Development of a Novel Instrument to Study the Cosmic Origins of Organic Chemistry and the Cosmo-Chemical Pathway towards Life

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该项目支持购置等离子束形成仪器，以研究有机分子在气相相互作用中形成的第一阶段。该仪器将模拟星际空间的能级和密度，并试图描述可能导致最早的有机分子产生的物理条件，以及第一个原子和分子组合成固体材料的物理条件。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This project supports the acquisition of a plasma-beam-forming instrument to study the first stages of the formation of organic molecules in gas-phase interactions. The instrument will simulate energy levels and densities in interstellar space, and attempt to characterize physical conditions that might lead to the creation of the earliest organic molecules, and the combination of the first atoms and molecules into solid materials.