Photochemistry; XRF and Electron Microprobe Analysis of Geochemical
Materials; High Temperature Chemistry, Nucleation Phenomena; Circumstellar, Interstellar and Interplanetary Dust; Microgravity Science, Meteoritics
1975 - B.S. (Astronomy) - University of Maryland
1975 - B.S. (Chemistry) - University of Maryland
1977 - M.S. (Geochemistry) - University of Maryland
1982 - Ph.D. (Chemistry) - University of Maryland
2008
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Present
Senior Scientist for Primitive Bodies
NASA,
Goddard Space Flight Center
2005
-
2008
Chief, Astrochemistry Laboratory
Solar System Exploration Division
NASA ,
Goddard Space Flight Center
1990
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2005
Supervisory Astrophysicist, Astrochemistry Branch
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
NASA,
Goddard Space Flight Center
1994
-
1996
Discipline Scientist
Planetary Materials and Geochemistry Program
(now the Cosmochemistry Program)
NASA,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
1989
-
1993
Discipline Scientist
Origins of Solar Systems Research Program
NASA,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
1986
-
1990
Astrophysicist, Astrochemistry Branch
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
NASA,
Goddard Space Flight Center
1985
-
1986
Senior Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department
University of Maryland,
College Park, MD
1984
-
1985
NAS/NRC Research Management Associate
Solar System Exploration Division
NASA,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
1978
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1981
Research Assistant, Physics and Astronomy
University of Maryland,
College Park, MD
International Astronomical Union & IAU Commissions 15, 22 and 34,
1990
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Present
Vice President IAU Commission F.3 (Astrobiology)
Meteoritical Society,
1996
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Present
Fellow of the Meteoritical Society
American Chemical Society & Division of Colloid and Surface Science
Chemical Society of Washington,
1975
-
Present
American Astronomical Society,
1975
-
Present
Astronomy Department, University of Maryland 2012 Distinguished Alumnus
NASA Group Achievement Award-Astrobiology Roadmap Team (2009)
Elected a Fellow of the Meteoritical Society (2004)
Outstanding Management Award (1st Level & Group/Team Leader) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1999)
Excellence in Federal Career Award - Outstanding Supervisor, GS-13 & above - Baltimore Federal Executive Board (1997)
Editor's Letter of Commendation from Icarus (1990)
Community Service:
Gordon Research Conference on The Origins of Solar Systems: Vice-Chair, 2003: Chair, 2005
Member of the Counsel, Gordon Research Conferences, 2005-2007
ExoMars Payload Confirmation Review Board, 2007, 2009
Member "Comité de Visite" of the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, 2008
NASA Headquarters Review and Advisory Panels:
Astrophysics Supporting Research and Technology Review Team 2011
Astronomy & Physics R & A Panel: Dust & Ices Subpanel-chair 2008
Astrobiology Science, Technology and Instrument Development: Chair, 2005-6, 8
Astrobiology Science, Technology and Instrument Development: Panel, 2001-4
Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploration of Planets: Panel 2002 – 2004
Cosmochemistry Review Panel: Chair, 1997 - 1999
Exobiology Review Panel, Co-Chair, 2011
Exobiology Review Panel, 2003 - 2005
Origins of Solar Systems: Chair, 1999 – 2001; 2003 – 2004; 2011; Cosmochemistry Sub-Chair 2008, 2010
Sample Return Laboratory Instrument Development Analysis Program: Chair, 2000 – 2008
Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples Program: Chair, 2009 - 2011
Special Review of the Lunar & Planetary Institute: Chair, 1999 – 2003; 2005; 2006
Stardust DAP: Chair, 2008
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award Review: 2011
NASA Centennial Challenge Program Committee 2010
Cosmochemistry MOWG: 1997 – 2011
Origins of Solar Systems MOWG: 1998 – 2002
Towards Other Planetary Systems: Science Working Group: 1988 - 1992
Goddard Space Flight Center:
Goddard Chemical Safety Subcommittee: 1990 – 1995
Review Committee: Promotion Criteria for Scientists and Engineers: 2000 - 2001
Quality of Work Life Committee: 2004 – 2005
Deputy Director, Goddard Center for Astrobiology, 2003 – present.
Project Scientist: Discovery Program OSIRIS 2007-8, and Phase A Concept Study
Project Scientist: New Frontiers Program OSIRIS REx 2010-11, Phase A Concept Study
Deputy Project Scientist: New Frontiers Program OSIRIS REx 2011 - present
Project Scientist: Discovery Program Comet Hopper 2010; and Phase A Concept Study
Refereed
Kimura, Y., K. K. Tanaka, Y. Inatomi, F. T. Ferguson, and J. A. Nuth. 2022. "Inefficient Growth of SiOx Grains: Implications for Circumstellar Outflows."
