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COSPAR 2018:'Ultraviolet Astronomy and the Quest for the Origin of Life' Abstract Submission, Registration, and Housing are now Open

  27.09.2017

COSPAR 2018:'Ultraviolet Astronomy and the Quest for the Origin of Life' Abstract Submission, Registration, and Housing are now Open
Cospar

This event has been programmed as a meeting point for the community
investigating planetary system formation, the evolution of the young
planetary disks, the interaction of stars with planetary atmospheres or
the generation of complex, life precursor molecules to evaluate the needs
for UV data and seek for coordination.

During these few days, the current status of research in this field
will be addressed in three sessions devoted to:
 

  1. [1]  Star formation and the ultraviolet radiation budget around protostars;
  2. [2]  The impact of ultraviolet radiation from the star and the outflow in
  3. young planetary disk evolution and planet formation; and [3] Dust surface
  4. chemistry in UV irradiated environments and the formation of large
  5. molecules.


The event will address both theoretical and observational aspects. At the
end, a report will be produced on the data and facilities required for
this field of research.

Confirmed invited speakers are:  Ilaria Pascucci (University of Arizona,
U.S.A.), David Ehrenreich (Universite de Geneve, Switzerland), Maikel
Rheinstadter (University of McMaster, Canada), Chandra
Wickramasingue (University of Buckingham, UK)

Registration is open till February 9th, 2018. Contributions are welcome.


SOC: Ana I Gomez de Castro (chair), Mikhail Sachkov (co-chair), Kevin
France, Ralph Pudriz, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Noah Brosch