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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in space where they play a key role in heating of interstellar gas via the photoelectric effect, in setting the ionization balance of the interstellar medium (ISM) and potentially also as catalysts for formation of interstellar molecular complexity and as a component of interstellar organic material and dust. PAHs are identified as carriers of the aromatic infrared bands (AIBs) and are observed in a diverse range of interstellar environments. Yet, their lifecycle in interstellar space is still not well understood. The aim of this meeting is to bring observational astronomers, theorists and experimentalists working on PAH observations, formation, fragmentation, photo-physics, spectroscopy, surface science and chemistry together to shed light on the lifecycle of cosmic PAHs and to explore the future opportunities for PAH research provided by novel theoretical and experimental methods and future observational missions with focus on JWST and ELT.
The symposium is the third installment in a series of meetings on interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with previous meetings held in Toulouse in 2010 and in Noordwijk in 2016.
Christine Joblin, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
Sandra Brünken, Radboud University
Francois Dulieu, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
Melanie Schnell, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Henning Zettergren, Stockholm University
Wybren Jan Buma, Universiteit van Amsterdam
José Ángel Martín Gago, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid - CSIC
Ewen K. Campbell, University of Edinburgh
Michael Duncan, University of Georgia
Partha P. Bera, NASA Ames research center
Javier R. Goicoechea, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - CSIC
Stefanie N. Milam, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeremy Chastenet, University of California San Diego
Hiroyuki Hirashita, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Academia Sinica
Conor Andrew Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Alan Tokunaga, University of Hawaii
Els Peeters, University of Western Ontario
Leen Decin, University of Leuven
Christiaan Boersma, San José State University Research Foundation
The symposium will be held at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, Aarhus University.
Registration and abstract submission for contributed talks and poster presentations will open from 25th June 2021.
| Scientific organising committee | Local organising committee | |
|---|---|---|
Liv Hornekær | Liv Hornekær Andrew Cassidy John Thrower Frederik Simonsen Rijutha Jaganathan Georgios Pantazidis Karin Vittrup |
Abstract submission will open 25th June 2021, with deadline for submission of 1st February 2022.
Early-bird registration will also open 25th June 2021.
The photo of the Horsehead nebula used in the banner image, is used with permission from: Robert Gendler
