Molecules in Space and the Southeast

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM · 3 hr. 30 min. (America/Chicago)
Room 106 (First Floor)
Oral Session
This session includes 8 presentations

Information

This symposium will focus on the broad and interdisciplinary field of astrochemistry and will highlight the work in this area being done in the southeastern region. Spectroscopists, theorists, modelers, obersvationalists, synthetic chemists, and all who find inspiration in their chemistry from beyond the Earth’s terrestrial veil are invited to join in the discussion.
Session Organizer/Presider List
Ryan Fortenberry (Organizer), Haritha Kolavathra Sasi (Presider)
Co-sponsor(s)
PHYS: Division of Physical Chemistry; COMP: Division of Computers in Chemistry; ANYL: Division of Analytical Chemistry

Presentations

SE835: Computational astrochemistry: From the spectroscopy and formation of PAHs to interstellar photochemistry

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Room 106 (First Floor)

SE836: Fully anharmonic IR spectra of neutral polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with up to 38 carbons

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM to 9:20 AM
Room 106 (First Floor)

SE837: Anharmonic infrared spectra of neutral two-, three-, and four-ring PANHs generated via reparameterized semiempirical methods: Benchmarking against experimental spectra and comparison to spectral features in the Orion Bar

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM to 9:45 AM
Room 106 (First Floor)

SE838: Reexamining the aromatic infrared bands: PAH anharmonicity matters

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM to 10:05 AM
Room 106 (First Floor)

Intermission

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM to 10:20 AM
Room 106 (First Floor)

SE839: Can aromatic cations be involved in the growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by acetylene additions under astrochemical conditions?

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 10:20 AM to 10:50 AM
Room 106 (First Floor)

SE840: Formation routes for small inorganic interstellar dust precursors

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM to 11:10 AM
Room 106 (First Floor)

SE841: A potential path for the formation of PAHs in deep interstellar space: Exploration of the indenyl and benzyl radical reaction

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM
Room 106 (First Floor)

SE1051: Connecting interstellar ice chemistry to astronomical observations: Laboratory constraints for molecular astrophysics

Friday, November 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room 106 (First Floor)

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