Ludmilla Kolokolova

    Associate Scientist
                

Department of Astronomy,

University of Maryland,

College Park, MD, 20742

Tel.  (301)-405-1539,

Fax. (301)-405-3538

E-mail:


Main scientific interests:  

 

  Physics of cosmic dust and small bodies in Solar system:

                                                     comets,   asteroids,   Kuiper-Belt Objects

 

 Light scattering by particles and surfaces;

 Polarimetry as a remote sensing method;


Some managerial work: 
 
 
 

    Small Bodies Node of the NASA Planetary Data System 
                                                                     (Archive Manager)
 
Light- Scattering Newsletter

Database of optical properties of complex particles (results of  laboratory microwave analog simulations)


Main publications

Jones, T. J., Stark, D., Woodward, C. E.; Kelley, M. S., Kolokolova, L., Clemens, D.,  Pinnick, A. Evidence of Fragmenting Dust Particles from Near-Simultaneous Optical and Near-Infrared Photometry and Polarimetry of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, Astron. J., 135, 1318-1327, 2008.

 

D. Harrington, K Meech,  L. Kolokolova,  J. R. Kuhn, and  K. Whitman, Spectropolarimetry of the Deep Impact target comet 9P/Tempel 1 with HiVIS , Icarus, 187,  177-184, 2007

 

L. Kolokolova, H. Kimura, N. Kiselev, and V. Rosenbush, Polarimetric and infrared evidence of two types of dust in comets, Astron. Astrophys., 463, 1189-1196, 2007

 

V. Rosenbush, L. Kolokolova, A. Lazarian, N. Shakhovskoj, and N. Kiselev, Circular polarization in comets: Observations of comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) and tentative interpretation, Icarus, 186,  317-330, 2007

L. Kolokolova, H. Kimura, K. Ziegler, and I. Mann, Light-scattering properties of random-oriented aggregates: Do they represent the properties of an ensemble of aggregates?  J.  Quant. Spectrosc. and Radiative Transfer 100, 199-206, 2006.

S. Bagnulo, H. Boehnhardt, K.  Muinonen, L.  Kolokolova, I. BelskayaI.; M. A. Barucci,  Exploring the surface properties of transneptunian objects and Centaurs with polarimetric FORS1/VLT observations, Astron.Astroph. 450, 1239-1243, 2006.

G. P.  Tozzi,  L. M. Lara, L. Kolokolova, H. Boehnhardt,  J. Licandro, R. Schulz,  Sublimating components in the coma of comet C/2000 WM1(LINEAR), Astron.Astrophys. 424, 325-331, 2004.

J. Thomas-Osip,  B. Gustafson, B. Å. S., L. Kolokolova, Y.-L. Xu, An investigation of Titan's aerosols using microwave analog measurements and radiative transfer modeling, Icarus, 179, 511-516, 2005.

L. Kolokolova,  M. Hanner, A-Ch. Levasseur-Regourd, and B. Å. S. Gustafson, Physical properties of cometary dust from light scattering and emission, in Comets II, Univ. of Arizona Press, 577-604, 2004.

L .Kolokolova,  H. Kimura, and I. Mann, Characterization of dust particles using photopolarimetric data: Example of cometary dust, in Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing, (Eds. G. Videen, Ya. Yatskiv, and M. Mishchenko), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 431-454, 2004.

G.-P. Tozzi,  L. M. Lara, L. Kolokolova, H. Boehnhardt, J. Licandro, and R. Schulz, Sublimating components in the coma of comet C/2001 WM1 LINEAR, Astron. Astrophys.424, 325-330, 2004.

H. Boehnhardt,  S. Bagnulo, K. Muinonen, M. A. Barucci, L. Kolokolova, E. Dotto, and G.-P. Tozzi, Surface characterization of 28978 Ixion (2001 KX76), Astron. Astrophys., 415, L21-L25, 2004.

I. Mann, H. Kimura, and L. Kolokolova, A comprehensive model to describe light scattering properties of cometary dust, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer,  89,  291-301, 2004.

K. Ziegler and L. Kolokolova, Light scattering in an ensemble of complex particles: random matrix approach, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer,   88, 173-181, 2004.

H. Boehnhardt, S. Bagnulo, K. Muinonen, M. A. Barucci, L. Kolokolova, E. Dotto, and G.-P. Tozzi, Surface characterization of 28978 Ixion (2001 KX76), Astron. Astrophys., 415, L21-L25, 2004.

