In this series of three short and approachable lectures, Dr. Lucile Rutkowski will introduce the audience to the fascinating world of molecular spectroscopy in supersonic jets, where environments similar to the interstellar clouds are recreated in a lab.
Her voyage will start from astrochemistry and satellite observations, meander through the fascinating world of generating and probing ultracold supersonic jets, and land in the realm of photonic techniques for high-resolution, high-sensitivity molecular spectroscopy in the gas phase.

Lecture 1 – Monday Feb. 9th, 12:00-13:00, room VA.1, Detecting chemical reactions in deep space: from earth telescopes to the James Webb Space Telescope era
Lecture 2: Tuesday Feb 10th, 12:00-13:00, room VA.1, Deep space in a lab: experiments with a supersonic jet
Lecture 3: Wednesday Feb 11th, 14:30-15:30, room V2.11, Photonics tricks to probe cold molecules: infrared spectroscopy with frequency combs

Lecturer: Dr. Lucile Rutkowski, CNRS and IPR Rennes, Rennes, France

Venue: Room VA.1 or V2.11, Via Valleggio 11, 22100, Como