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SUMMARY:Lord Lecture  Day 2 of 2 | Dr. Michael McCarthy  (Harvard-Smithsoni
 an Center for Astrophysics)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Unveiling the Chemical Complexity of Space: The Laborato
 ry as the Engine of Astronomical Discovery ABSTRACT: Nearly all of the rou
 ghly 350 molecules identified in interstellar and circumstellar space were
  found by matching astronomical radio spectra with laboratory rotational s
 pectra. Yet for the first thirty years of molecular radio astronomy\, begi
 nning with OH in 1963\, laboratory measurements largely played a supportin
 g role\, often confirming or refuting tentative astronomical detections. I
 n the late 1990s\, work in our laboratory was largely responsible for reve
 rsing that order\, establishing an approach that continues to this day. Se
 nsitive Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy of discharge products in 
 supersonic jets allowed laboratory discoveries to leapfrog astronomical ob
 servations\, enabling efficient\, targeted searches for carbon chains\, ra
 dicals\, silicon-carbon clusters\, high-energy isomers\, molecular ions\, 
 and metal-bearing species. This lecture traces that…\n\nhttps://localz.e
 vents/e/lord-lecture-day-2-of-2-dr-michael-mccarthy-harvard-smithsonian-ce
 nter-for-astrophysics-69307
LOCATION:\, 6-233\, \, 6-233\, Cambridge
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