The EUROPAH network hosted an online conference to discuss the contribution of EUROPAH to our understanding of the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Interstellar Medium
The EUROPAH conference took place online, on Monday 8th March 2021 from 14.00 – 18.00 (CET)
Program
14.00 Welcome address
14.05 “Beyond EUROPAH” – Invited Speaker
Annemieke Petrignani University of Amsterdam
Plenary session
(Chair Liv Hornekær)
14.40 Gabi Wenzel Université de Toulouse
Isomer diversity in the –H fragments of methylated PAHs
14.50 Rijutha Jaganathan Aarhus University
The Influence of Configuration and Functionalisation on Interstellar PAH Reactivity
15.10 Break
15.25 Lindsey St. Mary Heriot-Watt University
Time-related Alteration of Aqueous Phase Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Photoproducts Upon Interaction with TiO2 Nanoparticles
15.40 Yaolin Wang University of Liverpool
Prediction of plasma reforming of naphthalene using a hybrid machine learning model
15.55 Georgios Pantazidis Aarhus University
Atomic functionalization of C60 provides a route to form interstellar, dust-grain-mantle analogues16.10 Laurène Cheilan University of BristolPublic engagement culture in EUROPAH and the production of academic identities
16.30 Break
Parallel Sessions
Session 1 – Spectroscopy
(Chair Stephan Schlemmer)
16.40 Shreyak Banhatti
Universität zu Köln
Infrared action spectroscopy of doubly charged PAHs and their contribution to the aromatic infrared bands
16.55 Julianna Palotás
Radboud University
Laboratory IR spectra of protonated fullerenes
17.10 Sanjana Panchagnula
Leiden University
Structural investigation of doubly dehydrogenated pyrene cations
17.25 Evgeny Posenitskiy
UT3-Paul Sabatier
On application of Deep Learning to nonadiabatic
molecular dynamics of phenanthrene
Session 2- PAHs & surfaces
(Chair Helmut Zacharias)
16.40 Dario Campisi
Leiden University
The Interaction of PAHs and C60 with Forsterite: Machine Learning and DFT-D4 studies
16.55 Rushdi Senevirathne
Heriot Watt University
Understanding Decalin Conformational Isomer Desorption from Silica Surfaces
17.10 Zeyuan Tang
Aarhus University
Dimerization of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons on graphene
17.25 Michał Bulak
Leiden University
UV photolysis of acetylene ice as a possible formation pathway of PAHs
17.40 – Closing comments and video montage
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Conference scope
The conference aimed to showcase the contributions of EUROPAH to our understanding of the role that PAH molecules play in the physics and chemistry of the Interstellar Medium. Particular attention was drawn to the diversity within EUROPAH and the collaborative nature of the network.
The scientific organising committe:
- Liv Hornekær (Aarhus University, DK)
- Stephan Schlemmer (University of Cologne, DE)
- Xander Tielens (Leiden University, NL)
Conference organiser:
Andrew Cassidy (Aarhus University, DK).