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Instrument Host Overview
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The Astrochemistry Laboratory is located in the Astrophysics Branch (SSA)
of the Space Sciences Division at NASA's Ames Research Center, in Mountain
View, CA. We study extraterrestrial materials and are especially
interested in the formation, distribution, and fate of organic compounds
(comprised primarily of carbon, like those in living things) in space. We
are among the pioneers in laboratory studies of space environments
including interstellar, cometary, and planetary ices, and simulations of
the so-called 'Unidentified' Infrared Emission Bands and Diffuse
Interstellar Bands using PAHs and PAH-related materials. We are also
interested in ices on outer Solar System objects like moons of Jupiter and
Saturn. Our laboratory experiments typically involve low-temperature
spectroscopy of molecules thought to be in space under astrophysical
conditions. From these experiments we have built up a database that we and
others have used (in conjunction with astronomical data) to identify many
molecules in space.
http://astrochemistry.org/
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OBSERVATORY_ID = 'LAB510'
NAME = 'THE ARC/SSA ASTROCHEMISTRY LAB'
COUNTRY = 'USA'
ADDRESS = 'Astrophysics Branch;
NASA Ames Research Center;
Moffett Field Ca 94035-1000'
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