Scientific Rationale

In the ALMA era a noteworthy effort to provide state-of-the-art chemical models that allow to interpret the data is indispensable. The chemistry exerts its influence on the environment dominating the cooling of gas in dense regions and also controlling the ionization balance, thereby affecting the coupling of magnetic fields to the gas. It is then fundamental to include chemistry and the related microphysics in computational studies aimed at understanding and probing the physical conditions of the different environments. However, this requires detailed information and knowledge of the basic processes which are obtained from laboratory measurements and theoretical studies of chemical reactions in gas phase, and the study and the characterization of the surface of solid materials where molecules could form.

On the other hand, to include a chemical network, and all the tightly connected physical processes in hydrodynamcal simulations, together with the wide range of involved spatial and temporal scales in astrophysics, leads to a computationally expensive problem. We therefore aim for the development and maintenance of appropriate and well optimized modelling tools that can be employed to study different astrophysical problems.

It is then important to provide a platform connecting the different experts to stimulate an exchange of ideas, and to work towards a coherent understanding of chemical modelling in astrophysics.

This workshop aims at astrophysicists who develop tools and/or employ chemistry and microphysics in hydrodynamical simulations of the interstellar medium, and experts on the calculations and measurements of rates for chemical processes relevant in astrophysics, both in the gas phase as well as on dust.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

  • Gas/Dust phase processes: theory and experiments
  • Computational Astrochemistry: Numerical Codes and Databases
  • Chemistry/Microphysics in Hydrodynamical Simulations
  • Modelling Observations

Committees

SOC

  • Robi Banerjee (Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany)
  • Stefano Bovino (Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany)
  • Paola Caselli (MPE, Germany)
  • Daniele Galli (Florence Observatory, Italy)
  • Tommaso Grassi (Starplan, Denmark)
  • Bastian Körtgen (Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany)
  • Daniel Seifried (University of Cologne, Germany)
  • Dominik Schleicher (Universidad de Concecpion, Chile)
  • Wing-Fai Thi (MPE, Germany)

LOC

  • Robi Banerjee (Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany)
  • Stefano Bovino (Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany)
  • Bastian Körtgen (Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany)

Invited speakers

  • Stephanie Cazaux (Groningen University, Netherlands)
  • Cecilia Ceccarelli (IPAG, Grenoble, France)
  • Paul Clark (Cardiff University, Wales)
  • Dieter Gerlich (Technische Universitaet Chemnitz, Germany)
  • Troels Haugbølle (Starplan, Denmark)
  • Guillermo Muñoz-Caro (Astrobiology Center, Madrid, Spain)
  • David Neufeld (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)
  • Simon Portegies Zwart (Leiden, Netherlands)
  • Dmitry Semenov (MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany)
  • Xander Tielens (Leiden University, Netherlands)
  • Valentine Wakelam (University of Bordeaux, France)
  • Laurent Wiesenfeld (IPAG, Grenoble, France)

    • Final Programme

    Monday 17 - Day 1

     08:30 - 08:50   Registration
     08:50 - 09:00   Welcome and Practical Info
     09:00 - 09:30   Xander Tielens Opening Talk
     Gas-dust processes: experiments and theory - Chair: Wing-Fai Thi
     09:30 - 10:10   Guillermo Muñoz-Caro (I) Dust grains processes: experiment
     10:10 - 10:30   Beate Patzer Small molecular clusters in astrophysical dust formation processes
     10:30 - 11:00   Coffee Break
     11:00 - 11:20   Andreas Fueglistaler Solid H_2 in the ISM: Gravitational Stability of Fluids in a Phase Transition
     11:20 - 12:00   Stephanie Cazaux (I) Dust and ice in star forming regions
     12:00 - 12:20   Yves Ellinger Modelling gas-surface processes: Theory and experiment for adsorption energies determination of nitrile/isonitrile isomers
     12:20 - 13:40   Lunch
     13:40 - 14:20   Laurent Wiesenfeld (I) Theory of Gas Phase Scattering and Reactivity for Astrochemistry
     14:20 - 15:00   Dieter Gerlich (I) Astrochemistry in temperature variable ion traps
     15:00 - 15:30   Coffee Break
     Numerical Codes I - Chair: Tommaso Grassi
     15:30 - 16:10   Valentine Wakelam (I) Status on gas-grain chemical models for astrochemistry
     16:10 - 16:30   Dominique Maffucci The Gas Grain Chemistry of Translucent Molecular Clouds
     16:30 - 16:50   Nanase Harada Chemistry in young stellar objects with grain growth
     16:50 - 18:30   Short poster presentation + Poster Session


