Congresso Nazionale di Astrochimica (Proto-)Planetaria

11 Sept 2023, 13:00 → 14 Sept 2023, 13:00 Europe/Rome

Trieste

Stavro Ivanovski (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Davide Fedele (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

The early phases of stellar and planetary formation are very much important for the  chemical evolution of gas, ice and dust that will eventually build up the bulk and atmospheric composition of planets. A key question in modern astrophysics is whether the chemical composition of planets, asteroids and comets is inherited from the pre-stellar phase or whether there is a chemical reset during the formation and evolution of the protoplanetary disk. A synergic approach is needed to answer this question. We invite researchers working in different areas of astrochemistry to join and discuss together recent developments and future perspectives at the second Italian National Congress on Proto(-planetary) Astrochemistry.
The main objective of the workshop is to investigate and promote synergic strategies among the different communities working on the early evolutionary phases of star and planet formation, planetary atmospheres, Solar System exploration and laboratory and computational astrochemistry, with the ultimate goal of preparing the community to future observations with e.g. SKA, ELT and ARIEL. Different topics will be covered during the meeting, including:
 

• chemical composition of the ISM 
• chemical characterization of protostars
• gas, dust and ice composition of protoplanetary disks
• formation and chemical composition of small bodies, rocky, ice and giant planets of the Solar System
• laboratory and computational astrochemistry
• atmospheric characterization of exoplanets

During the meeting we will have discussion sessions on synergies between the different topics as well on future ground- and space-based facilities. 

 

Scientific Programme

Monday 11 September

13:00 → 13:30 Registration

13:30 → 13:50 Welcome: Welcome and logistics info

Conveners: Davide Fedele, Stavro Ivanovski

13:50 → 14:00 Welcome: Welcome from the Director of the Observatory of Trieste

Convener: Fabrizio Fiore (OATS)

14:00 → 16:00 From ISM to Star Forming Regions

14:00 Astrochemistry in the extragalactic interstellar medium

Speaker: S. Viti

14:30 An astrochemical journey across the Galaxy

Speaker: L. Colzi

15:00 New molecular precursors of the RNA-world in the interstellar medium: the G+0.693 astrochemical mine

Speaker: V. M. Rivilla

15:20 Nitrogen fractionations in low-mass star forming regions: insights on nitrogen chemistry

Speaker: E. Redaelli

15:40 Uncovering the radial gradient of 12C/13C in the Milky Way with ALMA

Speaker: Chi Yan Law

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 17:50 From ISM to Star Forming Regions

16:30 The GUAPOS project: G31.41+0.31 Unbiased ALMA sPectral Observational Survey

Speaker: M. T. Beltran Sorolla

16:50 Why care for cosmic rays in astrochemical studies?

Speaker: M. Padovani

17:10 Impact of Protostellar Feedback on the Evolution of the R Coronae Australis Stellar Cluster

Speaker: G. Sabatini

17:30 Revealing the chemical history of young protostars at low frequency

Speaker: M. De Simone

17:50 → 18:20 Protostar and disk chemistry

17:50 Molecular complexity in Solar-type protostars

Speaker: E. Bianchi

18:20 → 19:00 Posters - Cocktail di benvenuto

Tuesday 12 September

09:00 → 10:50 Protostar and disk chemistry

09:00 Inner Disk Chemistry in the JWST era

Speaker: G. Perotti

09:30 The ALMA Large Program FAUST on astrochemistry of forming Solar Systems: living ALMA, preparing SKA

Speaker: C. Codella

09:50 Synthetic Observations and Modelling of Planet-forming Disk Population Simulations

Speaker: Duy Tung NGo

10:10 Formaldehyde Deuteration In The Young Disk of IRS 63: The Astrochemical Link To The Origin Of The Solar System

Speaker: L. Podio

10:30 Planet formation and the cycle of matter through the disks

Speaker: L. Testi

10:50 → 11:20 Coffee Break

11:20 → 13:00 Protostar and disk chemistry

11:20 Chemical segregation around the IRAS4A2 protostar at planet-forming scale

Speaker: J. Frediani

11:40 The linked evolution of gas and dust in planet-forming disks

Speaker: A. Garufi

12:00 Protostellar chimney flues: are protostellar outflows lifting millimeter dust grains from discs to envelopes?

