Coffee Chat

Interviews with Attendees at the Dutch Astrochemistry Network Summer School

• Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, Vincent Esposito

The Grab & GO

1. The rapid formation of macromolecules in irradiated ice of protoplanetary disk dust traps

Ligterink et al. Nature Astronomy
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02334-4

2. Detection of Dimethyl Ether in the Central Region of the MWC 480 Protoplanetary Disk

Yamato et al. arXiv (ApJ)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21518

3. Chemical abundance gradients of organic molecules within a protostellar disk

Walls et al. arXiv (ApJ)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00070

4. The rich interstellar reservoir of dinitriles: Detection of malononitrile and maleonitrile in TMC-1

Agundez et al. arXiv (A&AL)
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.02843

5. A framework for incorporating binding energy distribution in gas-ice astrochemical models

Furuya arXiv (ApJ)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02958

6. Advancing spectroscopic understanding of HOCS+: Laboratory investigations and astronomical implications

Lattanzi et al. arXiv (A&A)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.03798

7. Where Have All the Sulfur Atoms Gone? Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon as a Possible Sink for the Missing Sulfur in the Interstellar Medium. I. The C--S Band Strengths

Yang et al. arXiv (ApJ)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.04857

8. Identification of HOC•HC(O)H, HOCH2C•O, and HOCH2CH2O• Intermediates in the Reaction of H + Glycolaldehyde in Solid Para-Hydrogen and Its Implication to the Interstellar Formation of Complex Sugars

Joshi & Lee JACS
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.4c05896

9. Effect of the cyano group in the HAVA mechanism for PAHs formation: A reaction force analysis for the reaction between benzonitrile (C6H5CN) and vinylacetylene

Saide & Gutierrez-Oliva MNRAS
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1931/7733915?rss=1

10. Chemical composition of comets C/2021 A1 (Leonard) and C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from radio spectroscopy and the abundance of HCOOH and HNCO in comets

Biver et al. arXiv (A&A)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.10759

Double Shot

Interview with Valentine Wakelam

Percolator

• Kvenvolden et al. 1970 Nature 228, 923 (https://www.nature.com/articles/228923a0)

Chalkboard

• Job Openings

  • The University of Mississippi is hiring for a tenure track assistant professor in analytical or physical chemistry, broadly defined.  Any area or combination of astrochemistry (observation, laboratory, modeling, quantum chemistry, etc.) would be welcome; the same is true for quantum chemistry.  Questions can be sent to Ryan Fortenberry, and review begins October 15.
    
    https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Assistant-Professor-MS-38677/1207006900/

• Upcoming Meetings

  • The Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society, to be held next March in San Diego, CA, will feature a Symposium to Honor Eric Herbst’s Contributions to Our Understanding of the Molecular Universe.
    
    Anyone who has worked in the field of astrochemistry will have come across Eric. He changed our understanding of the reactivity of molecules in the interstellar medium. He showed that interstellar molecules are not just chemical curiosities but are excellent probes of physical conditions. His influence has been felt through his mentorship and generous collaborations and the current field is populated with his former students and postdocs, now leading their own research groups in astrochemistry. This symposium will honor Eric’s immense contributions to the field, upon his retirement, by bringing together his former students, postdocs and collaborators from across the globe to discuss current state of the art and future directions in astrochemistry.
    
    Abstract submission is open, but closes September 30th.