Session 32. Highlights in Laboratory Astrophysics

Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Thursday, 9:20am-2:00pm, June 1, 2005, Ballroom A

Associated with Topical Session 31.

32.01 NASA's Exploration Vision and Laboratory Astrophysics

H. Hasan (NASA Headquarters)

32.02 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of Doubly Ionized Iron Group Elements for Astrophysical Applications

D. G. Smillie (Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Blackett Lab., Imperial College, UK; Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), J. C. Pickering (Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Blackett Lab., Imperial College, UK), P. L. Smith (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

32.03 Improved Cr II f-values with Application in the Eta Car -146 km/s Ejecta

K.E. Nielsen (CUA & NASA/SGFC), H. Nilsson (Lund Observatory), G. Vieira Kober (SSAI & NASA/GSFC), G. Ljung (Lund Observatory)

32.04 Oscillator Strengths for Ultraviolet Transitions in Cl~{\small II} and {\small III}

S.R. Federman, R.M. Schectman, M. Brown, S. Cheng, R.E. Irving (U. Toledo), M.C. Fritts (U. Minnesota), N.D. Gibson (Dennison U.)

32.05 Absorption Profiles of Li and Na in Brown Dwarf Spectra

J.F. Kielkopf (U. Louisville), N.F. Allard (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France), F. Allard (CRAL-ENS, Lyon, France)

32.06 Laboratory Measurements of Charge Transfer on Atomic Hydrogen at Thermal Energies

C. C. Havener, R. Rejoub (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), M. Schnell, D. W. Savin (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory)

32.07 Oscillator Strengths for Rydberg Transitions in CO and Its Isotopomers

Y. Sheffer, S. R. Federman (U. Toledo), M. Eidelsberg, J. L. Lemaire, J. H. Fillion, F. Rostas (Obs. Paris Meudon and U. Cergy-Pontoise), J. Ruiz (U. Malaga)

32.08 Sub-millimeter Spectroscopy of Diatomic Hydrides of Astrophysical Interest

D. T. Halfen (Univ. of Arizona), C. S. Savage (JILA), A. J. Apponi, L. M. Ziurys (Univ. of Arizona)

32.09 Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Neutral and Ionized PAHs: Implications for Interstellar Dust

F. Salama (NASA Ames Research Center), X. Tan (NRC & NASA Ames Research Center), L. Biennier (PALMS, Univ. Rennes, France), J. Cami (NRC & NASA Ames Research Center)

32.10 A search for PAHs in astrophysical environments

J. Cami, X. Tan (NASA Ames Research Center), L. Biennier (PALMS, Univ. Rennes, France), F. Salama (NASA Ames Research Center)

32.11 The 6.8 \mum band is caused by CaO grains

Y. Kimura, J. A. Nuth III (Astrochemistry Lab., Solar System Exploration Div., NASA's GSFC)

32.12 Formation of Molecular Hydrogen on Dust Grains

G. Vidali, J.E. Roser (Syracuse University - USA), E. Congiu (U. Cagliari and DMFCI U.Catania - Italy), L. Li (Syracuse University - USA), G. Manico', V. Pirronello (DMFCI U. Catania - Italy)

32.13 Measurements of M-Shell Dielectronic Recombination for Active Galactic Nuclei

D. Lukic, M. Schnell, D. W. Savin (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory), A. Mueller, S. Schippers, E. W. Schmidt (Justus-Liebig-Universitaet), C. Brandau (Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung), M. Lestinsky, F. Sprenger, A. Wolf (Max-Planck-Institute fuer Kernphysik)

32.14 Density Measurements Using the L-shell Spectra of Si V, S VII, and Ar IX

J. K. Lepson (SSL), P. Beiersdorfer (LLNL), M. F. Gu (Stanford)