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Peter Sarre

Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Astrophysics (Emeritus),

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Biography

Professor Sarre obtained his B.Sc. in Chemical Physics in 1972 from Sussex University. After a year as Research Associate at Coimbra University Portugal, he obtained his PhD in laser spectroscopy from Southampton University in 1976. He then held SERC and Hartley Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowships, and in 1978 was appointed Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the 糖心原创. In 1986-87 he held a Nuffield Foundation Research Fellowship. Promotion to Reader in Chemical Physics followed in 1988. During the period 1989-94 he was Editor of Faraday Transactions, Discussions and Symposia and in 1990 received the Corday Morgan Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 1994, he was promoted to Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Astrophysics. Professor Sarre was awarded the Morino Foundation Japanese Lecture Fellowship in 1996 and the Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Award in 1997. He held the positions of Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Faraday Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Chairman of the Astrophysical Chemistry Group. In 1999 he was appointed Visiting Astronomer at the South African Astronomical Observatory and was awarded a Royal Society Kan Tong Po Visiting Professorship in Hong Kong. He served as Chair of the UK Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) Consortium, as a Director of the SALT Foundation (Pty) Ltd. from 2005 to 2009, and as a member of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) Board. He was a member of the ASTRONET Task Force for European Laboratory Astrophysics and Chair of its working group. In 2014 he was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship which he held mostly at Leiden Observatory, and he is now Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Astrophysics at The 糖心原创.

Research Summary

Astrophysical Chemistry and Molecular Astrophysics

Our current research comprises observational and theoretical research at the interface of chemistry, physics and astronomy. We are engaged in observations, data analysis, computational chemistry and modelling of spectra of molecules and dust in interstellar clouds, nebulae, cool stars and circumstellar shells, using a range of UK and international ultraviolet, optical and infrared telescopes. The major research topics are the problem of the unidentified diffuse interstellar bands and 'unidentified' aromatic infrared emission bands. We are also engaged in collaborative laboratory experiments studying astrochemically relevant chemical reactions on astrophysical grain surfaces.

