RA. MINI-SYMPOSIUM: ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS

THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2003 - 8:30AM

Room: 1153 SMITH LAB

Chair: STEVE FEDERMAN, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

RA01 INVITED TALK 30min8:30
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SWAS MISSION: H2O, O2, AND ASTROCHEMISTRY.

GARY J. MELNICK, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.

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RA02 15min9:05
THE APACHE POINT ATLAS OF DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS.

D. G. YORK, J. A. THORBURN, S. CHAPMAN, L. M. HOBBS, T. OKA, B. RECCHI, D. E. WELTY, V. YIN, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; S. D. FRIEDMAN, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218; B. J. MCCALL, Dept. of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; B. L. RACHFORD, T. P. SNOW, University of Colorado, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Boulder, CO 80309; P. SONNENTRUCKER, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.

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RA03 15min9:22
CORRELATIONS AMONG THE DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS.

B. J. MCCALL, Department of Chemistry & Department of Astronomy, University of California at Berkeley, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720; B. L. RACHFORD AND T. P. SNOW, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado at Boulder; S. D. FRIEDMAN, Space Telescope Science Institute; P. SONNENTRUCKER, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University; J. A. THORBURN, L. M. HOBBS, T. OKA, D. E. WELTY AND D. G. YORK, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago.

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RA04 15min9:39
DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS CORRELATED WITH CARBON MOLECULES C2 and C3.

J. A. THORBURN, L. M. HOBBS, T. OKA, D. E. WELTY AND D. G. YORK, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637; B. J. MCCALL, Department of Astronomy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720; S. D. FRIEDMAN AND P. SONNENTRUCKER, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218; T. P. SNOW, Department of Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309.

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RA05 15min9:56
THE RELATIONSHIP OF MOLECULAR HYDROGEN, ATOMIC HYDROGEN, AND SELECTED DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS.

D. G. YORK, J. A. THORBURN, L. M. HOBBS, T. OKA, D. E. WELTY, University of Chicago, Astronomy & Astrophysics Center, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago. IL 60637; T. P. SNOW, B. L. RACHFORD, University of Colorado, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, 389 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0389; B. J. MCCALL, University of California, Department of Astronomy, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720; S. D. FRIEDMAN, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218; AND P. SONNENTRUCKER, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, 3400 N. Charles St., MC 106, Baltimore, MD 21218.

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RA06 15min10:13
C3 EXCITATION PROFILES IN DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS.

M. ADAMKOVICS, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; G. A. BLAKE, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences 150-21, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; B. J. MCCALL, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 and Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

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INTERMISSION

RA07 15min10:45
METAL HYDRIDES IN ASTRONOMY.

P. F. BERNATH, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont., Canada N2L 3G1; C. W. BAUSCHLICHER JR., NASA Ames Research Center, Mailstop 230-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035; M. DULICK, National Solar Observatory, 950 N. Cherry Ave., P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726-6732; R. S. RAM, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; AND A. BURROWS, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.

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RA08 15min11:02
BEYOND IRC+10216: NEW TRENDS IN THE DETECTION OF METAL MOLECULES TOWARDS CIRCUMSTELLAR ENVELOPES.

J. L. HIGHBERGER AND L. M. ZIURYS, Department of Chemistry, Department of Astronomy, Steward Observatory, and Arizona Radio Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721.

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RA09 15min11:19
TESTING THE LIMITS OF INTEGRATION TIME (AND OBSERVER PATIENCE): DETECTION OF INTERSTELLAR KCN.

C. SAVAGE, L. M. ZIURYS, Department of Chemistry, Department of Astronomy, and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; M. GUÉLIN, Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique, 300 rue de la Piscine, Domaine Universitaire, 38406 Saint Martin d'Hères, France.

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RA10 15min11:36
METHANE LINE PARAMETERS IN THE NEAR-INFRARED.

L. R. BROWN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109.

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RA11 Post-deadline Abstract 15min11:53
THE SYNTHESIS OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC COMOUNDS IN THE CIRCUMSTELLAR ENVIRONMENT.

SUN KWOK, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada T2N 1N4.

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