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Summary
Summary
Our knowledge of the origin, evolution, nature, and distribution of organic matter in space has undergone a revolution in recent years. Insights into various aspects of this material can be found using a variety of different technical approaches. These range from telescopic measurements by observational astronomers over a wide range of wavelengths, to laboratory experiments and simulations by chemists, physicists, and spectroscopists, and analyses of actual extraterrestrial materials. IAU Symposium 251 brought together expertise of scientists from different disciplines, including observational astronomers, laboratory spectroscopists, and solar system scientists, to provide a synthesis of our current understanding of these organics and to identify areas in which additional work and new ideas are required to further our understanding.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| From the local organising committee |
| Organising committee |
| Conference participants |
| Opening address of Symposium 251 C. Cesarsky |
| Session I Observations of organic compounds beyond the Solar SystemWilliam Irvine and Ewine van Dishoeck and Yvonne Pendleton and Hans Olofsson |
| Session II Organic compounds within the Solar SystemScott Sandford and Ernst Zinner and Dale Cruikshank |
| Session III Laboratory analogues of organic compounds in spaceMax Bernstein and Thomas Henning |
| Banquet speech |
| Author index |
| Object index |
