RA. SPECTROSCOPY OF THE HEAVENS

THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1999 - 9:30AM

Room: 1153 SMITH LAB

Chair: GISBERT WINNEWISSER, Universität zu Koln, Koln, Germany

RA01 15min9:30

SPECTROSCOPY OF THE HEAVENS.

E. HERBST, Departments of Physics and Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.

RA02	Invited Talk		30min9:47

INTERSTELLAR POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS.

L. J. ALLAMANDOLA, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-6, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000.

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RA03			15min10:22

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF JET--COOLED CATIONIC POLY--AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: NAPHTHALENE⁺.

HANS PIEST, GERT VON HELDEN AND GERARD MEIJER, Department of Molecular and Laser Physics, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL--6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and FOM--Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, Edisonbaan 14, NL--3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.

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INTERMISSION

RA04			10min11:00

LOCATING COMPLEX, SATURATED ORGANIC MOLECULES IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM.

D. M. MEHRINGER AND L. E. SNYDER, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, 1002 West Green, Urbana, IL 61801.

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RA05			15min11:12

UPPER LIMITS ON THE C₆₀ AND C₆₀⁺ ABUNDANCES IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM.

K. SELLGREN, Astronomy Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; C. MOUTOU, Observatoire de Haute Provence, F-04870 St Michel l'Observatoire, France; L. VERSTRAETE AND A. LÉGER, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France.

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RA06			10min11:29

CALCULATED NIR SPECTRA OF NEUTRAL AND CATIONIC PAHS.

HENRIK G. KJAERGAARD, KARLEEN A. BROOKING AND TIMOTHY W. ROBINSON, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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RA07			15min11:41

LARGE INTERSTELLAR MOLECULES: ARE THEY FORMED BY GAS PHASE CHEMISTRY, GRAIN SURFACE CHEMISTRY, OR BOTH?.

LEWIS E. SNYDER, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, 1002 W. Green, Urbana, IL 61801.

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