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Nov 2009:
David Alvarez defended M.S. Thesis

Jan 2010:
Doug White defended Ph.D. Dissertation

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Publications

Recent publications from members of the UAB Astrophysics Laboratory:

  1. The Nature of Carbon Dioxide Bearing Ices in Quiescent Molecular Clouds. Whittet, D.C.B., Cook, A.M., Chiar, J.E., Pendleton, Y.J., Shenoy, S.S., Gerakines, P.A., Astrophysical Journal 695, 94-100 (2009). doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/94
  2. Laboratory Spectra of the CO2 Bending-Mode Feature in Interstellar Ice Analogs Subject to Thermal Processing. White, D.W., Gerakines, P.A., Whittet, D.C.B., Cook, A.M., Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 180, 182-191 (2009) doi: 10.1088/0067-0049/180/1/182.
  3. Simultaneous fitting of Mars Moessbauer data. Agresti, D.A., Gerakines, P.A., Hyperfine Interactions 188, 113-120 (2009). doi: 10.1007/s10751-008-9896-1
  4. Fully Sampled Maps of Ices and Silicates in Front of Cepheus A East with Spitzer. Sonnentrucker, P., Neufeld, D.A., Gerakines, P.A., Bergin, E.A., Melnick, G.J., Forrest, W.J., Pipher, J.L., and Whittet, D.C.B.,Astrophysical Journal 672, 361-370 (2008).
  5. The Abundance of Carbon Dioxide Ice in the Quiescent Intracloud Medium. Whittet, D.C.B., Shenoy, S.S., Bergin, E.A., Chiar, J.E., Gerakines, P.A., Gibb, E.L., Melnick, G.J., Neufeld, D.A., Astrophysical Journal 655, 332-341 (2007).
  6. Photoelectric Emission Measurements on the Analogs of Individual Cosmic Dust Grains. Abbas, M.M., Tankosic, D., Craven, P.D., Spann, J.F., LeClair, A., West, E.A., Weingartner, J.C., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Nuth, J.A., Camata, R.P., Gerakines, P.A., Astrophysical Journal 645, 324-336 (2006).
  7. Technology Considerations Relevant to an Exobiology Surface-Science Approach for Europa. Wdowiak, T.J., Gerakines, P.A., Agresti, D.G., Clemett, S.J., Astrobiology 1, 467-476 (2001).
  8. Meridiani Planum vugs as a consequence of ice crystal formation Followed by thaw and desiccation, Wdowiak, T. J., Lunar and Planetary Science 38, No. 1303 (CD-ROM) (2007).
  9. A new mechanism for H2O precipitation on an earlier Mars, Wdowiak, T. J., Lunar and Planetary Science 37, No. 1214 (CD-ROM) (2006).
  10. Moessbauer mineralogy of rock, soil, and dust at Gusev crater, Mars: Spirit's journey through weakly altered olivine basalt on the plains and pervasively altered basalt in the Columbia Hills. Morris, R.V., et al., Geophys. Res. 111, E02S13, doi: 10.029/2005JE002584 (2006).
  11. Spitzer Observations of CO2 Ice Towards Field Stars in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. Bergin, E.A., Melnick, G.J., Gerakines, P.A., Neufeld, D.A., Whittet, D.C.B., Astrophysical Journal 627, L33-L36 (2005).
  12. The Strengths of Near-Infrared Absorption Features Relevant to Interstellar and Planetary Ices. Gerakines, P.A., Bray, J.J., Davis, A., Richey, C.R., Astrophysical Journal 620, 1140-1150 (2005).
  13. Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover mission to Gusev crater: Landing site to Backstay rock in the Columbia Hills. Arvidson, R.E., et al., J. Geophys. Res. 111, E02S01, doi: 10.1029/2005JE002499 (2006).
  14. An astrobiological perspective on Meridiani Planum. Knoll, A.H., Carr, M., Clark, B., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J.D., Fischer, W.W., Grotzinger, J.P., McLennan, S.M., Malin, M., Schroder, C., Squyres, S., Tosca, N.J., Wdowiak, T.J., Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240, 179-189 (2005).
  15. Indication of drier periods on Mars from the chemistry and mineralogy of atmospheric dust. W. Goetz, P. Bertelsen, C.S. Binau, H.P. Gunnlaugsson, S.F. Hviid, K.M. Kinch, D.E. Madsen, M.B. Madsen, M.Olsen, R. Gellert, G. Klingelhofer, D.W. Ming, R.V. Morris, R. Rieder, D.S. Rodionov, P.A. de Souza, Jr., C. Schroeder, S.W. Squyres, T. Wdowiak, and A. Yen. Nature, Vol. 436, 62-65 (2005).
  16. Raman imagery: A new approach to assess the geochemical maturity and biogenicity of permineralized precambrian fossils, J.W. Schopf, A.B. Kudryavtsev, D.G. Agresti, A.D. Czaja, and T.J. Wdowiak, Astrobiology, Vol. 5, 333-371 (2005).
  17. Astrobiology and the basaltic plains in Gusev crater, D.J. Des Marais, B.C. Clark, L.S. Crumpler, J. Farmer, J.P. Grotzinger, L.A. Haskin, A.H. Knoll, G.A. Landis, J. Moersch, C. Schroder, T. Wdowiak, A. S. Yen, and S.W. Squyres. Lunar and Planetary Science 36, No. 2353 (CD-ROM) (2005).
  18. The Opportunity Rover's Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars. S.W. Squyres, et al., Science, Vol. 306, 1698-1703 (2004).
  19. Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for water on Meridiani Planum. K.E. Herkenhoff, et al., Science, Vol. 306, 1727-1730 (2004).
  20. Jarosite and hematite at Meridiani Planum from Opportunity's Moessbauer spectrometer. G. Klingelhofer, R. V. Morris, B. Bernhardt, C. Schroder, D. S. Rodionov, P. A. de Souza, Jr., A. Yen, R. Gellert, E. N. Evlanov, B. Zubkov, J. Foh, U. Bonnes, E. Kankeleit, P. Gutlich, D. W. Ming, F. Renz, T. Wdowiak, S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson. Science, Vol. 306, 1740-1745 (2004).
  21. Laboratory Fourier-transform spectroscopy terahertz spectroscopy for molecular ices of astrophysical interest: Solid CO as an example. W. Lee and T.J. Wdowiak, Japan Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 43, 7303-7306 (2004).
  22. Initial results from the Athena science investigation at Gusev crater, Mars. S.W. Squyres, et al., Science, Vol. 305, 794-799, (2004).
  23. Moessbauer mineralogy on Mars: First results from the Spirit landing site in Gusev crater, R.V. Morris, G. Klingelhofer, B. Bernhardt, C. Schroder, D. Rodionov, P.A. de Souza Jr., A. Yen, R. Gellert, E.N. Evlanov, D.W. Ming, F. Renz, T. Wdowiak, S. Squyres, and R.E. Arvidson, Science, Vol. 305, 833-836 (2004).
  24. Extracting science from Moessbauer spectroscopy on Mars. T.J. Wdowiak, G. Klingelhofer, M.L. Wade, and J.I. Nunez, J. Geophys. Res. 108(0), doi: 10.1029/2003JE002071 (2003).
  25. Development of the Mars microbeam Raman spectrometer (MMRS). A. Wang, L.A. Haskin, A.L. Lane, T.J. Wdowiak, S.W. Squyres, R.J. Wilson, L.E. Hovland, K.S. Manatt, N. Raouf, and C.D. Smith, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108(E1), 5005, doi: 10.1029/2002JE001902 (2003).