{"id":276,"date":"2011-08-01T12:35:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T11:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2014-05-22T10:51:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T09:51:02","slug":"consolider-ingenio-astromol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-359\" alt=\"logo_MICINN\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/logo_ministerio_ciencia_innovacion-e1312379965960.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"70\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-355\" alt=\"Ingenio2010\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/logo-ingenio_grande-e1312378735280.jpg\" width=\"70\" height=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/logo_new_astromol.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1383\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/logo_new_astromol.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">2014 BREAKING ASTROMOL NEWS\u00a1\u00a1\u00a1 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/astromol.cab.inta-csic.es\" target=\"_blank\">NEW ASTROMOL BLOG<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<hr \/>\n<li><strong>Outstanding ASTROMOL articles<\/strong>:\n<\/li>\n<li>Anion beam generation and patent application (LHM group): &#8220;Discharge source coupled to a deceleration unit for anion beam generation: Application to H<sup>\u2212<\/sup><sub>2<\/sub> photodetachment&#8221; (<i>Review of Scientific Instruments, 84, 124102 (2013), January 2014<\/i>).<\/li>\n<li>Review on the outcome for the H + H2 \u2192 H2 + H bimolecular exchange reaction (DINQUIM-UCM group in international collaboration): &#8220;Is the simplest chemical reaction really so simple?&#8221; (<i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 7, 2014<\/i>).<\/li>\n<li>New accurate wavenumber laboratory measurements of <sup>36<\/sup>ArH<sup>+<\/sup> and <sup>38<\/sup>ArH<sup>+<\/sup> rotation-vibration transitions in the mid-infrared range (GFM-CSIC, AM-CSIC in international collaboration): &#8220;New accurate measurement of <sup>36<\/sup>ArH<sup>+<\/sup> and <sup>38<\/sup>ArH<sup>+<\/sup> ro-vibrational transitions by high resolution IR absorption spectroscopy&#8221; (<i>The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2014 ApJ 783 L5<\/i>).<\/li>\n<li>New laboratory data of ethyl mercaptan, CH<sub>3<\/sub>CH<sub>2<\/sub>SH, in the millimeter and submillimeter-wave domains (up to 880 GHz) provided very precise values of the spectroscopic constants that allowed the detection of gauche-CH<sub>3<\/sub>CH<sub>2<\/sub>SH towards Orion KL (GEM-UVA, AM-CSIC in international collaboration): &#8220;Spectroscopic characterization and detection of Ethyl Mercaptan in Orion&#8221; (<i>The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2014 ApJ 784, L7<\/i>).<\/li>\n<li> Aromatic species can be efficiently formed on the graphitized surface of the abundant silicon carbide stardust on exposure to atomic hydrogen under pressure and temperature conditions analogous to those of the interstellar medium (ICMM-CSIC with AM-CSIC in international collaboration): &#8220;Graphene etching on SiC grains as a path to interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formation&#8221; (<i>Nature Communications 5, Article number: 3054, January 2014<\/i>). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">HOT ASTROMOL NEWS\u00a1\u00a1\u00a1 (December 13, 2013)<\/span><\/span>: An international collaboration, including ASTROMOL, has found first evidence of a noble-gas based molecule in space (Science, 342, 6163, 1343-1345, 13 December 2013. DOI: 10.1126\/science.124358213<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This kind of molecules had been produced in the laboratory but it was unknown whether the adequate conditions to form them in space exist. Now we know it is possible and this discovery will allow to study much more in detail the interaction between supernova and the surrounding medium&#8221;, remarks co-author Jos\u00e9 Cernicharo, coordinating P.I. of the ASTROMOL project and researcher at CSIC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1912\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/herschel_crab_noble_gas_spectral_lines\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1912\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1912\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/Herschel_Crab_noble_gas_spectral_lines.jpg\" alt=\"Crab Nebula with emission lines from argon hydride in its spectrum\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1912\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crab Nebula image based on data taken with the PACS instrument on board Herschel, at a wavelength of 70 microns. Below the image, a spectrum of the far-infrared light from the Crab Nebula is shown. The spectrum was taken with the SPIRE instrument on board Herschel at wavelengths ranging from 660 microns to 200 microns. the first two rotational transitions of ArH<sup>+<\/sup> are shown over the continuum dust emission. Credit: ESA\/Herschel\/PACS, SPIRE\/MESS Key Programme Supernova Remnant Team<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csic.es\/web\/guest\/home?p_p_id=contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=1&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;p_p_col_id=column-1-1&amp;p_p_col_count=1&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_struts_action=%2Fcontentviewer%2Fview&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_nodeRef=workspace%3A%2F%2FSpacesStore%2Fddadcece-6784-4d8e-aabf-643fe1a5c654\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from