B5 – Commission B5 Laboratory Astrophysics

Description

The purpose of the Laboratory Astrophysics Commission (B5) is to address the multidisciplinary needs and requirements of modern astronomy and planetary science. As a result, the Commission encompasses the four fundamental research areas that generate astrophysical data needs: atomic and molecular astrophysics, physics and chemistry of solid materials and condensed matter (dust and ices), plasma astrophysics, and nuclear and particle astrophysics. The Commission embraces interdisciplinary studies crossing physical, chemical, biological, geological sciences of relevance to astronomy, including experiment, theory, and modeling, from the nuclear and atomic/molecular level to application on astronomical scales.

In summary, the Laboratory Astrophysics Commission is a strongly cross-disciplinary commission with the aim to assist all IAU members in providing the data needed to interpret and understand astronomical observations and to promote Laboratory Astrophysics.

Commission Web Page

Commission Members (164)

Under Division

Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science

Commission Working Groups

Commission B5 WG Spectroscopic and Radiative Data for Molecules
Inter-Commission B2-B5 WG Laboratory Astrophysics Data Compilation, Validation and Standardization: from the Laboratory to FAIR Usage in the Astronomical Community

President

Randall K. Smith

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
High Energy Astrophysics
MS 2
60 Garden Street
Cambridge MA 02138-1516
Massachusetts (MA)
United States

Phone: +1 617 495 7143
Personal website: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~rsmith/
Organization website: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/

NCA adherence: United States

Last updated:
February 9, 2024

Vice-President

Osama M.A. Shalabiea — National Astronomy Education Coordinator

Cairo University Faculty of Sciences
Astronomy and Space Science Dept
Orman
Giza 12613
Egypt

Phone: +20 1005314533
Organization website: http://www.cu.edu.eg/english/

NCA adherence: Egypt

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

Advisor

Paul S. Barklem

Uppsala University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Box 516
751 20 Uppsala
Sweden

Phone: +46 18 471 5981
Personal website: http://www.astro.uu.se/~barklem/
Organization website: http://www.astro.uu.se/

NCA adherence: Sweden

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

Organizing Committee