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| Address | University of Toulouse (France) CESR-CNRS, 9 Av. du Colonel Roche F-31028 Toulouse. Cedex 04, FRANCE |
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| christine.joblin@cesr.fr | |
| WEB | http://www.cesr.fr/~joblin/ |
My research consists in the study of the physics and chemistry of interstellar dust and molecules with special interest in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). To address this subject, I use an approach combining astronomical observations and laboratory studies. I am also collaborating with physicists and chemists, especially in the field of quantum chemistry. I am familiar with various experimental techniques: multi-wavelength spectroscopy from vacuum UV to far-IR in gas phase and in rare gas matrices, mass spectrometry, ion trapping, synchrotron radiation and laser beams. In the last years, I have developed in Toulouse the PIRENEA set-up that is devoted to the study of the photophysics and chemistry of macromolecules and nanograins in conditions that approach those found in interstellar space. For astronomical observations, I am using both space observatories (ISO, Spitzer, Herschel) and ground-based telescopes (VLT, IRAM,…), mainly in the IR and mm ranges. I am more specifically interested in the spectro-imagery of photodissociation regions to study the evolution of very small dust particles and their role in chemistry, in particular in the formation of H2.
