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MO: Fachverband Molekülphysik

MO 12: Symposium SYML: From First Molecules to Life (with MS)

MO 12.3: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 12:00–12:30, e415

Interstellar ice - a hot topic — •Harold Linnartz — Leiden Observatory, University Leiden

The talk reviews laboratory based studies of interstellar ice analogues. The physical and chemical processes at play upon UV irradiation and atom bombardment are discussed. It is shown how water and complex organics - building blocks of life - form in the solid state and how photodesorption rates help to understand the formation of planets.