H. Kimura, L. Kolokolova, and I. Mann, Optical properties of cometary dust: Constraints from numerical studies on light scattering by aggregate particles, Astron. Astrophys., 407, L5-L8, 2003

L. Kolokolova, L. Lara, R. Schultz, J. Stuewe, and G. P. Tozzi  Color of an ensemble of particles with a wide power-law size distribution: application to observations of Comet Hale-Bopp at 3 AU, Journal of Quant. Spectr.Radiat. Transer., 79-80,  861-871, 2003

L. Kolokolova and B. Å. S. Gustafson, Scattering by inhomogeneous particles: Microwave analog experiment comparison to effective medium theories, J.  Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 70, 611-625, 2001

B. Å. S. Gustafson, J. M. Greenberg, L. Kolokolova, Y. Xu, and R. Stognienko.  Interactions with Electromagnetic Radiation:  Theory and Laboratory Simulations, in: "Interplanetary Dust", (Gruen, Gustafson, Dermott, and Fechtig, Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 509-569, 2001

L. Kolokolova, L. M. Lara, R. Schulz, J. Stüwe, and G. P. Tozzi, Properties and Evolution of Dust in Comet Tabur (C/1996~Q1) from the Color Maps, Icarus, 153, 197-207, 2001

L. Kolokolova, B. Å. S. Gustafson, K. Jockers, and G.Lichtenberg, Properties and evolution of cometary dust in near-nucleus coma from their color and polarization, J.Geophys.Res., 106, 10113-10128, 2001 

B. Å. S. Gustafson and L. Kolokolova, A Systematic Study of Light Scattering by Aggregate Particles Using the Microwave Analog Technique: Angular and Wavelength Dependence of Intensity and Polarization, J.Geophys.Res., 104, 31711-31720, 1999

B. Å. S. Gustafson, L. Kolokolova, J. E. Thomas-Osip, K. W. T. Waldemarsson, J. Loesel, and Y-l. Xu, Scattering by Complex Systems II:Results from Microwave Measurements, in "Formation and Evolution of Solids in Space" , eds. J. M. Greenberg and A. Li, (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers), 549-564, 1998

L. Kolokolova and K. Jockers, Composition of Cometary dust from Polarization  Spectra, Planet. and Sp.Science,  45,  1543-1550, 1997

L. Kolokolova and A. Zaitcev, Ground-based radar experiments for the study of  radiation scattering by  atmosphereless celestial bodies, "Astronomical and  Astrophysical Transactions", 13, 1-9, 1997

L. Kolokolova, K. Jockers, G. Chernova, and N. Kiselev, Properties of Cometary Dust  from the Color and  Polarization, Icarus, 126, 351-361, 1997

L.  Kolokolova, M. I. Mishchenko, and  M. Wolff, On  the  negative  polarization of  light  scattered  by  subwavelength  regolithic grains", Mon.Not.of Royal Astron.Soc., 260,  550-552, 1993

 V. Degtjarev  and  L. O. Kolokolova,  Possible  Application   of  Circular Polarization for  Remote  Sensing of  Cosmic  Bodies, Earth, Moon and Planets, 57,  213-223, 312, 1992

 V.  Degtjarev, A. V. Morozhenko, L. O.  Kolokolova, and M. F. Tsurul,  Diagnostic   abilities    of    circular  polarization    for  atmosphereless bodies,  Soviet  Astronomy  Letters,  18,  279-283, 1992

 L.  Kolokolova,  Dependence  of  Polarization  on  Optical  and   Structural Properties of the Surfaces of  Atmosphereless Bodies, Icarus, 84,  305-314, 1990

 L.  Kolokolova and E. G. Yanovitskij, One  More  Possibility  for   Asteroid  Diameters  Determination  from  Polarimetric    Data,  Kinemat. and Phys. of Celest. Bodies, 4, N 1, p. 82-84, 1988

O.  Kvaratskheliya  and  L. Kolokolova,  The  Lunar   Samples  Difference from the Natural Lunar  Surface, Kinemat.  and  Phys. of Celest. Bodies, 3, N 5,  90-92, 1987

L.  Kolokolova, Study of  Some  Statistical  Relationships  for  Polarimetric Quantities of Atmosphereless  Bodies, Kinematand Phys. of Celest. Bodies, 3, N 5, 47-52, 1987

A.  Morozhenko, L.  Kolokolova, E. A. Kajmakov and  I. S. Lyzunkova,   Possible Nature of Cometary   Atmosphere Particles, Icarus,  66, 223-229, 1986

L.  Kolokolova, Influence of  Surface  Structure of  Atmosphereless Bodies on  Polarization  of  Light  Scattered  by Them, Astronomicheskij Vestnik (Solar  System),  19,  165-173, 1985

L.  Kolokolova  and  A. F. Steklov,  Possibility  of  Microorganism Origin in Jovian Satellites,  Microbiological Journal of Academy of Sciences of UkrSSR, 43,  791-796, 1981

L.  Kolokolova and  A. F. Steklov,  A  New  Possibility  of  Life  Origin for Celestial Bodies, Reports of  Academy of Sciences  of Ukrainian SSR, B, N 7, 62-64, 1981