To celebrate the International Year of Chemistry, Dr Matthew Almond will give a public seminar on 'Chemistry in Space'.
How can we understand anything about the chemical processes occurring in Space, an environment where (with a few very limited exceptions) we cannot collect samples? The answer is by using spectroscopy. This seminar explores the background to chemical analysis using spectroscopy and discusses how this has been used to explore "Chemistry in Space" from the discovery of the Fraunhoffer lines in the early nineteenth century, through the mysterious "Diffuse Interstellar Bands" and "Unidentified Infrared Emission" to the modern spectroscopic satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope.
How can we understand anything about the chemical processes occurring in Space, an environment where (with a few very limited exceptions) we cannot collect samples? The answer is by using spectroscopy. This seminar explores the background to chemical analysis using spectroscopy and discusses how this has been used to explore "Chemistry in Space" from the discovery of the Fraunhoffer lines in the early nineteenth century, through the mysterious "Diffuse Interstellar Bands" and "Unidentified Infrared Emission" to the modern spectroscopic satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope.
