Laboratory astrophysics is the Rosetta Stone that enables astronomers to understand and interpret the distant cosmos. It provides the tools to interpret and guide astronomical observations and delivers the numbers needed to quantitatively model the processes taking place in space, providing a bridge between observers and modelers. IAU Symposium 350 was organized by the International Astronomical Union's Laboratory Astrophysics Commission (B5), and was the first topical symposium on laboratory astrophysics sponsored by the IAU. Active researchers in observational astronomy, space missions, experimental and theoretical laboratory astrophysics, and astrochemistry discuss the topics and challenges facing astronomy today. Five major topics are covered, spanning from star- and planet-formation through stellar populations to extragalactic chemistry and dark matter. Within each topic, the main themes of laboratory studies, astronomical observations, and theoretical modeling are explored, demonstrating the breadth and the plurality of disciplines engaged in the growing field of laboratory astrophysics.
Preface Farid Salama and Harold Linnartz; Laboratory astrophysics: key to understanding the Universe Ewine F. van Dishoeck; Questions about the evolution of ices, from diffuse molecular clouds to comets A. C. A. Boogert; Observations of the photochemical evolution of carbonaceous macromolecules in star-forming regions Olivier Berné; Laboratory experiments on cosmic dust and ices Cornelia Jäger, Alexey Potapov, Gaël Rouillé and Thomas Henning; Gas phase reaction kinetics of complex organic molecules at temperatures of the interstellar medium: The OH + CH3OH case André Canosa; New laboratory techniques using heterodyne receivers Nadine Wehres, Kirill Borisov, Katharina von Schoeler, Patrick Pütz, Cornelia Honingh, Frank Lewen and Stephan Schlemmer; Synthesis of solid-state complex organic molecules through accretion of simple species at low temperatures D. Qasim, G. Fedoseev, K.-J. Chuang, V. Taquet, T. Lamberts, J. He, S. Ioppolo, E. F. van Dishoeck and H. Linnartz; Dust evolution: Going beyond the empirical Nathalie Ysard; Bridging the gap between laboratory astrophysics and quantum chemistry: The concept of potential energy surfaces C. M. R. Rocha; Prebiotic molecules in interstellar space: Rotational spectroscopy and quantum chemistry Cristina Puzzarini; Nitrogen bearing species in massive star forming regions Zainab Awad and Osama M. Shalabiea; Laboratory investigations aimed at building a database for the interpretation of JWST spectra Maria Elisabetta Palumbo, Giuseppe A. Baratta, Gleb Fedoseev, Daniele Fulvio, Carlotta Scirè, Giovanni Strazzulla and Riccardo Giovanni Urso; Simulations of energy dissipation and non-thermal desorption on amorphous solid water H. M. Cuppen and A. Fredon; Kuiper Belt object 2014MU69, Pluto and Phoebe as windows on the composition of the early solar nebula Y. J. Pendleton, D. P. Cruikshank, S. A. Stern, C. M. Dalle Ore, W. Grundy, C. Materese S. Protopapa, B. Schmitt and C. Lisse; Molecular complexity in the interstellar medium Arnaud Belloche; Fingerprints of the protosolar cloud collapse in the Solar System: Refractory inclusions distribution and isotopic anomalies in meteorites Francesco C. Pignatale, Emmanuel Jacquet, Marc Chaussidon and Sébastien Charnoz; Characterization of large carbonaceous molecules in cosmic dust analogues and meteorites Hassan Sabbah, Mickaël Carlos and Christine Joblin; H2 formation on Mg-rich amorphous silicates Vito Mennella and Tushar Suhasaria; Astrophysically motivated laboratory measurements of deuterium reacting with isotopologues of H3+ K. P. Bowen, P.-M. Hillenbrand, J. Liévin, X. Urbain and D. W. Savin; Behaviour of radicals on interstellar dust analogues Naoki Watanabe; Formation of complex organic molecules in astrophysical environments: Sugars and derivatives Michel Nuevo, George Cooper, John M. Saunders, Christina E. Buffo and Scott A. Sandford; Intrinsic absorption profile and radiative cooling rate of a PAH cation revealed by action spectroscopy in the cryogenic electrostatic storage ring DESIREE Mark H. Stockett, Mikael Björkhage, Henrik Cederquist, Henning T. Schmidt and Henning Zettergren; Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites as a record of protoplanetary disk conditions Sara S. Russell, Enrica Bonato, Helena Bates, Ashley J. King, Natasha V. Almeida and Paul F. Schofield; Chemical dynamics in interstellar ice Patrice Theulé; Laboratory evidence for the formation of hydrogenated fullerene molecules J. D. Thrower, G. Pantazidis, M. Scheffler, F. D. S. Simonsen, P. A. Jensen and L. Hornekoer; Quenching rates and critical densities of c-C3H2 Malek Ben Khalifa, Emna Sahnoun, Silvia Spezzano, Laurent Wiesenfeld, Kamel Hammami, Olivier Dulieu and Paola Caselli; Chemical evolution of planetary materials in a dynamic solar nebula Fred J. Ciesla; Gas-dust chemistry of volatiles in the star and planetary system formation Yuri Aikawa and Kenji Furuya;
