Technique - (1) Laboratory stellar UV photochemistry simulator (StarLab)

Type: Experimental

Description:

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics (Cavendish Laboratory) / Earth Sciences | Planetary Astrochemistry Lab @ Cambridge
Summary:

Rimmer's Planetary Astrochemistry Lab experimentally simulates planetary atmospheric, aqueous and surface chemistry to measure reaction rate constants relevant to prebiotic chemistry, using the custom-built StarLab UV photochemistry simulator to reproduce the light of young stars, in order to constrain which planets and moons are most likely to host the chemical pathways to life.