Speaker: L. Cacciapuoti

12:20 Discussion: From disk chemistry to planetary atmospheres

Speakers: E. Schisano, L. Pino

13:00 → 14:45 Lunch Break

14:45 → 16:25 Laboratory astrochemistry

14:45 Ingredients and early evolution of some planetesimals in the outer Solar System

Speaker: R. Brunetto

15:15 “Dirty” rocky surfaces: a review on how minerals can preserve, enhance or destroy organic prebiotic molecules and affect chemical complexity

Speaker: G. Poggiali

15:45 Laboratory studies of unsaturated carbon chains produced by pyrolysis

Speaker: L. Bizzocchi

16:05 Evolution of organics in the interstellar medium: the role of atomic

Speaker: F. Cozzolino

16:25 → 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 → 19:00 Laboratory astrochemistry

17:00 Photofragmentation of Buckybowls – Corannulene (C_{20}H_{10}) and Sumanene (C_{21}H_{12}) cations – and its Astrophysical Implications

Speaker: P. Sundararajan

17:20 Energetic processing of ices, dust, and ices/dust complexes of astrophysical interest

Speaker: D. Fulvio

17:40 Following the formation of protoplanetary ices: a laboratory study

Speaker: A. Ciaravalla

18:00 Laboratory experiments to interpret space mission data and astronomical observations

Speaker: R. Urso

18:20 Stardust machine: a foundry of cosmic dust analogues

Speaker: M. Accolla

19:30 → 22:30 Social dinner - "La Lanterna"

Wednesday 13 September

09:00 → 10:40 Laboratory and computational astrochemistry

09:00 Laboratory Ice Astrochemistry at Larger Scale Facilities

Speaker: S. Ioppolo

09:30 Super-Oxygenation of Naphthalene: The break-Down Reaction

Speaker: D. Campisi

10:00 Gas-phase interstellar reactivity via computational methodologies

Speaker: S. Alessandrini

10:20 Gas-phase formation route of glycine in the interstellar medium

Speaker: N. Balucani

10:40 → 11:10 Coffee Break

11:10 → 13:00 Laboratory and computational astrochemistry

11:10 Time-dependent thermochemical modelling of wind-launching disk regions

Speaker: T. Grassi

11:30 Collisional excitation of HCO+ and PO+ ions

Speaker: F. Tonolo

11:50 Ethanol Formation in the Interstellar Medium: A Non-Energetic Pathway Involving CCH and Water Ices

Speaker: J. Perrero

12:10 Discussion: Astrochemistry with the SKA

Speakers: G. Umana, L. Testi

13:00 → 14:45 Lunch Break

14:45 → 16:25 Planets and planetary systems

14:45 Exoplanetary Atmospheres

Speaker: G. Guilluy

15:15 Windows Into Other Worlds: A Review of Exoplanet Atmospheres

Speaker: D. Modirrousta-Galian

15:45 Mars habitability: a focus on water

Speaker: R. Orosei

16:05 A systematic comparison between molecular abundances in comets and protoplanetary disks

Speaker: M. Lippi

16:25 → 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 → 18:30 Planets and planetary systems

17:00 Preliminary results on the H2-H2 and H2-He experimental collision induced absorption coefficients relevant for the Jupiter atmosphere

Speaker: S. Stefani

17:20 Space missions: Exploration of the Solar System and Exoplanetary Atmospheres

Speaker: B. Negri

Thursday 14 September

09:00 → 10:40 Planets and planetary systems

09:00 The climate of ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b revealed with a new approach to high spectral resolution phase curves

Speaker: L. Pino

09:20 Architecture diversity of planetary systems in a binary with different chemical composition

Speaker: A. Ruggieri

09:40 High-resolution spectroscopy of ultra-hot Jupiters and the synergy with JWST

Speaker: M. Brogi

10:00 Understanding the evolution of planetary systems with GAPS

Speaker: S. Desidera

10:20 The ultraviolet habitable zone of exoplanets

Speaker: R. Spinelli

10:40 → 11:10 Coffee Break

11:10 → 11:50 Planets and planetary systems

11:10 New perspectives for the derivation of the frequency and physical properties of giant planets close to the ice snow line

Speaker: R. Gration

11:30 Electron discharge chemistry in exoplanetary CO2-rich atmospheres

Speaker: A. Jimenez-Escobar

11:50 → 13:00 Conclusioni