November 2023

• Synthesis of urea on the surface of interstellar water ice clusters. A quantum chemical study

Perrero and Rimola arXiv (Icarus)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01175

• PDRs4All VI: Probing the Photochemical Evolution of PAHs in the Orion Bar Using Machine Learning Techniques

Pasquini et al. arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01163

• Phosphorus-bearing molecules PO and PN at the edge of the Galaxy

Koelemay et al. Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06616-1

• A Pathway for Collisional Planetesimal Growth in the Ice-Dominant Regions of Protoplanetary Disks

Yunerman et al. arXiv (ApJ)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04286

• Photoelectron spectroscopic study of 2-naphthylnitrene and its thermal rearrangement to cyanoindenes

Saraswat et al. PCCP
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2023/CP/D3CP04064J

• Rotational spectroscopic characterisation of the [D2,C,S] system: an update from the laboratory and theory

Inostroza-Pino et al. arXiv (Molecular Physics)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09063

• The effect of isotopic substitution on the excitation of CCS isotopologues in molecular clouds

Palluet and Lique MNRAS
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stad3517/7424158?rss=1

• Elusive Iron: Detection of the FeC Radical (X3Δi) in the Envelope of IRC+10216

Koelemay and Ziurys 2023 (ApJL)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0899

• The first Ka-band (26.1-35 GHz) blind line survey towards Orion KL

Liu et al. arXiv (ApJS)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12276

• The GUAPOS project: G31.41+0.31 Unbiased ALMA sPectral Observational Survey. IV. Phosphorus-bearing molecules and their relation with shock tracers

Fontani et al. arXiv (A&A)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13367

The UMIST Database for Astrochemistry 2022
Millar et al. arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03936

• PhD, Postdoc, and Job Opportunities

  • PhD Position with Helen Fraser at Open University UK: Untangling Ice, Dust and Gas Astrochemistry with JWST Ice-Mapping

    • Deadline 25 January

  • Research Scientist (Indefinite-Term) at Star and Planet Formation Laboratory Riken

    • Deadline 8 December 2023

• Upcoming Meetings

  • Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop (ICE 2024)
    February 19-22, 2024
    Kauai, Hawaii

  • Raising the veil on star formation near and far
    April 22-26, 2024
    Kavli Institute for Cosmology in Cambridge

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

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