    Tuesday 18 - Day 2

     Numerical Codes II - Chair: Stefano Bovino
     09:00 - 09:40   Dmitry Semenov (I) Public astrochemical tools with dust surface processes and how to use them properly
     09:40 - 10:00   Tommaso Grassi KROME: a tool for microphysics
     10:00 - 10:20   Thomas Haworth Photochemical-hydrodynamics with TORUS-3DPDR
     10:20 - 10:40   Jonathan Holdship Chemical Modelling with UCLCHEM
     10:40 - 11:10   Coffee Break
     11:10 - 11:30   Franck Le Petit Hot chemistry in PDRs and the Interstellar Medium DataBase
     11:30 - 11:50   Ankan Das Complex Deuterated Species in the Interstellar Medium
     11:50 - 12:30   Simon Portegies-Zwart (I) The Astronomical Multipurpose Software Environment
     12:30 - 13:50   Lunch
     13:50 - 14:50   Discussion on Public Tools, Databases, and Benchmarks
     14:50 - 15:00   Quick Coffee Break
     Chemistry in Hydrodynamical Simulations I - Chair: Dominik Schleicher
     15:00 - 15:40   Paul Clark (I) Chemistry/microphysics in hydrodynamical simulations
     15:40 - 16:00   Rafeel Riaz Primordial star formation using GRADSPH-KROME
     16:00 - 16:20   Pierre Marchand Non-ideal MHD in star formation
     16:20 - 16:40   Jels Boulangier The intricate interplay of physics and chemistry: an AGB story
     16:40 - 17:00   John Ilee The influence of dynamic evolution on the chemistry of protoplanetary discs
     18:00 - 19:00   Social Event: Ratsherrn Brewery Tour and Tasting
     19:30 - 23:00   Social Dinner @ NordEvent Panorama Deck


    Wednesday 19 - Day 3

      Chemistry in Hydrodynamical Simulations II - Chair: Daniel Seifried
      09:20 - 10:00   Troels Haugboelle (I) Towards a complete model for H-C-O chemistry in the ISM
      10:00 - 10:20   Bastian Koertgen Deuteriumfractionation and H2D+ evolution in magnetised and turbulent filaments and their substructures
      10:20 - 10:40   Bo Zhao Effect of Grain Size and Freeze-out on Non-ideal MHD Diffusivities
      10:40 - 11:10   Coffee Break
      11:10 - 11:30   Maria Kirsanova Chemo-dynamical simulations of HII regions with non-frozen dust
      11:30 - 11:50   Jon Ramsey Constraining the accretion regions of meteorites via astrochemical modelling of protoplanetary disks
      11:50 - 12:10   Alessandro Lupi Molecular gas chemistry and radiation transport with mesh-less hydrodynamics
      12:10 - 12:30   Olli Sipilä Hydrodynamics with gas-grain chemistry and radiative transfer: comparing dynamical and static models
      12:30 - 13:50   Lunch
      Observations: Real vs Synthetic - Chair: Robi Banerjee
      13:50 - 14:30   David Neufeld (I) Modeling observations
      14:30 - 14:50   Amelia Stutz Chemistry in high line-mass filaments
      14:50 - 15:10   Asuncìon Fuente Gas phase elemental abundances in molecular clouds (GEMS)
      15:10 - 15:30   Victor Rivilla Phosphorus: the missing prebiotic element. How to detect and model it
      15:30 - 16:00   Coffee Break
      16:00 - 16:20   Tom Douglas Post-processing of existing hydrodynamic simulations with chemical networks
      16:20 - 16:40   Rachael Spowage Synthetic observations of the transition to coherence: the role of turbulence, magnetic fields and initial conditions
      16:40 - 17:00   Seamus Clarke Synthetic observations of filaments: the problems of mapping from PPV to PPP
      17:00 - 17:20   Summary Talk - Paola Caselli
      17:20 - 18:30   Final Discussion - Moderators: Paola Caselli and Stefano Bovino