CSIC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sci.esa.int\/herschel\/53332-herschel-spies-active-argon-in-crab-nebula\/\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europapress.es\/ciencia\/noticia-descubren-primeras-moleculas-gases-nobles-espacio-20131213102129.html\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from europapress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">COMING SOON\u00a1\u00a1\u00a1 (November, 2013)<\/span><\/span>: First ASTROMOL results with <em>ALMA Science Cycle 0<\/em> observations in IRC+10216 (accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">HOT ASTROMOL NEWS!! (June 21, 2013)<\/span><\/span>: ASTROMOL researchers detect the Ammonium Ion for the first time in Space<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ammonium Ion (NH<sub>4<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>) is the starting point to form Ammonia (NH<sub>3<\/sub>) and amine prebiotic molecules in Space\u201d, comments Jos\u00e9 Cernicharo, coordinating P.I. of the ASTROMOL project and researcher at the Centro de Astrobiolog\u00eda. This finding is supported by accurate IR laboratory measurements made by the GFM-CSIC group (Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC). Two articles have been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/ion_amonio\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1813\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1813\" title=\"Observed spectrum toward Orion-IRc2 around the expected frequency line of the deuterated ammonium ion. The predicted frequency and its 3 sigma error bar are indicated at the bottom for the Nakanaga and Amano (1986) measurements and at the top for our new laboratory data (Domenech et al. 2013). Credit: J. Cernicharo et al. 2013\" alt=\"ammonia ion feature\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/ion_amonio.jpg\" width=\"257\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cab.inta-csic.es\/es\/noticias\/104\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from Centro de Astrobiologia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">HOT ASTROMOL NEWS (August 6, 2013)<\/span><\/span>: ASTROMOL researchers find evidences that rule out the presence of pure and amorphous CO<sub>2<\/sub> ice in space <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In order to study the formation of ice, CO<sub>2<\/sub> molecules were accumulated little by little to generate very thin monolayers. In this process, we identified that, before the crystals are arranged in an ordered pattern, another stage came up in which the carbon dioxide presented an amorphous structure. This was identified by means of the X-Band&#8221;, comments Guillermo M. Mu\u00f1oz-Caro, co-author and ASTROMOL researcher at the Centro de Astrobiolog\u00eda. The article has been accepted for publication in the PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csic.es\/web\/guest\/noticias-y-multimedia?p_p_id=contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=1&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;p_p_col_id=column-1&amp;p_p_col_pos=1&amp;p_p_col_count=2&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_struts_action=%2Fcontentviewer%2Fview&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_nodeRef=workspace%3A%2F%2FSpacesStore%2Fa7ec0eb1-35f9-4f6a-aa92-0fa1ca190f01&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_gsa_index=false&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_title=noticias&amp;contentType=news\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from CSIC <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">HOT ASTROMOL NEWS!! (June 5, 2013)<\/span><\/span>: ASTROMOL researchers confirm the presence of PAHs in the upper atmosphere of Titan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can finally confirm that PAHs play a major role in the production of Titan&#8217;s lower haze, and that the chemical reactions leading to the formation of the haze start high up in the atmosphere,\u201d comments Manuel L\u00f3pez-Puertas, a researcher from the Instituto de Astrof\u00edsica de Andaluc\u00eda (CSIC) in Granada, Spain and an active member of the Consolider-Ingenio ASTROMOL. \u201cThis finding is surprising: we had long suspected that PAHs and aerosols were linked in Titan&#8217;s atmosphere, but didn&#8217;t expect we could prove this with current instruments,\u201d he adds. Prof. L\u00f3pez-Puertas is the first author of a paper, published in The Astrophysical Journal, describing these results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/pia17240\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1748\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1748\" title=\"The role of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the formation of aerosols in Titan's haze. Credit: ESA \/ ATG medialab\" alt=\"PIA17240\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/PIA17240.