The Astrophysical Journal Letters,
934
(1):
L10
[10.3847/2041-8213/ac8002]
Ferguson, F. T., N. M. Johnson, N. Abreu, and J. A. Nuth. 2021. "The Formation of Carbonaceous Material in the Early Solar Nebula: The Role of Metal Dusting."
The Astrophysical Journal,
908
(1):
48
[10.3847/1538-4357/abcecc]
Nuth, J. A., F. T. Ferguson, W. Homan, L. Decin, and J. A. Paquette. 2020. "Grain Formation around the AGB Star L2 Puppis Based On ALMA Observations."
The Astrophysical Journal,
901
(2):
144
[10.3847/1538-4357/abaefb]
Nuth, J. A., F. T. Ferguson, H. G. Hill, and N. M. Johnson. 2020. "Did a Complex Carbon Cycle Operate in the Inner Solar System?"
Life,
10
(9):
206
[10.3390/life10090206]
Dworkin, J. P., L. A. Adelman, T. Ajluni, et al. 2018. "OSIRIS-REx Contamination Control Strategy and Implementation."
Space Science Reviews,
214
(1):
19
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1007/s11214-017-0439-4]
Lauretta, D. S., S. S. Balram-Knutson, E. Beshore, et al. 2017. "OSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu."
Space Science Reviews,
212:
925-984
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1007/s11214-017-0405-1]
Nuth, J. A., N. M. Johnson, F. T. Ferguson, and A. Carayon. 2016. "Gas/solid carbon branching ratios in surface-mediated reactions and the incorporation of carbonaceous material into planetesimals."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science,
51
(7):
1310-1322
[10.1111/maps.12666]
Nuth, J. A., N. M. Johnson, F. T. Ferguson, F. J. Rietmeijer, and H. G. Hill. 2016. "Great new insights from failed experiments, unanticipated results and embracing controversial observations."
Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry,
76
(1):
1-12
[10.1016/j.chemer.2015.09.002]
Ferguson, F. T., J. A. Nuth, and N. M. Johnson. 2015. "On the Use of Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy and Synthetic Calibration Spectra to Quantify Gas Concentrations in a Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst System."
Applied Spectroscopy,
69
(10):
1157-1169
[10.1366/15-07950]
Dworkin, J. P., L. A. Adelman, T. M. Ajluni, et al. 2015. "OSIRIS-REx IS A PATHFINDER FOR CONTAMINATION CONTROL FOR COST CONTROLLED MISSIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY."
46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015),
1147.pdf:
Nuth, J., N. Johnson, and H. Hill. 2014. "CO Self-Shielding as a Mechanism to Make 16O-Enriched Solids in the Solar Nebula."
Challenges,
5
(1):
152-158
[10.3390/challe5010152]
Richey, C. R., R. E. Kinzer, G. Cataldo, et al. 2013. "Optical Properties of Iron Silicates in the Infrared to Millimeter as a Function of Wavelength and Temperature."
The Astrophysical Journal,
770
(46):
1-12
[10.1088/0004-637X/770/1/46]
Nuth, J. A., and N. M. Johnson. 2012. "Complex Protostellar Chemistry."
Science,
336
(6080):
424-425
[10.1126/science.1219709]
Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 2012. "Vapor Pressure and Evaporation Coefficient of Silicon Monoxide over a Mixture of Silicon and Silica."
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data,
57
(3):
721-728
[10.1021/je200693d]
Johnson, N. M., J. E. Elsila, M. Kopstein, and J. A. Nuth. 2012. "Carbon isotopic fractionation in Fischer-Tropsch-type reactions and relevance to meteorite organics."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science,
47:
1029-1034.
Rinehart, S. A., D. J. Benford, G. Cataldo, et al. 2011. ""Measuring the Optical Properties of Astrophysical Dust Analogues: Instrumentation and Methods" ."
Applied Optics,
50
(21):
4115-4123
[10.1364/AO.50.004115]
Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, K. Tsukamoto, and C. Kaito. 2011. "Laboratory annealing experiments of refractory silicate grain analogs using differential scanning calorimetry."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science,
46:
92
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01143.x]
Paquette, J. A., F. T. Ferguson, and J. A. Nuth. 2011. "A Model of Silicate Grain Nucleation and Growth in Circumstellar Outflows."
The Astrophysical Journal,
732:
62
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1088/0004-637X/732/2/62]
Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 2010. "The influence of buoyant convection on the nucleation of n-propanol in thermal diffusion cloud chambers."
The Journal of Chemical Physics,
132
(20):
204510
[10.1063/1.3429618]
Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, N. M. Johnson, et al. 2010. "Synthesis of stacked-cup carbon nanotubes in a metal free low temperature system."
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters,
3:
4 - 10.
Jones, A. P., and J. A. Nuth. 2010. "Dust destruction in the ISM: a re-evaluation of dust lifetimes."
Astronomy and Astrophysics,
530:
A44.