Recent Publications

  • PI TEAM ET AL., 2022. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 134, 054301 (22pp)
  • MACISAAC, HEATHER, CAMI, JAN, COX, NICK L. J., FARHANG, AMIN, SMOKER, JONATHAN, ELYAJOURI, MERIEM, LALLEMENT, ROSINE, SARRE, PETER J., CORDINER, MARTIN A., FAN, HAOYU, KULIK, KLAY, LINNARTZ, HAROLD, FOING, BERNARD H., VAN LOON, JACCO TH, MULAS, GIACOMO and SMITH, KEITH T., 2022. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 662, A24 (21pp)
  • GOVER, R.K.E., CHAMBERLAIN, T.W., SARRE, P.J. and KHLOBYSTOV, A.N., 2021. Frontiers in Chemistry. 9, 425
  • EVANS, A., GEHRZ, R.D., WOODWARD, C.E., BANERJEE, D.P.K., GEBALLE, T.R., CLAYTON, G.C., SARRE, P.J., STARRFIELD, S., HINKLE, K., JOYCE, R.R., FOTEINI LYKOU, HELTON, L.A., WORTERS, H., MONTIEL, E.J., LIIMETS, T., ZIJLSTRA, A., RICHTER, M. and KRAUTTER, J., 2020. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(1), 1277-1291
  • PI TEAM ET AL., 2022. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 134, 054301 (22pp)
  • MACISAAC, HEATHER, CAMI, JAN, COX, NICK L. J., FARHANG, AMIN, SMOKER, JONATHAN, ELYAJOURI, MERIEM, LALLEMENT, ROSINE, SARRE, PETER J., CORDINER, MARTIN A., FAN, HAOYU, KULIK, KLAY, LINNARTZ, HAROLD, FOING, BERNARD H., VAN LOON, JACCO TH, MULAS, GIACOMO and SMITH, KEITH T., 2022. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 662, A24 (21pp)
  • GOVER, R.K.E., CHAMBERLAIN, T.W., SARRE, P.J. and KHLOBYSTOV, A.N., 2021. Frontiers in Chemistry. 9, 425
  • EVANS, A., GEHRZ, R.D., WOODWARD, C.E., BANERJEE, D.P.K., GEBALLE, T.R., CLAYTON, G.C., SARRE, P.J., STARRFIELD, S., HINKLE, K., JOYCE, R.R., FOTEINI LYKOU, HELTON, L.A., WORTERS, H., MONTIEL, E.J., LIIMETS, T., ZIJLSTRA, A., RICHTER, M. and KRAUTTER, J., 2020. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(1), 1277-1291
  • RAWLINGS, M.G., ADAMSON, A.J., MARSHALL, C.C.M. and SARRE, P.J., 2019. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(3), 3398鈥�3401
  • CORDINER, M.A., LINNARTZ, H., COX, N.L.J, CAMI, J., NAJARRO, F., PROFFITT, C.R., LALLEMENT, R., EHRENFREUND, P., FOING, B.H., GULL, T.R., SARRE, P.J. and CHARNLEY, S.B., 2019. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 875(2), 1-7
  • SARRE, P.J., 2019. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(1), L17-L20
  • BURAGOHAIN, M., PATHAK, A., SARRE, P.J. and GOUR, N.K., 2018. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474, 4594-4602
  • CAMI, J., COX, N.L., FARHANG, A ., SMOKER, J., ELYAJOURI, M., LALLEMENT, R., BACALLA, X., BRON, E., CORDINER, M.A., DE KOTER, A., EHRENFREUND, P., EVANS, C., FOING, B.H., JAVADI, A., JOBLIN, C., KAPER, L., KHOSROSHAHI, H.G., LAVERICK, M., LE PETIT, F., LINNARTZ, H., MARSHALL, C.C., MONREAL-IBERO, A., MULAS, G., ROUEFF, E., ROYER, P., SALAMA, F., SARRE, P.J., SMITH, K.T., SPAANS, M., VAN LOON, J.T. and WADE, G., 2018. The Messenger. 171, 31-36
  • ELYAJOURI, M., LALLEMENT, R., COX, N. L. J., CAMI, J., CORDINER, M.A., SMOKER, J.V., SMOKER, J.V., FAHRANG, A., SARRE, P.J. and LINNARTZ, H., 2018. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616, A143
  • LI, Q., DAI, W., LIU, B.S., SARRE, P.J., XIE, M.H. and CHEUNG, A.S-C., 2018. Molecular Astrophysics. 13(November), 22-29
  • KOFMAN, V., SARRE, P.J., HIBBINS, R.E., TEN KATE, I.L. and LINNARTZ, H., 2017. Molecular Astrophysics. 7, 19鈥�26
  • CORDINER, M.A., COX, N.L.J., LALLEMENT, R., NAJARRO, F., CAMI, J., GULL, T.R., FOING, B.H., LINNARTZ, H., LINDLER, D.J., PROFFITT, C.R., SARRE, P.J. and CHARNLEY, S.B., 2017. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 843(1), L2/1-L2/6
  • COX, N.L.J., CAMI, J., FARHANG, A., SMOKER, J., MONREAL-RIBERO, A., LALLEMENT, R., SARRE, P.J., MARSHALL, C.C.M. and ET AL. (20), 2017. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 606 (A76), 1-29
  • ZHAO, T.Q., LI, Q., LIU, B.S., GOVER, R.K.E., SARRE, P.J. and CHEUNG, A. S.-C., 2016. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 3489 - 3496
  • BAILEY, M., VAN LOON, J. TH., FARHANG, A., JAVADI, A., KHOSROSHAHI, H.G., SARRE, P.J. and SMITH, K.T., 2016. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 585, 12-24