    Practical Info: Venue

    The workshop will be held at the Lecture Hall H of the main building of the University of Hamburg. This is located in Edmund-Siemers-Allee in the nice Hamburg neighborhood Rotherbaum and close to the S1 station Dammtor.




    The conference will start 8:30 Monday 17 and will end roughly 18:30 Wednesday 19.

    Participants

    Veronica Allen, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
    Zainab Awad, Astronomy, Space Science and Meteorology Dept. - Faculty of Science - Cairo University
    Robi Banerjee, Hamburger Sternwarte
    César Barrales-Martínez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Melisse Bonfand, Max Planck Institute for Radio astronomy
    Jels Boulangier, KU Leuven
    Stefano Bovino, Hamburg Observatory
    Nina Brinkmann, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
    Paola Caselli, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
    Cecilia Ceccarelli, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) - IPAG
    Paul Clark, Cardiff University
    Seamus Clarke, University of Cologne
    Sergio Cristallo, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo
    Ankan Das, Indian Centre for Space Physics
    Tom Douglas, University of Exeter
    Vanesa Díaz, Universidad de Concepción
    Yves Ellinger, UPMC
    Dieter Engels, Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg
    Patricio Fibla, Universidad de Concepcion
    Asunción Fuente, Observatorio Astronómico Nacional
    Yuri Fujii, Nagoya University
    Andreas Füglistaler, Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva
    PRASANTA GORAI, Indian Centre for Space Physics
    Dieter Gerlich, TU Chemnitz
    Tommaso Grassi, Niels Bohr Institute / Starplan
    Soledad Gutiérrez-Oliva, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Nanase Harada, Academia Sinica Inst. of Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Troels Haugbølle , Starplan
    Thomas Haworth, Imperial College London
    Seyit Hocuk, MPE
    Jonathan Holdship, UCL
    Sadiq Hussain, National Institute of Sciencs's and Technology
    Juan Ibanez-Mejia, Universität zu Köln
    John Ilee, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
    Jens Kauffmann, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Bonn
    Maria Kirsanova, Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
    Bastian Körtgen, Hamburg Observatory
    Franck Le Petit, LERMA - Observatoire de Paris
    Alessandro Lupi, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
    Dominique Maffucci, University oif Virginia
    Pierre Marchand, CRAL - ENS Lyon
    Rafael Martín-Doménech, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC)
    Karan Molaverdikhani Molaverdikhani, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Heidelberg University
    Tamara Molyarova, Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
    Guillermo Manuel Muñoz Caro, Center of Astrobiology (CAB), INTA-CSIC
    Hiroko Nagahara, Earth-life Science Inst., Tokyo Inst. Tech.
    Krishna Prasad Nandivada, Self Researcher
    Felipe Navarrete, Universidad de Concepción
    David Neufeld, Johns Hopkins University
    Camila Olave, Universidad de Concepción
    Andrea Pallottini, Centro Fermi (Rome, IT), Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, UK)
    Beate Patzer, Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik, TU Berlin
    Françoise Pauzat, CNRS/UPMC
    Camilo Peñaloza, Cardiff University
    Simon Portegies Zwart, Leiden Observatory
    David Quénard, QMUL - London
    Jon Ramsey, Centre for Star and Planet Formation, National History Museum of Denmark and the Niel Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    Serhiy Rednyk, Department of Surface and Plasma Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    Bastián Reinoso, Universidad de Concepción
    Rafeel Riaz, University of Concepcion, Chile
    Victor M. Rivilla, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, OAA-INAF
    Will Robson Rocha, UNIVAP
    Evelyine Roueff, Observatoire de Paris
    Štěpán Roučka, Department of Surface and Plasma Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    Dominik Schleicher, Astronomy Department, Universidad de Concepcion
    Wolfram Schmidt, Hamburg Observatory
    Daniel Seifried, University of Cologne
    Dmitry Semenov, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
    Dmitry Semenov, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie
    Olli Sipilä, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
    Rachael Spowage, Cardiff University
    Amelia Stutz, UdeC
    László Szücs, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
    Alejandro Toro-Labbé, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)
    América Torres, Universidad de Guanajuato
    Fiorenzo Vincenzo, Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
    Valentine Wakelam, Laboratoire d'astrophysique de Bordeaux, France
    Thi Wing-Fai, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
    Alison Young, University of Exeter
    Joaquin Zamponi, Universidad de Concepcion
    Bo Zhao, MPE
    Stephanie Cazaux, Aerospace engineering, Delft University of technology

