Coffee Chat

Interview with NRAO Data Analyst Cole Wampler

• Cole's 10 Years of ALMA Poster: https://zenodo.org/records/10250161 

The Grab & GO

1. Chemical tracers of a highly eccentric AGB–main-sequence star binary

Danilovich et al. Nature Astronomy
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02154-y

2. High-Resolution Spectroscopic Investigation of the CH2CHO Radical in the Sub-Millimeter Region

Chahbazian et al. JPCA
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c06326

3. Laboratory investigation of shock-induced dissociation of buckminsterfullerene and astrophysical insights

Chakraborty et al. A&A
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/01/aa47035-23/aa47035-23.html

4. Study on Formation of Interstellar C7H from Reactions C4 + C3H2 and C4H + C3H

Sun et al. JPCA
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c07091

5. Organic chemistry in the H2-bearing, CO-rich interstellar ice layer at temperatures relevant to dense cloud interiors

Martín-Doménech arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.04024

6. Spectroscopic sizing of interstellar icy grains with JWST

Dartois et al. Nat Astro
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02155-x

7. Effect of temperature on the gas-phase reaction of CH3CN with OH radicals: experimental (T = 11.7–177.5 K) and computational (T = 10–400 K) kinetic study

Gonzalez et al. (PCCP)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2024/CP/D3CP04944B

8. Protonated acetylene in the z=0.89 molecular absorber toward PKS1830-211

Muller et al. arXiv (A&A)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.09975

9. Theoretical modelling of the adsorption of neutral and charged sulphur-bearing species on to olivine nanoclusters

Perrero et al. arXiv (MNRAS)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10610

10. Discovery of thiofulminic acid with the QUIJOTE line survey: A study of the isomers of HNCS and HNCO in TMC-1

Cernicharo et al. arXiv (A&A)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11785

Single-Origin Brew

Interview with Astrochemist and JWST Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science Stefanie Milam

• Stefanie's Website: https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/691/sublime/index.html

Percolator

First Detection of Ethanol in Space

• Zuckerman et al. 1975: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975ApJ...196L..99Z/abstract

Ancient (9,000 year old) Booze

• McGovern et al. 2004: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0407921102

NPR All Things Considered Segment

• https://www.npr.org/2010/07/17/128587208/aged-9-000-years-ancient-beer-finally-hits-stores 

Chalkboard

• PhD, Postdoc, and Job Opportunities

  • Laboratory Astrophysics Postdoc at NASA Goddard with Stefanie Milam

    • Deadline March 1, 2024

  • Laboratory Astrophysics Postdoc at NASA Ames with Michel Nuevo and Scott Sandford

    • Deadline March 1, 2024

• Upcoming Meetings

  • QuantumGrain Workshop: Emerging Horizons in the Chemistry of the Universe
    June 9-12, 2024
    Barcelona, Spain

  • International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
    June 17-21, 2024
    Urbana, Illinois

  • The Promises and Challenges of the ALMA Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade
    June 24-28, 2024
    ESO Garching, Germany 

  • Once Upon a Time, Our Astrochemical History
    July 3-4
    ESA Meeting, Padova