XXIVth IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY (MANCHESTER, AUG. 7-18, 2000) JOINT DISCUSSION (JD 1) Atomic and molecular data for astrophysics: new developments, case studies and future needs Aug. 9-11, 2000

 
 
 
 

Wednesday, August 9, Morning
09:00 - 10:20  Grains
Grains in Astronomy: An Overview	A.N. Witt The University of Toledo, USA
The Formation and Reformation of Interstellar Dust	Anthony Jones Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France
Laboratory Analogues of Cosmic Dust	H. Mutschke Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory, Jena, Germany
The Question of Presolar Components within Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs) Collected in the Stratosphere	John P. Bradley Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
10:20 - 10:50  Coffee
10:50 - 12:30  Infrared Observatories (ISO, SOFIA, SIRTF, FIRST)
Overview of Mid-Infrared Observatories	Ewine F. van Dishoeck Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands
Infrared Observations of Interstellar Ices	A.C.A. Boogert California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Various Aspects of the Spectroscopy of PAHs	P. Brechignac Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Silicates	R. Waters SRON, Groningen, The Netherlands
Infrared Observations of Gas-Phase Molecules	John H. Lacy University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
Thursday, August 10, Morning
11:00 - 12:30  Commission 14 Business Meeting
Thursday, August 10, Afternoon
14:00 - 15:30  Poster Session
15:30 - 16:00  Coffee
Friday, August 11, Morning
9:00 - 10:00  Gas-Surface Reactions
Surface Reactions in Interstellar Space	E. Herbst The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Theoretical Simulations of Fundamental Processes of the H2 Formation Reaction on an Icy Surface	Junko Takahashi National Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo, Japan
Probing the Nature of Grain Surface Chemistry and Ice Photochemistry by Laboratory Simulation	W. A. Schutte Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden,The Netherlands
10:00 - 10:30  H2 in Space	D.R. Flower University of Durham, U.K
10:30 - 11:00  Coffee
11:00 - 12:00  The Water Molecule
H2O in Young Stellar Objects	B. Nisini Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monteporzio, Italy
Water in Sunspots and Stars	Peter F. Bernath University of Waterloo, Canada
Water in Comets: Observations and Models	J. Crovisier Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
12:00 - 12:30  Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry of H3+	Takeshi Oka The University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Friday, August 11, Afternoon
14:00 -14:30  The FUSE Space Mission
Atomic and Molecular Data Needs in the 900--1200 Å Spectral Region	K.R. Sembach Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
14:30 - 15:00  The Chandra, and XMM-Newton Space Missions
Atomic Data Needs for X-ray Astronomy	N.S. Brickhouse Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
15:00 - 15:30  The Ferrum Project	S. Johansson University of Lund, Sweden
15:30 - 16:00  Coffee
16:00 -17:40  Solar System Missions
UV Studies Related to the Physico-Chemistry of Planetary and Cometary Environments	M.-C. Gazeau LISA, Université Paris XII, Créteil, France
Laboratory Chemical Dynamics and Outer Planets	Ralf I. Kaiser Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Infrared Spectroscopy of Jupiter and Saturn	P. Drossart Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
Clouds and Chemistry of Jupiter's Atmosphere: A Post-Galileo, Post-ISO Perspective	Sushil K. Atreya The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Atmospheric Probes and the Origins of Atmospheres	Tobias Owen Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, USA