Icy Grain Chemistry for Formation of Complex Organic Molecules: From Molecular Clouds to Protoplanetary Disks, Comets and Meteorites
March 5 - 7, 2015
(I) Invited talk (45min), (C) Contributed talk (30min)
March 5 (Thu)
| 12:30 - | Registration (throughout the workshop) |
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Introduction (Hideko Nomura) |
| From Astronomical Observations to Modelling Formation Process of Complex Organic Molecules | |
| (Chair: T.J. Millar) | |
| 13:50 - 14:35 | (I) Brett McGuire (NRAO/Caltech) |
| Complex Organic Molecules as Gas-Phase Tracers of Ice Processing: HNCNH and NH2OH | |
| 14:35 - 15:20 | (I) Masatoshi Ohishi (NAOJ) |
| Discovery of Objects Richest in CH3NH2, Candidates for Future Glycine Surveys |
| Break (20 min) |
| 15:40 - 16:25 | (I) Steven Charnley (NASA Goddard) |
| The Chemical Composition of Comets | |
| 16:25 - 16:40 | Short Discussion 1 (Robin Garrod) |
| 16:40 - 17:40 | Poster Presentation (Short Oral Presentation) |
| Banquet |
March 6 (Fri)
| Modelling Formation Process of Complex Organic Molecules (continued) | |
| (Chair: H. Nomura) | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | (I) Eric Herbst (University of Virginia) |
| Some Major Questions Concerning Ice Chemistry on Grains | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | (I) Robin Garrod (Cornell University / University of Virginia) |
| Modelling the formation of complex organic molecules in star forming regions |
| Break (20 min) |
| 10:50 - 11:35 | (I) Yuri Aikawa (Kobe University) |
| Gas-Grain Chemical Models in the Star- and Planetary System Formation | |
| 11:35 - 12:20 | (I) Catherine Walsh (Leiden Observatory) |
| Complex Organic Molecules in Protoplanetary Disks |
| Lunch (100 min) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | (C) Maria Drozdovskaya (Leiden Observatory) |
| Complex Chemistry Embracing Low-Mass Protostars Exposed | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Short Discussion 2 (Tom Millar) |
| Break (20 min) |
| From Theoretical Simulations to Laboratory Experiments related to Icy Grain Chemistry | |
| (Chair: E. Herbst) | |
| 15:20 - 16:05 | (I) W.M.C. Sameera (Kyoto University) |
| Interstellar radical species binding on ices: a hybrid QM/MM approach | |
| 16:05 - 16:50 | (I) Naoki Watanabe (Hokkaido University) |
| Experimental approach to nonenergetic physicochemical processes on icy grains | |
| 16:50 - 17:20 | (C) Jean-Baptiste Bossa (Leiden University) |
| Methane ice photochemistry and kinetic study using laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry at 20 K | |
| 17:20 - 18:00 | Poster Presentation |
March 7 (Sat)
| Laboratory Experiments of Icy Grain Chemistry (continued) | |
| (Chair: N. Watanabe) | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | (I) Patrice Theule (Aix-Marseille University) |
| Ice chemistry | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | (I) Asper Chen (National Central University) |
| The effects of photon energy and carbon source on the formation of S-bearing species by VUV/EUV irradiation of H2S-containing ice mixtures |
| Break (20 min) |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | (C) Angela Ciaravella (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo) |
| Soft X-ray Irradiation of CO Ice: Effects of the Photon Energy and Flux | |
| 11:20 - 12:05 | (I) Kensei Kobayashi (Yokohama National University) |
| Formation of Complex Amino Acid Precursors and Nucleic Acid Bases from Possible Interstellar Media | |
| 12:05 - 12:20 | Short Discussion 3 (Patrice Thuele) |
| Lunch (100 min) |
| Organic Compounds in Meteorites and around Evolved Stars | |
| (Chair: S.B. Charnley) | |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | (I) Jim Cleaves (ELSI, Tokyo Tech. / IAS) |
| From Simplicity to Complexity: HCN/HCHO as a Model System for Parent Body Processes | |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | (C) Zan Peeters (ASIAA) |
| Large veins of organic matter in meteorites | |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | (C) Sun Kwok (The University of Hong Kong) |
| Synthesis of Complex Organics in the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution | |
| 15:45 - 16:10 | Discussion and Summary (Tom Millar) |