Science#

Where in space are we#

Note

Insert red box with we are here arrow to show at what location we are

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Fig. 3 The lifecycle of gas, dust and ice in interstellar and circumstellar clouds. Credit: M. Persson, NASA/ESA/ESO/ALMA#

I guess the best place to start is by looking at ice ❄ ,

  • Amorphous Solid Water Ice (ASW)

  • shema dust grain

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Fig. 4 Interstellar Dust Grain (include ref Burk 2010)#

  • Link to teaching:

    • Dust

    • Amorphous ice

The launch of JWST will open a new era for Astrochemistry.

  • Need some experimental lab spectra to fit observations.

Ice age program - link to JWST course upstream

Example#

Use alexi code with Spitzer Data

Aim#

Systematic study of Amorphous Solid Water

Ice Databases

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Leiden Ice Database