WI. MINI-SYMPOSIUM: MOLECULES AND STAR FORMATION

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2004 - 1:30PM

Room: 1015 MCPHERSON LAB

Chair: ERIC HERBST, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

WI01 INVITED TALK 30min1:30

LARGE INTERSTELLAR AND COMETARY MOLECULES OF BIOLOGICAL INTEREST.

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

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WI02			15min2:05

CH⁺ AND CH EMISSION FROM THE RED RECTANGLE.

LEWIS M. HOBBS, JULIE A. THORBURN, DONALD G. YORK, TAKESHI OKA, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637; THEODORE P. SNOW, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0389; AND JOHN BARENTINE, New Mexico State University, Apache Point Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico, 88349-0059 .

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WI03			15min2:22

DETECTION OF DIHYDROXYACETONE IN SGR B2(N-LMH): THE FIRST 3C INTERSTELLAR SUGAR?.

SUSANNA L. WIDICUS, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institue of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; GEOFFREY A. BLAKE, Division of Geological and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.

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WI04			15min2:39

FAR--IR SPECTROSCOPY FROM SPACE: FROM LIGHT HYDRIDES TO CARBON CHAINS.

J. R. GOICOECHEA, J. CERNICHARO, Departamento de Astrofísica Molecular e Infrarroja. Instituto de Estructura de la Materia. CSIC. Serrano 121, 28006, Madrid, Spain.

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WI05			15min2:56

THE MILLIMETER SPECTRUM OF CRL618 AND RELATED STUDIES ON PHYSICAL CONDITIONS.

JUAN R. PARDO, J. CERNICHARO, J. R. GOICOECHEA, Departamento de Astrofísica Molecular e Infrarroja, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia. CSIC, Serrano 121, E-28006 Madrid, Spain.

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WI06			15min3:13

SIMULATION OF THE INFRARED SPECTRA OF LARGE CARBONACEOUS MOLECULES : INFLUENCE OF THE CHARGE STATE AND OF TEMPERATURE.

VAN OANH NGUYEN THI, P. PARNEIX AND PH. BRECHIGNAC, Laboratoire de Photophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, Bâtiment 210, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405 ORSAY CEDEX.

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INTERMISSION

WI07			10min3:50

A THEORETICAL STUDY OF ICE-BOUND PHOTOIONIZATION AND SPECTROSCOPY Of SMALL POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS.

DAVID E. WOON AND JIN-YOUNG PARK, Molecular Research Institute, 2495 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, CA 94043.

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WI08			15min4:02

THE FTMW SPECTRUM OF CORANNULENE.

JENS-UWE GRABOW, MELANIE SCHNELL, Institut für Physikalische Chemie & Elektrochemie, Univertität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; FRANCIS J. LOVAS, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8441; ROBERT J. MCMAHON, Department of Chemistry,University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706; J. MACK, LAWRENCE T. SCOTT, Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3860; ROBERT L. KUCZKOWSKI, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

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WI09			15min4:19

HOW WELL DO WE UNDERSTAND THE CHEMISTRY IN HOT MOLECULAR CORES?.

E. HERBST, Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; H. ROBERTS, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.

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WI10			15min4:36

DISCOVERY OF BLUE LUMINESCENCE IN THE RED RECTANGLE: POSSIBLE FLUORESCENCE BY NEUTRAL POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON MOLECULES.

UMA P. VIJH, ADOLF N. WITT, Ritter Astrophysical Research Center, MS 113, University of Toledo, Toledo OH 43606; AND KARL D. GORDON, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721.

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WI11			15min4:53

FOURIER TRANSFORM MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF VINYLDIACETYLENE, VINYLTRIACETYLENE, AND VINYLCYANODIACETYLENE.

S. THORWIRTH, M. C. MCCARTHY, J. B. DUDEK AND P. THADDEUS, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. .

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