This PDF covers the following topics related to Astrochemistry :
Introduction, Theory, Observation, and the Relation Between Them, Laboratory
Astrophysics: Lessons for Epistemology of Astrophysics, A Crack in the Track of
the Hubble Constant, Theory Testing in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics, Hybrid
Enrichment of Theory and Observation in Next-Generation Stellar Population
Synthesis, Doing More with Less: Dark Matter & Modified Gravity, Models and
Simulations, Stellar Structure Models Revisited: Evidence and Data in
Asteroseismology, Idealizations in Astrophysical Computer Simulations,
Simulation Verification in Practice, Do We Learn from Code Comparisons A
Case Study of Self-Interacting Dark Matter Implementations, Simulation and
Experiment Revisited: Temporal Data in Astronomy and Astrophysics, What’s in a
Survey? Simulation-Induced Selection Effects in Astronomy, On the Epistemology
of Observational Black Hole Astrophysics, Black Holes and Analogy, Extragalactic
Reality Revisited: Astrophysics and Entity Realism, Concluding Thoughts,
Reflections by a Theoretical Astrophysicist.
Author(s): Nora Mills Boyd, Siska De Baerdemaeker, Kevin Heng,
Vera Matarese
This PDF covers the following topics related to Astrochemistry during the
formation of stars : Introduction, Recent Advances and New Challenges, Chemical
Inventories in Regions of Star Formation, Chemical Differentiation in the
Environments of Star Formation, Linking the Physical and Chemical Evolution of
Protostars, Fractionation, Origin and Evolution of Chemical Complexity.
Author(s): Jes K. Jurgensen, Arnaud Belloche, and Robin T.
Garrod
This note covers the following topics: Spectral lines,
Absorption or Emission lines, Radio Telescopes, Detection, Sun and Moon,
Planets, Stars, Comets, Globular Clusters, Galaxies, Radio Telescope Basics, The
Amazing Spectral Line, Mechanisms of Radio Wave Emission, Masers, Matter,
Chemicals in Space, Ionosphere, Auroras, The Ionosphere as Plasma.
After reading this note,
you should have a working knowledge of the principles of atmospheric chemistry
and some in-depth knowledge on some areas of current interest. Topics covered
includes: Introduction to the Atmosphere, Global Circulation, Chemical
Transport, Spectroscopy and Photochemistry, Kinetics, Inorganic nitrogen
chemistry, Acid Deposition, Aerosols, Cloud and Fog Chemistry, Stratospheric
Chemistry.
This note provides a detailed overview of the chemical transformations
that control the abundances of key trace species in the Earth's atmosphere. It particularly
Emphasizes the effects of human activity on air quality and climate.Major topics
covered includes: photochemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics important to the
chemistry of the atmosphere; stratospheric ozone depletion; oxidation chemistry
of the troposphere; photochemical smog; aerosol chemistry; and sources and sinks
of greenhouse gases and other climate forcers.
This note covers the
following topics: Chemical origins of life Chemical origins of life, Nucleobases,
Building DNA, The UREY MILLER Experiment, Experiments at Synchrotron Facilities
, Electron Induced Chemistry, Formation of ammonium carbamate, In a prebiotic
prebiotic soup, Cyanobacteria Cyanobacteria , Life on Mars, Martian Meteorites,
Radial velocity and Doppler method, The future imaging the planet, Ozone
formation, Ozone Depletion Studies in the Ozone Depletion Studies in the Ultra
-Violet, Monoterpenes , The citrus smell.
This
paper aims at summarizing most of present ideas that are explored by
astrochemists to investigate the chemistry taking place in various astronomical
environments, with emphasis on the particular conditions which are met in space. Topics covered includes:
Astrochemistry in the context of modern sciences, The bottom-up approach,
Gas-phase processe, The top-down approach and Biomolecules.