Gas phase | |
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| 08:45-09:00 | Welcome speech and school presentation |
| 09:00-10:15 | The Interstellar Gas Phase - Roland Gredel (MPI for Astronomy) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:00 | Chemical Reactions in the Gas Phase - pdf - Holger Kreckel (MPI for Nuclear Physics) |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00-15:15 | Molecules and UV/vis Photons - From the ISM to the Laboratory - Gaël Rouillé (MPI for Astronomy) |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-17:00 | The Infrared Domain - pdf - Thomas Giesen (University of Kassel) |
| 17:00-18:15 | Poster session |
| 18:15-19:45 | Dinner break |
| 19:45-21:00 | Open discussions |
| Wednesday - Refractory grains | |
|---|---|
| 09:00-10:15 | Cosmic Dust - An Observer's Tale - pdf - Hendrik Linz (MPI for Astronomy) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:00 | Synthesis of Cosmic Dust Analogs - Cornelia Jäger (MPI for Astronomy) |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00-15:15 | Processing of Grains - Cornelia Jäger (MPI for Astronomy) |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-17:00 | Optical Properties of Interstellar Dust from Cosmic Dust Analogs Studied in the Lab - Harald Mutschke (University of Jena) |
| 17:00-18:15 | Dust Agglomeration in Protoplanetary Disks - cancelled due to train strike - Stephan Kothe (University of Brunswick – Institute of Technology) |
| 18:15-19:45 | Dinner break |
| 19:45-21:00 | Open discussions |
| Thursday - Ices and volatile grains | |
|---|---|
| 09:00-10:15 | Ices in Space - Guillermo Muñoz-Caro (Center for Astrobiology, Madrid) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:00 | Formation of Molecules on Cosmic Dust Analogs in Conditions Relevant to the ISM - pdf - Jean-Louis Lemaire (Observatory of Paris & University of Cergy-Pontoise) |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00-15:15 | Radiation-Induced Processing at the Interface Ice/Dust Grains - Daniele Fulvio (MPI for Astronomy) |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-17:00 | Cryochemistry in the Inert and Interstellar Media - pdf - Serge A. Krasnokutski (University of Jena) |
| 17:00-18:15 | Identification of Molecules with Microwave Spectroscopy - Stephan Schlemmer (University of Cologne) |
| 18:15-19:45 | Dinner break |
| 19:45-21:00 | Open discussions |
| Friday - Soft skills seminar | |
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| 09:00-10:15 | Soft skills seminar - pdf - Annelie Wendeberg (Mediomix) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:00 | Soft skills seminar |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30-14:45 | Soft skills seminar |
| 14:45-15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:15-16:00 | Soft skills seminar |
| 16:00- | Departure |
Posters
| Towards Understanding the Astrochemistry of Refractory-Compounds - pdf - Alexander Breier, Thomas Büchling, Christian Endres, Sven Thorwirth, Karl Menten, Jürgen Gauss, and Thomas F. Giesen |
| Pure Beams of Free Radicals for Studies of Radical-Surface Chemistry - Felicity Gossan |
| The Thermal Reaction of Acrylonitrile and Oxygen Radicals on Analogues of Interstellar Dust Grains - pdf - Helen J. Kimber and Stephen D. Price |
| Understanding the Internal Torsion and Bending Motion of Dimethyl Ether via Isotopic Studies - pdf - Pia Kutzer, Björn Waßmuth, Olivier Pirali, Pascale Roy, and Thomas F. Giesen |
| Laboratory Measurements of the Far-Infrared to Millimeter Dust Opacity of Amorphous Mg/Fe Silicates - Pierre Mohr, Harald Mutschke, Frank Lewen, and Alexey Potapov |
| Ion-Induced Erosion of Carbon Grains: Implication of CO and CO2 Formation in Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks, and on Icy Objects - Tolou Sabri, Cornelia Jäger, Giuseppe A. Baratta, Maria Elisabetta Palumbo, Thomas Henning, Giovanni Strazzulla, and Elke Wendler |
| Developments in Mid-Infrared Supersonic-Jet-Experiments - pdf - Daniel Witsch, Steven Ingunza, Volker Lutter, Alexander Breier, Guido Fuchs, and Thomas F. Giesen |
Scientific Organizing Committee
Thomas Henning, MPIA
Cornelia Jäger, MPIA
Harald Mutschke, Uni. Jena
Gaël Rouillé, MPIA
Local Organizing Committee
Cornelia Jäger, MPIA
Harald Mutschke, Uni. Jena
Gaël Rouillé, MPIA
Inquiries at gael.rouille(at)uni-jena.de.