  • EVANS, A., GEHRZ, R. D., WOODWARD, C. E., SARRE, P. J., VAN LOON, J. T., HELTON, L. A., STARRFIELD, S. and EYRES, S. P. S., 2016. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 457(3), 2871-2876
  • BURAGOHAIN, M., PATHAK, A., SARRE, P.J., ONAKA, T. and SAKON, I., 2016. Planetary and Space Science. 133C, 97-106
  • CANDIAN, A. and SARRE, P.J., 2015. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 448(3), 2960-2970
  • MARSHALL, C.M.M., KRELOWSKI, J. and SARRE, P.J., 2015. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 453(4), 3912-3917
  • BURAGOHAIN, M., PATHAK, A., SARRE, P.J., ONAKA, T. and SAKON, I., 2015. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 454(1), 201-212
  • BAILEY, M., VAN LOON, J.TH., SARRE, P.J. and BECKMAN, J.E., 2015. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 454(4), 4013-4026
  • CANDIAN, A., SARRE, P.J. and TIELENS, A.G.G.M., 2014. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 791(1), L10 (6pp)
  • SMITH, K.T., FOSSEY, S.J, CORDINER, M.A., SARRE, P.J., SMITH, A.M., BELL, T.A. and VITI, S., 2013. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429, 939鈥�953
  • CORDINER, M.A., FOSSEY, S.J., SMITH, A.M. and SARRE, P.J., 2013. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 764, L10-L14
  • TIAN, M., LIU, B., HAMMONDS, M., WANG, N., SARRE, P.J. and CHEUNG, A.S.-C., 2013. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 371(1994), 20110590
  • ROBERTS, K.R.G., SMITH, K.T. and SARRE, P.J., 2012. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 421(4), 3277-3285
  • TIAN, M., LIU, B.S., HAMMONDS, M., WANG, N., SARRE, P. J. and CHEUNG, A.S.-C., 2012. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(18), 6603鈥�6610
  • CANDIAN, A., KERR, T.H., SONG, I.-O., MCCOMBIE, J. and SARRE, P.J., 2012. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 426(1), 389-397
  • CORDINER, M.A., COX, N.L.J., EVANS, C.J., TRUNDLE, C., SMITH, K.T., SARRE, P.J. and GORDON, K.D., 2011. Astrophysical Journal. 726(1), 39-50
  • GARKUSHA, I, FULARA, J, MAIER, J.P. and SARRE, P.J., 2011. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 115(40), 10972-10978
  • COX, N.L.J., EHRENFREUND, P., FOING, B.H., D鈥橦ENDECOURT, L., SALAMA, F. and SARRE, P.J., 2011. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 531, A25, 1-19
  • HAMMONDS, M., PATHAK, A., CANDIAN, A. and SARRE, P.J., 2010. In: PAHs and the Universe: A symposium to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the PAH hypothesis, May 31st - June 4th 2010 TOULOUSE, France. 373-379, EAS Publications Series vol. 46, 2011
  • VAN LOON, J. T., SMITH, K. T., MCDONALD, I., SARRE, P. J., FOSSEY, S. J. and SHARP, R. G., 2009. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. VOL 399(NUMBER 1), 195-208
  • HAMMONDS, M., PATHAK, A. and SARRE, P.J., 2009. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 11(22), 4458-4464
  • CORDINER, M. A., SMITH, K. T., COX, N. L. J., EVANS, C. J., HUNTER, I., PRZYBILLA, N., BRESOLIN, F. and SARRE, P. J., 2008. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 492(1), L5-L8
  • ELLISON, S.L., YORK, B.A., MURPHY, M.T., ZYCH, B.J., SMITH, A.M. and SARRE, P.J., 2008. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 383(1), L30-L34
  • PATHAK, A. and SARRE, P.J., 2008. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 391(1), L10-L14
  • SARRE, P.J., 2008. Organic Matter in Space, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposium, Volume 251. 49-56
  • SONG, I.-O, MCCOMBIE, J, KERR, T.H and SARRE, P.J., 2007. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 380(3), 979-985.
  • CORDINER, M. A and SARRE, P. J., 2007. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 472, 537-545
  • RODGERS, D.J, BATEY, A.D and SARRE, P.J., 2007. Molecular Physics. 105(5-7), 849-860
  • COX, N. L. J., CORDINER, M. A., EHRENFREUND, P., KAPER, L., SARRE, P. J., FOING, B. H., SPAANS, M., CAMI, J., SOFIA, U. J., CLAYTON, G. C., GORDON, K. D. and SALAMA, F., 2007. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 470(3), 941-955
  • SARRE, P.J., 2006. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 238(1), 1-10
