Recent Publications

A comprehensive study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in the 2021/2022 apparition.


Author(s): Oleksandra Ivanova, Vera Rosenbush, Ihor Lukianyk, et. al
UMD Author(s): Lioudmila Kolokolova


Characterizing the dust in active asteroids by modeling their photometric and polarimetric images


Author(s): Lioudmila Kolokolova, Johannes Markkanen, Quentin Ludet, et. al
UMD Author(s): Lioudmila Kolokolova


Insights into DART Ejecta Dust Characteristics through Radiative-Transfer Modeling


Author(s): Yaeji Kim, Ludmilla Kolokolova, Tony Farnham
UMD Author(s): Lioudmila Kolokolova


Modeling linear polarization of the Didymos-Dimorphos system before and after the DART impact


Author(s): Antti Penttilä, Karri Muinonen, Mikael Granvik, et. al
UMD Author(s): Lioudmila Kolokolova


Characterizing the Distant Outbursts of the Largest Known Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)


Author(s): Rosita Kokotanekova, Michael S.P. Kelley, Carrie Holt, et. al
UMD Author(s): Michael S. Kelley


The trail of sulfur from molecular clouds to life: Sulfur elemental abundance in the Orion Bar

| EAS2024, European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting
Author(s): Fuente, Asunción, Berné, Olivier, Habart, Emilie, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mark G. Wolfire


A New Lever on Exoplanetary B Fields: Measuring Heavy Ion Velocities

| The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Author(s): Arjun B. Savel, Hayley Beltz, Thaddeus D. Komacek, et. al
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton, Hayley Quinn Beltz


The Geochemical and Mineralogical Signature of Glaciovolcanism Near Þórisjökull, Iceland, and Its Implications for Glaciovolcanism on Mars

| Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Author(s): Candice C. Bedford, Elizabeth B. Rampe, Michael T. Thorpe, et. al
UMD Author(s): Michael Terrance Thorpe


Towards Modelling AR Sco: Generalised Particle Dynamics and Strong Radiation-Reaction Regimes

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Du Plessis, L., Venter, C., Harding, A. K., et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


Time Sequence of Magnetospheric Responses to a Southward IMF Turning

| Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Author(s): Andrey Samsonov, Stephen Milan, Natalia Buzulukova, et. al
UMD Author(s): Natalia Buzulukova


Modeling Ionized Gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud: The Wolf–Rayet Nebula N76

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Tarantino, Elizabeth, Bolatto, Alberto D., Indebetouw, Rémy, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mark G. Wolfire


Evidence for multi-fragmentation and mass shedding of boulders on rubble-pile binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Pajola, M., Tusberti, F., Lucchetti, A., et. al
UMD Author(s): Jessica M Sunshine


The Metallicity and Carbon-to-oxygen Ratio of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-76b from Gemini-S/IGRINS

| The Astronomical Journal
Author(s): Megan Weiner Mansfield, Michael R. Line, Joost P. Wardenier, et. al
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton, Megan Weiner Mansfield


Formation of the first galaxies: starburst induced by FUV feedback and inefficient growth of Pop III remnant BHs

| 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
Author(s): Sugimura, Kazuyuki, Ricotti, Massimo, Park, Jongwon, et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti


Fermi-LAT detection of emission above 100 MeV associated with the PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 binary system approximately 30 days after periastron

| The Astronomer's Telegram
Author(s): Marti-Devesa, G., Burnett, T., Wood, K., et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


Two-dimensional Eclipse Mapping of the Hot-Jupiter WASP-43b with JWST MIRI/LRS

| The Astronomical Journal
Author(s): Mark Hammond, Taylor J. Bell, Ryan C. Challener, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Weiner Mansfield


Fast boulder fracturing by thermal fatigue detected on stony asteroids

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Lucchetti, A., Cambioni, S., Nakano, R., et. al
UMD Author(s): Jessica M Sunshine


Nightside clouds and disequilibrium chemistry on the hot Jupiter WASP-43b

| Nature Astronomy
Author(s): Bell, Taylor J., Crouzet, Nicolas, Cubillos, Patricio E., et. al
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton


Erratum: “Bangs and Meteors from the Quiet Comet 15P/Finlay” (2015, ApJ, 814, 79)

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Quanzhi 泉志 Ye 叶, Peter G. Brown, Charles Bell, et. al
UMD Author(s): Quanzhi Ye


PHANGS-JWST: Data-processing Pipeline and First Full Public Data Release

| The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Author(s): Williams, Thomas G., Lee, Janice C., Larson, Kirsten L., et. al
UMD Author(s): Yu-Hsuan (Eltha) Teng


Systematically Revisiting All NuSTAR Spins of Black Holes in X-Ray Binaries

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Paul A. Draghis, Jon M. Miller, Elisa Costantini, et. al
UMD Author(s): Abderahmen Zoghbi


GRB 180128A: A second magnetar giant flare candidate from the Sculptor Galaxy

| Astron.Astrophys.
Author(s): Trigg, Aaron C., Burns, Eric, Roberts, Oliver J., et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


The bearing capacity of asteroid (65803) Didymos estimated from boulder tracks

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Bigot, J., Lombardo, P., Murdoch, N., et. al
UMD Author(s): Jessica M Sunshine


Transiting Exoplanet Atmospheres in the Era of JWST

| Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
Author(s): Kempton, Eliza M. -R., Knutson, Heather A.
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton