This conference will be the occasion to discuss recent advances on the main PCMI science topics and discuss their evolution. We list here some of the relevant hot issues.
- 3D maps of the interstellar-medium.
- Routine measurement of the magnetic field, from galactic scales to star formation.
- The emergence of artificial intelligence methods to compare data and numerical simulations.
- Very high angular resolution highlighting of stellar and planetary formation details : internal structure and physical properties of cores, protoplanetary disks and jets.
- Attempts to unify star formation studies from the Milky Way to the youngest galaxies, including feedback mechanisms.
- Access to extreme interstellar environments through studies of external galaxies (low metallicity, high radiation).
- Determination of physical conditions in distant environments using molecules and dusts detected at high redshift.
- The importance of primordial chemistry for the formation of the first molecular structures of the universe.
- Astrochemistry as a first step in exobiology.
- The achievement of precision astrochemistry through the combination of theoretical models and advanced laboratory experiments.
- The experimental confirmation that irradiation (X, UV, CR) of ice, dust and molecules is a powerful lever for the evolution of the interstellar medium.
- Experimental simulation of the formation of nanograins in star envelopes.
In addition to the common sessions, there will be 4 discussion workshops on the following subjects :
- PCMI and exo-biology.
- The ionization fraction of the interstellar medium.
- Understanding kinematic signatures from cloud collapse to planet formation : what are the current chemo-dynamical modeling challenges ?
- High-redshift galaxies chemistry.
More information may be found on the following document :
(http://www.pcmi.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/pcm...)
We expect a large audience to discuss these questions and others.
PCMI is an "action sur projet" from CNRS-INSU (Sciences de l’Univers), also supported by the CNRS-INP (Institute of Physics), the CNRS-INC (Institute of Chemistry), CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales), and CEA (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives).