Astrochemistry 0800-ASCHEM
The following topics will be presented during lectures:
1) What is astrochemistry? Historical roots.
2) Basics rules and definitions in atomic astrophysics and spectroscopy.
3) Atomic processes.
4) Production of chemical elements in stars.
5) Astrochemical aspects of different astrophysical medium: nebulae, HII regions, AGNs and quasars.
6) Molecular complexity - "bottom-up" and "top-down" approaches. Organic molecules.
7) The Big Bang nucleosynthesis - first atoms.
8) Processes on dust grains.
9) How are water molecules created?
10) PAHs and COMs in interstellar medium.
11) Selected recent astrochemical results of simulations, calculations and observations.
Total student workload
Learning outcomes - knowledge
Learning outcomes - skills
Learning outcomes - social competencies
Teaching methods
Expository teaching methods
- informative (conventional) lecture
Exploratory teaching methods
Type of course
Prerequisites
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Preparations and presentations of 5 minutes talks on given topics: instruments, discoveries concerning molecules in ISM, organic molecules.
Written exam based on knowledge presented during the lecture and given literature.
Grades:
50% - pass (satisfactory),
60% - satisfactory plus
70% - good
80% - good plus
90% - very good
Very good presentations make higher final grade.
Bibliography
M. De Becker (2013) Astrochemistry: the issue of molecular complexity in astrophysical environments, arXiv:1305.6243v1
E.F. van Dishoeck, E. Herbst, D. A. Neufeld (2013) Interstellar water chemistry: from laboratory to observations, Chemical Review, 113, 9043-9085
E.F. van Dishoeck (2014) Astrochemistry of dust, ice and gas: introduction and overview, Faraday Discussions, arXiv:1411.5280v1
E. Herbst, E.F. van Dishoeck,(2009), Complex organic interstellar molecules, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 47, 427-80
Helge Kragh (2000) The chemistry of the universe: Historical roots of modern cosmochemistry, Annals of Science, 57:4, 353-368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/000337900750013499
J.K. Jorgensen, A. Belloche, R.T. Garrod, (2020), Astrochemistry during the formations of stars, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 58, 1-55
A.K. Pradhan, S.N. Nahar (2011) Atomic Astrophysics and Spectroscopy, Cambridge University Press
S. Schlemmer, Th. Giesen, H. Mutschke (2014) Laboratory Astrochemistry: From Molecules through Nanoparticles to Grains, Wiley
A.G.G.M. Tielens (2013) The molecular universe, Reviews of Modern Physics, 85 https://journals.aps.org/rmp/pdf/10.1103/RevModPhys.85.1021
Examples of web pages:
http://www.astrochem.org/
http://www.astrochemistry.eu/
http://astrochymist.org/
http://astropah-news.strw.leidenuniv.nl/download.html
https://wish.strw.leidenuniv.nl/index.php
Notes
Term 2021/22Z:
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Term 2022/23Z:
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Term 2023/24Z:
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Term 2024/25Z:
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