  • CORDINER, M.A., FOSSEY, S.J., SMITH, A.M. and SARRE, P.J., 2006. Faraday Discussions. 133, 403-413
  • COX, N. L. J., CORDINER, M. A., CAMI, J., FOING, B. H., SARRE, P. J., KAPER, L. and EHRENFREUND, P., 2006. Astronomy and Astrophysics. VOL 447(NUMB 3), 991-1010
  • TOPALOVIC, R., RUSSELL, J., MCCOMBIE, J., KERR, T. H. and SARRE, P. J., 2006. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. VOL 372(NUMBER 3), 1299-1303
  • KENDALL, T., MAURON, N., MCCOMBIE, J. and SARRE, P., 2004. Astrophysics and Space Science. VOL 289(NUMBER 3/4), 203-206
  • SONG, I.-O., KERR, T.H., MCCOMBIE, J. and SARRE, P.J., 2003. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 346(1), L1-L5
  • COUCH, P. A., LLOYD EVANS, T. and SARRE, P. J., 2003. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. VOL 346(NUMBER 1), 153-162
  • SONG, I.-O, MCCOMBIE, J, SARRE, P.J and KERR, T.H., 2003. Evolution of Unidentified Infrared Bands in the Red Rectangle In: KAO-ARCSEC Workshop on Astronomy with Large Telescopes. 163-168
  • SARRE, P.J., 2003. Infrared spectrum of H3+ as an astronomical probe. In: , ed., 100 Years of Physical Chemistry: A celebration of the Faraday Society The Royal Society of Chemistry.
  • KENDALL, T.R., MAURON, N., MCCOMBIE, J. and SARRE, P.J., 2002. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 387(2), 624-634
  • EHRENFREUND, P., CAMI, J., JIMENEZ-VICENTE, J., FOING, B.H., KAPER, L., VAN DER MEER, A., COX, N., D'HENDECOURT, L., MAIER, J.P., SALAMA, F., SARRE, P.J., SNOW, T.P. and SONNENTRUCKER, P., 2002. Astrophysical Journal. 576(2), L117-L120
  • RICHARDS, A. and SARRE, P., 2001. Astronomy and Geophysics. VOL 42(ISSU 6), 17-18
  • SARRE, P. J., HURST, M. E. and EVANS, T. L., 2000. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. VOL 319(PART 1), 103-110
  • EVANS, T. L., HURST, M. E. and SARRE, P. J., 2000. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. VOL 319(PART 1), 111-120
  • KERR, T.H., MILES, J.R., HURST, M.E., HIBBINS, R.E. and SARRE, P.J., 2000. Molecular Optical and Infrared Emission from the Red Rectangle. In: The Carbon Star Phenomenon, IAU Symposia Series No. 177 Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston. 407-408
  • SARRE, P.J. and KENDALL, T.R., 2000. Diffuse Interstellar Bands. In: Astrochemistry: From Molecular Clouds to Planetary Systems, IAU Symposium Series Number 197 343-348
  • SARRE, P. J., 2000. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. VOL 313(PART 1), L14-L16
  • GIBBON, T., GEERS, A., HAN, J.-X. and SARRE, P. J., 1999. Molecular Physics. VOL 97(NUMBER 1/2), 53-80
  • KERR, T. H., HURST, M. E., MILES, J. R. and SARRE, P. J., 1999. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. VOL 303(NUMBER 3), 446-454
  • KERR, T. H., HIBBINS, R. E., FOSSEY, S. J., MILES, J. R. and SARRE, P. J., 1998. Astrophysical Journal. VOL 495(NUMB 2), 941-945
  • WHITHAM, C. J., WALMSLEY, J. M., MASTERS, T. E., GEERS, A., GIBBON, T., CHEN, Y. and SARRE, P. J., 1997. Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday Transactions. VOL 93(NUMBER 9), 1705-1708
  • SARRE, P. J., HURST, M. E. and EVANS, T. L., 1996. Astrophysical Journal. VOL 471(NUMB 2), L107-L110
  • KERR, T. H., HIBBINS, R. E., MILES, J. R., FOSSEY, S. J., SOMERVILLE, W. B. and SARRE, P. J., 1996. Molecular rotational contour fitting of ultra-high-resolution profiles of diffuse interstellar bands Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. VOL 283(NUMBER 4), L105-L110
  • SARRE, P.J., MILES, J.R., KERR, T.H., HIBBINS, R.E., FOSSEY, S.J. and SOMERVILLE, W.B., 1995. Resolution of Intrinsic Fine-Structure in Spectra of Narrow Diffuse Interstellar Bands Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 277(2), L41-L43
  • BAUER, C., HIRST, D. M., BATEY, A. D. and SARRE, P. J., 1995. Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday Transactions. VOL 91(NUMBER 14), 2053
  • SARRE, P. J., MILES, J. R. and SCARROTT, S. M., 1995. Molecular Diffuse Interstellar Band Carriers in the Red Rectangle Science. ISSUE 5224, 674

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