    Practical Info: Getting around in Hamburg

    Public Transportation

    The HVV is the public transport operator in Hamburg. It includes subways and busses. You can purchase tickets at a ticket machine at the entrance of every station or directly on the bus. The current fee for using the public transportation without a valid ticket is 60 EUR. The most frequent used ticket options are:

    - One way ticket (Einzelfahrkarte Grossbereich AB): 3,10 EUR
    - Unrestricted day ticket (Tageskarte): 7,60 EUR
    - Restricted day ticket (9 Uhr Tageskarte): 6,20 EUR

    The operation time of the HVV usually is weekdays from approx. 4am to 0.30am and fridays and saturdays the operation continues all day and night.

    StadtRAD Hamburg

    StadtRAD Hamburg is a provider of bicycles in the wider area of Hamburg. The network of stations and the number of bicycles is extensive and provides a quick get around in Hamburg. The easy process of registration can be conducted online or at every station via a terminal. Registration works with a credit or debit card. There is a 5 Euro registration fee which is applied as credit to your account. Every starting 30 minutes of each renting period are free, but starting from the 31st minute, it costs 8 ct/minute. One can return the bike at every station which can be found online or via the terminal at each station.

    Practical Info: Hotels

    Blocks of rooms at discounted rates have been set aside in the hotels listed below. All hotels are within walking distance of the conference venue (see maps). To take advantage of the discounted rates you have to reserve the room before the deadlines reported here below.

    Please book through the hotel webpage by writing an email and using the keyword: "AstroModel2017".

    Mercure Hotel Hamburg Mitte: 20 single rooms available at a rate of 80 EUR including breakfast. Deadline June 4th. Map Link.




    Hotel Ibis Hamburg Alster Centrum: single rooms available at a rate of 89 EUR including breakfast. Double rooms available at a rate of 112 EUR including breakfast. Deadline June 11th. Map Link.




    Hotel Wagner: 10 single rooms available at a rate of 100 EUR including breakfast. Deadline June 18th. Map Link.




    Programme and Social Event

    Ratsherrn Brewery Tour + Beer Tasting

    We plan a visit to the local Hamburg Brewery, Ratsherrn. The tour + beer tasting it costs 17.50 EUR per person and will take place on Tuesday July 18th before the social dinner. If you want to participate please specify this in the registration form.

    The Ratsherrn Brewery is located in the heart of Sternschanze, the nightlife district. It can be reached in 20 minutes by foot from the conference venue.

    Social Dinner

    The social dinner will take place on Tuesday July 18th at 07:30 pm at
    the Nord-Event Panoramadeck at the heart of Hamburg with a stunning 360o views over the Alster and the city.

    Panorama Deck

    The price per person is 25 EUR including drinks.
    Money will be collected at the conference registration desk.

    The Nord-Event Panorama is located at
    Emporio
    Dammtorwall 15
    20355 Hamburg