Astrochem Coffee

Brett McGuire
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Astrochem Coffee

A monthly stroll through the latest discoveries in astrochemistry - the study of molecules in space: where they are, how they got there, and what they are doing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    February 2025 - If I Had a Nickel for Every Cyanate Ion

    Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2025.   Guests this month are Sean Dougherty and Karina Sogomonyan. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sean Dougherty) 12:13 - Advert: Ides of March at Starducks 13:29 - Grab & Go Papers 29:18 - Advert: Prunus Maximus 3000 31:12 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Karina Sogomonyan) 45:04 - Barista Bootcamp: D/H Ratios and Temperature 52:27 - Chalkboard   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Karina's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00387 Chalkboard this month has Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    55 min

  2. 8 FEB

    January 2025 - It's a Sulfurous Universe, Man

    Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2025.   Guests this month are Laura Busch and Rachel Gross. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Laura Busch) 8:43 - Advert: Valentine's Day at Starducks 9:49 - Grab & Go Papers 25:43 - Advert: Idiorama’s Snowomatic 5000 26:59 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Rachel Gross) 42:06 - Percolator: The Discovery of Interstellar Deuterium 51:33 - Chalkboard   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Rachel's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06156 Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min

  3. 4 JAN

    December 2024 - Merry Christmas from Garching

    Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2024.   Guests this month are Paola Caselli and Chiara Schleif. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Paola Caselli) 15:12 - Advert: Midnight Manny’s Confetti Disposal Service 16:24 - Grab & Go Papers 29:40 - Advert: Starducks’ Resolution Roast 30:47 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Chiara Schleif) 39:53 - Percolator: The Discovery of H 21cm Line 50:18 - Chalkboard   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The history of the 21 cm detection of hydrogen in space. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min

  4. 02/12/2024

    November 2024 - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

    Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Ilse Cleeves and Shreya Kakkenpara Suresh. Shreya's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/02/aa45775-22/aa45775-22.html Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilse Cleeves) 16:23 - Advert: Perky Pilgrim Gobble-Gobble Grind 17:24 - Grab & Go Papers 33:46 - Advert: Pilgrim Pete's Pumpkin Catapults 35:24 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita with Shreya Kakkenpara Sursesh) 52:40 - Barista Bootcamp: Protoplanetary Disks 1:02:30 - Chalkboard   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The basics of protoplanetary disks in the Barista Bootcamp. Williams & Cieza "Protoplantery Disks and Their Evolution": https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-astro-081710-102548Andrews "Observations of Protoplanetary Disk Structures": https://annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-astro-031220-010302 Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 9m

  5. 01/11/2024

    October 2024 - Dusty Snowballs

    Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Sommer Johansen and Gabi Wenzel. Sommer's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00120 Gabi's Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq6391 Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sommer) 19:47 - Advert: Starducks Turducken Latte 20:58 - Grab & Go Papers 35:28 - Advert: Leaf Me Alone Autumn Parasol 36:52 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita with Gabi Wenzel) 1:05:35 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Comets 1:16:55 - Chalkboard   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The History of Amino Acid detections in comets in this month's Percolator. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 19m

  6. 08/10/2024

    September 2024 - Isotopes, Isotopes Everywhere

    Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke with special guest Samantha Scibelli. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:48 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilsa) 20:10 - Advert: Starducks Sweet Potato Hand Pies 21:26 - Grab & Go Papers 34:20 - Advert: LeafCrusher 3000 35:55 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Samantha Scibelli) 55:40 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Meteorites 1:01:30 - Chalkboard   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The History of Amino Acid detections in meteorites in this month's Percolator. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 8m

  7. 08/09/2024

    August 2024

    It's our 1 year anniversary, and of course our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Thanja Lamberts, and Alex Byrne with special guests Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, Vincent Esposito, and Valentine Wakelam. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - Coffee Chat (Thanja with Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, and Vincent Esposito) 20:19 - Advert: SipTek Fire & Ice Tumbler 21:44 - Grab & Go Papers 34:05 - Advert: Starducks Caprese Panini 35:23 - Single-Origin Brew (Alex with Valentine Wakelam) 53:27 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Meteorites 59:49 - Chalkboard   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The History of Amino Acid detections in meteorites in this month's Percolator. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 3m

  8. 06/08/2024

    July 2024

    Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Ilsa Cooke, and Alex Byrne with special guests Jessica Perrero, Divita Gupta, and Théo Guillame.   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Jessica's Paper: Binding energies of ethanol and ethylamine on interstellar water ices: synergy between theory and experiments https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16952 Chemical Kinetics Papers from Divita and Théo: Product-specific reaction kinetics in continuous uniform supersonic flows probed by chirped-pulse microwave spectroscopy https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article/160/20/204201/3295294/Product-specific-reaction-kinetics-in-continuous Design and Implementation of a New Apparatus for Astrochemistry: Kinetic Measurements of the CH + OCS Reaction and Frequency Comb Spectroscopy in a Cold Uniform Supersonic Flow https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18814 The History of Cavity-Enhanced Fourier-Transform Microwave Spectroscopy in this month's Percolator and Barista Bootcamp. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Interstitial clips feature audio from the French Chef. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 8m
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A monthly stroll through the latest discoveries in astrochemistry - the study of molecules in space: where they are, how they got there, and what they are doing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Brett McGuire
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Brett McGuire
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    Astrochem Coffee

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