A02 Elucidation of the chemical environment during the formation of the solar system
By combining precise analysis of extraterrestrial organic matter with replicated experiments, we will try to elucidate the initial chemical state at the time of the formation of the solar system. We will conduct comprehensive analyses of meteorites of asteroidal origin, interplanetary dust thought to have originated from comets, and organic matter in samples of the C-type asteroid Ryuguu brought back by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft to determine elemental (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur) and isotopic compositions, molecular structures, and so on. These organics were formed during the formation of the primitive solar system disk, and then transformed by heat, light, and water in the primitive solar system disk and small bodies to their current chemical state. From the minerals that coexist with extraterrestrial organics, we can infer the transformation processes that these organics went through, and constrain the chemical state (elemental composition, molecular structure, isotopes, and physical properties) of the early solar system organics before their transformation. We will conduct photochemical organic matter formation experiments simulating the irradiation of interstellar ices, as well as organic matter and silicate transformation experiments under protoplanetary disk and small body conditions, in order to constrain the chemical state (elemental composition, molecular structure, isotopes, and physical properties) of the first organic matter in the solar system before transformation. In particular, we will investigate the molecular species and their abundance ratios, which are known to be diverse in observations of the formation regions of planetary systems. In collaboration with the observation and theory groups, we will place the chemical processes in the early solar system and the chemical environment at the time of solar system formation in the diverse chemistry of the planet-forming region.
A02 Project Group Leader :
Shogo Tachibana
Professor,
Institute of Space and Planetary Science
Graduate School of Science,
The University of Tokyo
橘 省吾
Shogo Tachibana
University of Tokyo
Group Leader, photochemical experiment, transformation experiment
薮田 ひかる
Hikaru Yabuta
Hiroshima University
Structural analysis of experimental and extraterrestrial samples
奈良岡 浩
Hiroshi Naraoka
Kyushu University
Elemental analysis of experimental samples and extraterrestrial samples
岡崎 隆司
Ryuji Okazaki
Kyushu University
Analysis of volatile components in experimental and extraterrestrial samples
圦本 尚義
Hisayoshi Yurimoto
Hokkaido University
Isotope analysis of experimental and extraterrestrial samples
松本 恵
Megumi Matsumoto
Tohoku University
Microstructural observation of experimental samples and extraterrestrial samples
瀧川 晶
Aki Takigawa
University of Tokyo
Photochemical and transformation experiments
大場 康弘
Yasuhiro Oba
Hokkaido University
[The 2nd Public Research Leader]
[The 1st Public Research Leader]
"Interstellar Molecular Clouds and the Molecular Evolution of the Solar System Linked by Hexamethylenetetramine"
高橋 嘉夫
Yoshio Takahashi
University of Tokyo
[The 2nd Public Research Leader]
深澤 倫子
Tomoko Fukazawa
Meiji University
[The 2nd Public Research Leader]
野口 高明
Takaaki Noguchi
Kyoto University
[The 1st Public Research Leader]
"Secondary minerals and organic matter from asteroid Ryugu: Interactions during water metamorphism and effects of solar wind irradiation"
松本 徹
Toru Matsumoto
Kyushu University
[The 1st Public Research Leader]
"Understanding the Unique Evolution of Organic Matter on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu"
成島 哲也
Tetsuya Narushima
Institute for Molecular Science
[The 1st Public Research Leader]
"Chiral molecular science of interstellar dust nanoparticles by polarized near-field"
林 佑
Tasuku Hayashi
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
[The 1st Public Research Leader]
"Research on Next Generation X-ray Spectroscopy Detectors for Ultra-Precise Quantitative Analysis"