The paper “Compression and ablation of the photo-irradiated molecular cloud the Orion Bar” (Goicoechea et al. 2016) recently published in Nature, has put Astrochemistry and NANOCOSMOS in the leading edge forefront of many research institutIons, newspapers and mass media. A few examples can be found below:
Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Two NANOCOSMOS members, Prof. José Cernicharo and Dr. Javier R. Goicoechea gave two invited talks at this workshop in Poland. José Cernicharo showed the NANOCOSMOS latests results from the ALMA observations of the archetypical AGB carbon-star IRC+10216. The NANOCOSMOS team has published 4 articles (see publications) on these results (including IRAM observations) and new exciting results are expected for the coming months. Javier R. Goicoechea talked about the velocity-resolved [CII] emission and [CII]/FIR mapping along Orion. The [CII] 158μm fine structure line is arising in gas irradiated by UV-photons from the Trapezium cluster and contributes significantly to the cooling of the cold neutral medium. These observations in combination with Far-Infrared photometric images of the dust emission and maps of the H41α hydrogen recombination and CO provide an unprecedented close view (0,16 light-years in resolution) of the Orion Cloud surrounding the Trapezium. Stay tuned¡
Four NANOCOSMOS researchers gave their presentations at the ALMA/Herschel Archival Workshop held in Garching (Germany) at the ESO headquarters in April 15 -17, 2015. José Cernicharo (NANOCOSMOS Corresponding P.I.) talked about the synergies between the ALMA high resolution observations in the innermost zones of star-forming regions, AGB, post-AGBs stars and extragalactic objects and those of Herschel´s archive submillimeter and far-IR observations. Our postdoctoral researchers, Marcelino Agúndez, Guillermo Quintana-Lacaci and Belén Tercero talked about the following topics: Continue reading →
A two-day meeting (May 5 and 6, 2015) will be held at the Spain National Research Council (CSIC) headquarters in Madrid. This meeting will be focused in well targetted presentations to put forward the main goals of the project and to foster further team discussions and brainstorming. The meeting will be divided into 4 sessions covering the following topics:
The final program will be posted here when available.
Meeting place and travel
The meeting will take place at the CSIC Press Room in C/ Serrano 113 (Building 113). See both the general map around CSIC and map of CSIC headquarters. See also an underground (“Metro”) map or visit this link to consult the Madrid metro in different formats.
CSIC headquarters is pretty near both from the República Argentina (line 6) and Gregorio Marañón (line 7) metro stations. The Nuevos Ministerios metro station, which connects to all the airport terminals, is 1.5 km away. These items can be checked at the general map around CSIC above.
Metro fares can be consulted here
If you consider to take a taxi from/to the airport, please visit this site. Official taxi fares can also be consulted here.
Recommended hotels
Both the NH Breton Hotel and the NH Madrid Zurbano Hotel are located pretty near from the CSIC headquarters (1 km away). Prices for a single room are around 80 euros per night.
Cosmic dust is made in evolved stars. However, the processes involved in the formation and evolution of dust remain so far unknown. NANOCOSMOS will take advantage of the new observational capabilities (increased angular resolution) of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to unveil the physical and chemical conditions in the dust formation zone of evolved stars. These observations in combination with novel top-level ultra-high vacuum experiments and astrophysical modelling will provide a cutting-edge view of cosmic dust.