PATT Linked Grant: Observational Astrochemistry @ Strathclyde
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This proposal will fund one astronomer to observe on each allocated telescope time trip in the next two years from the Strathclyde Astrochemistry group. In the densest, darkest regions of space where stars are just beginning to form, a wealth of chemical activity occurs, in both the gas and solid phase. Although gas and solid materials have been observed for many years, we are now undertaking an observing programme to 'map' both materials concurrently, on the same scale, to see just how the gas and solids interact during star-formation using various telescopes worldwide.
Organisations
Publications
Gaertner Sabrina
(2018)
What Governs Ice-Sticking in Planetary Science Experiments?
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #232
Suutarinen A
(2014)
Water and methanol in low-mass protostellar outflows: gas-phase synthesis, ice sputtering and destruction
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Suutarinen A
(2014)
Water and methanol in low-mass protostellar outflows: gas-phase synthesis, ice sputtering and destruction
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Suutarinen A
(2014)
Water and methanol in low-mass protostellar outflows: gas-phase synthesis, ice sputtering and destruction
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dawes A
(2016)
Using the C-O stretch to unravel the nature of hydrogen bonding in low-temperature solid methanol-water condensates.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Fraser Helen Jane
(2019)
Unlocking the star-formation freezer; showing how laboratory studies are vital in understanding interstellar ices - from SPITZER and AKARI to the ALMA / JWST era.
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #234
Fraser Helen Jane
(2019)
Unlocking the star-formation freezer; showing how laboratory studies are vital in understanding interstellar ices - from SPITZER and AKARI to the ALMA / JWST era.
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #234
Noble J
(2017)
Two-dimensional ice mapping of molecular cores
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Noble J
(2012)
Thermal desorption characteristics of CO, O2 and CO2 on non-porous water, crystalline water and silicate surfaces at submonolayer and multilayer coverages Desorption from H2O(np), H2O(c) and SiOx
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | This grant was used to fund observing trips to telescope facilities for HJF's research group during the 2009-2011 period that she was active in Strathclyde. During that time we visited telescope facilities in Spain, Hawaii, Chile and America, undertaking IR and sub-mm observations of star forming regions. |
| Exploitation Route | The data collected during observations is then used to write scientific papers, published over the 2009 - date period and this data is still being used to inform our research today. |
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