Introducing AstroLab: from Cutting-Edge Multi-Disciplinary Innovations to Micron-scaled Structures in Extraterrestrial Materials

Hsien Shang^1*, Der-Chuen Lee², Ming-Jye Wang¹, Guan-Chian Yin³, Yao-Chang Lee³, Chun-Chieh Wang³, Lin, Zi-Jing³, Hung-Wei Shiu³, Lee-Jene Lai³, Bi-Hsuan Lin³, Shiang-Yu Wang¹, Sheng-Yuan Liu¹

¹Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
²Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
³National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsin Chu, Taiwan

* Presenter:Hsien Shang, email:shang@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw

The AstroLab project is built upon a consortium of cutting-edge instrumental platforms. It aims to understand the delicate structures of micron-sized grains from extraterrestrial materials. In particular, the team is developing new, innovative sample-mounting techniques for these materials based on those previously developed for condensed matter physics. Moving across the traditional boundaries of disciplines in Physical sciences, we transform small grains in meteorites as a proxy to probe deep into the dust content of the Solar System preserved from the first million years.

Keywords: star formation, solar system physics, meteorite, extraterrestrial material, synchrotron radiation