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sci.esa.int\/science-e\/www\/object\/index.cfm?fobjectid=51863\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from ESA <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?release=2013-188\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from JPL\/NASA <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csic.es\/web\/guest\/home?p_p_id=contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=1&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;p_p_col_id=column-1-1&amp;p_p_col_count=1&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_struts_action=%2Fcontentviewer%2Fview&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_nodeRef=workspace%3A%2F%2FSpacesStore%2F7ee4d7ce-aea6-4b0a-85c8-5b3d772d73be&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_title=museo\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from CSIC <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sociedad.elpais.com\/sociedad\/2013\/06\/05\/actualidad\/1370435241_284071.html\" target=\"_blank\">Article in top newspaper &#8220;El Pa\u00eds&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">HOT ASTROMOL NEWS!! (May 7, 2013)<\/span><\/span>: ASTROMOL researchers discover a rich variety of molecules at our Galaxy warm heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We detected a surprisingly rich variety of molecules in the environment of Sgr A* that really exceeded our expectations,&#8221; comments Dr. Javier R. Goicoechea. &#8220;The molecules range from highly excited carbon monoxide and water vapour, to hydrogen cyanide and many light molecules that play a critical role in the chemistry of the interstellar medium. Some of them had not been detected before Herschel,&#8221; he adds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/herschel_sgra-spectrum-crop_565\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1759\" title=\"Left panel: Radio-wavelength view of the gas at the centre of the Galaxy. Right panel: A spectroscopic view of the Galactic Centre, obtained with Herschel. Credit: Radio-wavelength image: National Radio Astronomy Observatory\/Very Large Array (Courtesy of C. Lang); Spectrum: ESA\/Herschel\/PACS, SPIRE\/J. Goicoechea et al. (2013)\" alt=\"Herschel_SgrA-spectrum-crop_565\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/Herschel_SgrA-spectrum-crop_565.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sci.esa.int\/science-e\/www\/object\/index.cfm?fobjectid=51747\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from ESA <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">HOT ASTROMOL NEWS!! (April 29, 2013)<\/span><\/span>: Herschel closes its eyes on the Universe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ESA&#8217;s Herschel space observatory has exhausted, as planned, its supply of liquid helium coolant, concluding over three years of pioneering observations of the cool Universe. Herschel will continue communicating with its ground stations for some time now that the helium is exhausted, during which a range of technical tests will be performed. Finally, in May, it will be propelled into its long-term stable parking orbit around the Sun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/For_Media\/Press_Releases\/Herschel_closes_its_eyes_on_the_Universe\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from ESA <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">HOT ASTROMOL NEWS!! (March 13, 2013)<\/span><\/span>: ALMA Inauguration &#8211; Press releases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Atacama Large Millimeter\/submillimeter Array (ALMA), was inaugurated at an official ceremony. This event marks the completion of all the major systems of the giant telescope and the formal transition from a construction project to a fully fledged observatory. ALMA is a partnership between Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.almaobservatory.org\/en\/press-room\/press-releases\/533-alma-inauguration-heralds-new-era-of-discovery\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from ESO <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csic.es\/web\/guest\/home;jsessionid=A5500A0F901A2C6A9516A20343D05817?p_p_id=contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=1&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;p_p_col_id=column-1-3&amp;p_p_col_count=2&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_struts_action=%2Fcontentviewer%2Fview&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_nodeRef=workspace%3A%2F%2FSpacesStore%2F6ed75bc1-65cc-495c-b7a2-4f87da375fda&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_gsa_index=false&amp;_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_title=ciencia+y+sociedad&amp;contentType=article\" target=\"_blank\">Press release from CSIC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">HOT ASTROMOL NEWS!! (Nov. 27, 2012)<\/span><\/span>: ALMA Early Science Cycle 1: Outcome of the Proposal Review Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>196 highest-priority projects, out of 1.113 science proposals, have been selected to be completed using the ALMA Cycle 1 capabilities, after their technical feasibility was confirmed by fifteen technical assessors from the Joint ALMA Observatory and the three ALMA Regional Centers. <strong>4 Consolider-Ingenio ASTROMOL proposals have been selected<\/strong>, which is an outstanding result for the team. Our selected proposals are listed below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>A High Angular Resolution Study of the Dust Formation Zone of IRC+10216<\/i>: Jos\u00e9 Cernicharo \/ Michel Guelin \/ Marcelino Ag\u00fandez \/ Nuria Marcelino \/ Javier R. Goicoechea \/ Arancha Castro-Carrizo \/ John C. Pearson<\/li>\n<li><i>The fundamental structure of molecular cloud edges: from clumps to photoevaporation<\/i>: Javier R. Goicoechea \/ Sara Cuadrado \/ Marcelino Ag\u00fandez \/ Nuria Marcelino \/ Jos\u00e9 Cernicharo \/ Asunci\u00f3n Fuente \/ Paolo Pilleri<\/li>\n<li><i>Warm Deuteration of HCN in Orion-KL<\/i>: Nuria Marcelino \/ Jos\u00e9 Cernicharo \/ Bel\u00e9n Tercero \/ Evelyne Roueff \/ Henry Wootten \/ Aina Palau<\/li>\n<li><i>The rotating equatorial disk in the Red Rectangle<\/i>: Valent\u00edn Bujarrabal \/ Javier Alcolea \/ Arancha Castro-Carrizo \/ Miguel Santander-Garc\u00eda \/ Roberto Neri \/ Carmen S\u00e1nchez Contreras \/ Hans Van