The third meeting of Working group 1 “Radical-and ion-induced reactions” of the COST Action ”The Chemical Cosmos: Understanding Chemistry in Astronomical Environments” will take place at Meriton Grand Conference & Spa Hotel, Tallinn, Estonia from May 29th to June 2nd, 2011. The meeting will be organised as a joint meeting between the COST Action "The Chemical Cosmos: Understanding Chemistry in Astronomical Environments" and the Nordic Astrobiology Network. It will start on Tuesday, May 29 in the morning and finish on Saturday June 2 Lunchtime. A special session "Nordic Highlights in Astrobiology" is planned for the morning of Saturday June 2, to which all participants are cordially invited.
Important: The meeting is open to all interested scientists and students, also those outside the working group and the COST Action and the Nordic Astrobiology Network. However, the organisers reserve the right to refuse participants.
This year's meeting is devoted to the subject "The Warm Universe - Astrochemistry at Intermediate and Elevated Temperatures". Many different astronomical environments and objects showing higher temperatures (star-forming regions, protoplanetary disks, circumstellar envelopes, cometary comae as well as planetary and satellite atmospheres) exhibit very interesting chemistry. The HERSCHEL space telescope has delivered a lot of new data on many objects falling under this category and future observations with the ALMA millimetre array will explore their fine structure and chemistry. Aim of this event is to update experimentalists and theoreticians about new findings concerning warmer environments in space and, hopefully provide a forum to discuss new research ideas and projects.
Deadline for registration, accommodation booking and abstract submission: 15 April 2012
Confirmed speakers include:
Susanne Aalto, Chalmers Tekniska Universitet, Sweden
Nadia Balucani, Universitá de Perugia, Italy
Estelle Bayet, University of Oxford, UK
Astrid Bergeat, Université Bordeaux 1, France
Ludovic Biennier, Université de Rennes 1, France
Per Bjerkeli, Chalmers, Tekniska Univesitet, Sweden
Alexis Brandeker, Stockholms Universitet, Sweden
Cecilia Ceccarelli, Grenoble Observatory, France
Cesare Cecchi-Pestellini, Osservatorio di Cagliari, Italy
Steven Charnley, NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA
Isabelle Cherchneff, Universität Basel, Switzerland
Audrey Coutens, IRAP, Université P. Sabatier, Toulouse, France
David Field, Aarhus universitet, Denmark
Maryvonne Gerin, Observatoire de Paris Meudon, France
Franco Gianturco, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Javier Goicoechea, Centro de Astrobiologia, Spain
Bengt Gustafsson, Uppsala University
Eric Herbst, University of Virginia, USA
Susanne Höfner, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Christine Joblin, IRAP, Université P. Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Anders Johansen, Lund University, Sweden
Kalle Kirsimäe, Tartu Ülikool, Estonia
John P. Maier, Universität Basel, Switzerland
Karen Meech, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
Karl Menten, MPI für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
Oskari Miettinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Tom J. Millar, Queen's University, Belfast
Olivier Mousis, Observatoire de Besançon, France
Karin Öberg, University of Virginia, USA
Hans Olofsson, Chalmers Tekniska Universitet, Sweden
Carina Persson, Chalmers Tekniska Universitet, Sweden
Dimitry Semenov, MPI für Radioastronomie, Heidelberg
Roland Thissen, Grenoble Observatory, France
Ilya Usoskin, Oulun Yliopisto, Finland
Siim Veski, Tallinna Tekhnikaülikool, Estonia
Ruud Visser, University of Michigan, USA
Serena Viti, University College London, UK
Veronique Vuitton, Université J. B. Fourier, Grenoble, France
Catherine Walsh, Queen’s University Belfast
Laurent Wiesenfeld, Université J. B Fourier, Grenoble
Lucy M. Ziurys, University of Arizona, USA
