EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG) | Geneva | Switzerland
15–20 September 2019
EPSC-DPS2019
Geneva | Switzerland
15–20 September 2019

Orals

EXO11

Astrobiology is the study of whether present or past life exists elsewhere in the universe. To understand how life can begin in space, it is essential to know what organic compounds were likely available, and how they interacted with the planetary environment. This session seeks papers that offer existing/novel theoretical models or computational works that address the chemical and environmental conditions relevant to astrobiology on terrestrial planets/moons or ocean worlds, along with other theoretical, experimental, and observational works related to the emergence and development of Life in the Universe. This includes work related to prebiotic chemistry, the chemistry of early life, the biogeochemistry of life’s interaction with its environment, chemistry associated with biosignatures and their false positives, and chemistry pertinent to conditions that could possibly harbor life (e.g. Titan, Enceladus, Europa, TRAPPIST-1, habitable exoplanets, etc.). Understanding how the planetary environment has influenced the evolution of life and how biological processes have changed the environment is an essential part of any study of the origin and search for signs of life. Major Space Agencies identified planetary habitability and the search for evidence of life as a key component of their scientific missions in the next two decades. The development of instrumentation and technology to support the search for complex organic molecules and the endurance of life in space environments is critical to define unambiguous approaches to life detection over a broad range of planetary environments.

This session welcomes abstracts from several scientific domains such as prebiotic and interstellar chemistry, micropaleontology, limits of life, habitability, and biosignature detection.

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Co-organized as TP22/OPS5
Convener: Shiblee Ratan Barua | Co-conveners: Rosanna del Gaudio, Felipe Gómez, James O'Donoghue, Conor Nixon
Orals
| Fri, 20 Sep, 10:30–12:00
 
Earth (Room 5)
Posters
| Attendance Thu, 19 Sep, 17:15–18:45 | Display Wed, 18 Sep, 14:00–Fri, 20 Sep, 17:30|Level 2

Friday, 20 September 2019 | Earth (Room 5)

Chairperson: Felipe Gómez, Rosanna del Gaudio, Shiblee Ratan Barua
10:30–10:45 |
EPSC-DPS2019-739
Benjamin Charnay, Boris Sauterey, Lefèvre Franck, Régis Ferrière, Stéphane Mazevet, Antonin Affholder, Jan Vatant, Jérémie Burgalat, Pascal Rannou, and Adam Jaziri
10:45–11:00 |
EPSC-DPS2019-21
Detecting Pre-Biosignatures in the Atmospheres of Earth-like Planets Around Other Stars
(withdrawn)
Sarah Rugheimer and Paul Rimmer
11:00–11:10 |
EPSC-DPS2019-1902
Searching Life on Mars by Chaotic/Fractal analysis
(withdrawn)
Giorgio Bianciardi
11:10–11:20 |
EPSC-DPS2019-1162
Edith Fayolle, Aaron Noell, Paul Johnson, Robert Hodyss, and Adrian Ponce
11:20–11:30 |
EPSC-DPS2019-1155
Edith Fayolle, Robert Hodyss, Paul Johnson, and Aaron Noell
11:30–11:40 |
EPSC-DPS2019-625
Alexis Bouquet, Alexander Ruf, Grégoire Danger, Philippe Boduch, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Fabrice Duvernay, Vassilissa Vinogradoff, and Olivier Mousis
11:40–11:50 |
EPSC-DPS2019-1726
Fulvio Franchi and Silvia Frisia