Winckel \/ Robert Lucas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The complete list of the 196 highest-priority projects can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/almascience.eso.org\/news\/alma-early-science-cycle-1-outcome-of-the-proposal-review-process\" target=\"blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: red\">ASTROMOL Synopsis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both the detection in space of several molecular species and their analysis in terms of the physical conditions in the emitting regions, together with the implications of these data for the physical and chemical processes ruling the universe, require a close synergy between laboratory spectroscopists, molecular physicists, chemists, and astronomers. This requires a new and innovative approach to this field and that is precisely the scope of this project <strong><span style=\"color: red\">Consolider-Ingenio &#8220;Molecular Astrophysics: the Herschel and ALMA era&#8221; (ASTROMOL<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; Ref.: CSD2009-00038), funded by the Spanish &#8220;Subprograma Consolider-Ingenio del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n&#8221;. The coordinating and managing institution of Consolider-Ingenio ASTROMOL is the Spanish National Research Agency, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csic.es\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (CSIC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: red\">Consolider-Ingenio ASTROMOL<\/span><\/strong> encompasses leading scientists in all these areas to work together towards a common goal: the understanding of the Molecular Universe. The identification of species in the insterstellar medium requires direct comparison of the observed frequencies of emission or absorption lines with spectroscopic measurements of known species in a controlled laboratory experiment. Several key topics in the areas of molecular complexity in space as well as the chemistry of planetary and star-forming regions will be addressed:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Water vapour in the Universe<\/li>\n<li>Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Deuterated molecules<\/li>\n<li>Chemical complexity<\/li>\n<li>Molecular ionisation and photodissociation<\/li>\n<li>Molecular tracers of shocks<\/li>\n<li>Interstellar dust grain chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/herschel2-e1319470872715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-562\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/consolider-ingenio-astromol\/files\/2011\/08\/herschel2-300x240.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: red\">Consolider-Ingenio ASTROMOL<\/span><\/strong> is achieving a high degree of synergy amongst astrophysicists, chemists and physicists in order to unveil the physics of molecules of astrophysical interest, with the final goal of preparing sound scientific foundations for the interpretation of the data that ALMA is providing from 2011 on (Early Science), and to maximize the scientific return from ESO\u2019s telescopes and the Herschel mission. The Physical-Chemistry groups of ASTROMOL are developing new techniques and instrumentation to address these aspects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Scientific exploitation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/SPECIALS\/Herschel\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Herschel Space Telescope<\/a><\/strong> through the participation in several <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/herschel.esac.esa.int\/Key_Programmes.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Key Programs<\/a><\/strong> and normal observing projects for the Herschel mission.<\/li>\n<li>Participation in the <strong>activities of commissioning and software development for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/alma.html\" target=\"_blank\">Atacama Large Millimeter\/submillimeter Array (ALMA)<\/a><\/strong> (see image at the bottom), which will become fully operational in 2013. See the ALMA Early Science Cycles 0 and 1 and the outstanding results that ASTROMOL has achieved.<\/li>\n<li>Development of <strong> radiative transfer codes <\/strong> necessary to interpret Herschel and ALMA data.<\/li>\n<li>Laboratory <strong> production and detection of species of astrophysical interest <\/strong> by developing state of the art techniques. Relevant neutral and ionic species will be produced in the laboratories by means of different techniques <strong>(iontrap systems, laser techniques, anion beams). See the Technical Developments under the Science and Technology tab.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Measurement and spectral characterization (MW, IR, vis-UV) of molecules<\/strong>, radicals, and ions produced with those techniques, and <strong>experimental determination of collision and radiative rates <\/strong>of neutral and ionic molecular species. Follow-ups will be addressed in this page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development of new <em>ab initio<\/em> and dynamical methods <\/strong>to calculate the molecular structure and spectroscopic properties, and to simulate the dynamics and kinetics of the measured species. Follow-ups will be included in this page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-564\" title=\"19 antenas ALMA sobre el Llano de Chajnantor. Esta imagen de las antenas de ALMA sobre el llano de Chajnantor, a 5.000 metros sobre el nivel del mar, fue tomada unos d\u00edas antes de empezar la etapa de ciencia inicial de ALMA. 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