Laboratory Astrochemistry (eBook)

Stephan Schlemmer is the head of the laboratory astrophysics group at the University of Cologne. He received his PhD from Georg August University, Göttingen and was awarded the Otto-Hahn medal of the Max-Planck Society. He spent two years as postdoc at UC Berkeley. At Chemnitz University of Technology he worked as an assistant professor. He was appointed at the Leiden observatory as an associate professor before moving to Cologne. He has authored more than 50 scientific publications specializing in spectroscopy and dynamics of molecular physics. Harald Mutschke is the head of the laboratory astrophysics group at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena where he obtained his PhD in solid state physics. He has authored more than 90 scientific publications on spectroscopy of small solid particles with relevance for cosmic dust. Thomas Giesen is a research assistant at the university of Cologne. He received his PhD in physics at the University of Cologne and spent 18 months as a postdoctoral research fellow of the Max Kade foundation at the University of Berkeley. His main research activities comprise reactive carbon containing molecules and radicals, produced in laser ablation and electrical discharge sources. T. Giesen is author and co-author of more than 40 publications in refereed journals. His publication on carbon chain molecules has been awarded the Sir Harold Thomson Memorial award 2003.

The Astrophysical Background
Molecular Spectroscopy
Electronic Spectroscopy of Potential Carriers of Diffuse Interstellar Bands
UV/vis Gas Phase Absorption Spectroscopy of PAHs
Laboratory IR Spectroscopy of PAHs
Complex Molecules
Gas Phase Chemistry
Dissociative Recombination
Inelastic Processes
Low Temperature Trapping Experiments: On the Role of Individual Quantum States
Negative Ion Chemistry in the Early Universe
Molecular Photodissociation
Surface Science
Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Carbonaceous Surfaces
The Influence of Ice Morphology on Interstellar Chemistry
Solid State Pathways Towards Molecular Complexity in Space
New Calculational Strategies
Dust and Nanoparticle Spectroscopy
Introduction II: Techniques in Laboratory Dust Spectroscopy
The Bulk of Interstellar Dust: Amorphous Silicates
Crystalline Silicates
Oxides as Hightemperature Condensates
Spectroscopic Properties of Carbon Compounds
Photoluminescence Studies of Siliconbased Nanoparticles
Formation of Nanoparticles and Solids
Condensation of Cosmic Dust in Astrophysical Environments
Laboratory Approach to Gasphase Condensation
Gasphase Condensation of Magnesium Iron Silicates
Gasphase Condensation of Carbonaceous Grains
Processing of Silicates
Carbon Dust Modifications