Abreu, N. M., F. Rietmeijer, and J. A. Nuth. 2010. "Understanding the Mechanisms of Formation of NanoSulfide Compounds from Wild 2: Combined Experimental and Observational Approach."
Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences,
46:
1082 - 1096.
Nuth, J. A., Y. Kimura, C. Lucas, F. Ferguson, and N. M. Johnson. 2010. "The Formation of Graphite Whiskers in the Primitive Solar Nebula."
The Astrophysical Journal Letters,
710:
L98
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1088/2041-8205/710/1/L98]
Curtis, S. A., P. E. Clark, J. R. Marshall, et al. 2010. "Observed Weak Electron Beam Discharge Driven Grain Acceleration/Accretion with Implications for Planet Formation."
Earth, Moon, and Planets, Online First,
10
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1007/s11038-010-9356-1]
Rietmeijer, F., and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "A metastable aluminosilica compound Al2Si2O7 to facilitate aluminum and water transport to the mantle."
Int J Geophys,
2009:
Article ID 909431
[10.1155/2009/909431]
Barbee, B. W., and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "Asteroid Impact Threats: Advancements in Asteroid Science to Enable Rapid and Effective Deflection Missions."
Journal of Cosmology,
2:
386-410.
Kimura, Y., and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "A Seed of Solar Forsterite and Possible New Evolutional Scenario of Cosmic Silicates."
The Astrophysical Journal Letters,
697:
L10
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1088/0004-637X/697/1/L10]
Rietmeijer, F. J., A. Pun, and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "Dust formation and evolution in a Ca-Fe-SiO-H2-O2 vapour phase condensation experiment and astronomical implications."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
396:
402
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14703.x]
Barbee, B. W., and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "Asteroid Impact Threats: Advancements in Asteroid Science to Enable Rapid and Effective Deflection Missions."
Journal of Cosmology, Vol 2, p386-410,
2:
386
[Full Text (Link)]
Rietmeijer, F., A. Pun, and J. A. Nuth. 2008. "A Deep Metastable Eutectic Iron-Aluminate."
ChemPhysLett,
458:
355 – 358.
Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 2008. "The vapor pressure of SiO from 1300K to 1800K."
J Chem Engin Data,
53:
2824 - 2832.
Nuth, J. A., N. M. Johnson, and S. Manning. 2008. "A Self-Perpetuating Catalyst for the Production of Complex Organic Molecules in Protostellar Nebulae."
Ap J (Lett),
673:
L225-L228.
Nuth, J. A., N. M. Johnson, and S. Manning. 2008. "A Self-Perpetuating Catalyst for the Production of Complex Organic Molecules in Protostellar Nebulae."
The Astrophysical Journal,
673:
L225
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/528741]
Rietmeijer, F. J., A. Pun, Y. Kimura, and J. A. Nuth. 2008. "A refractory Ca SiO H2 O2 vapor condensation experiment with implications for calciosilica dust transforming to silicate and carbonate minerals."
Icarus,
195:
493
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.022]
Nuth, J. A., J. L. Lowrance, and G. R. Carruthers. 2008. "NEOCAM: The Near Earth Object Chemical Analysis Mission."
Earth, Moon, and Planets,
102:
495
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1007/s11038-007-9178-y]
Nuth, J. A. 2008. "What was the Volatile Composition of the Planetesimals that Formed the Earth?"
Earth, Moon, and Planets,
102:
435
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1007/s11038-007-9208-9]
Des Marais, D. J., J. A. Nuth, L. J. Allamandola, et al. 2008. "The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap."
Astrobiology,
8:
715
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1089/ast.2008.0819]
Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, S. Chakraborty, and M. Thiemens. 2007. "Non-Mass-Dependent Oxygen Isotopic Fractionation in Smokes Produced in an Electrical Discharge."
MAPS,
42:
1429-1439.
Ali, A., and J. A. Nuth. 2007. "The Oxygen Isotope Effect in the Earliest Processed Solids in the Solar System: Is it a Chemical Mass-Independent Process?"
Astron Astrophys,
467:
919-923.
Rietmeijer, F. J., and J. A. Nuth. 2007. "Laboratory simulation of Mg-rich ferromagnesiosilica dust: The first building blocks of comet dust."
Advances in Space Research,
39:
351
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.113]
Lisse, C. M., K. E. Kraemer, J. A. Nuth, A. Li, and D. Joswiak. 2007. "Comparison of the composition of the Tempel 1 ejecta to the dust in Comet C/Hale Bopp 1995 O1 and YSO HD 100546."
Icarus,
191:
223
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1016/j.icarus.2006.11.027]
Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, S. Chakraborty, and M. H. Thiemens. 2007. "Non-mass-dependent oxygen isotopic fractionation in smokes produced in an electrical discharge."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 42, Issue 7, p1429-1439,
42:
1429
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00583.x]
Volten, H., O. Muñoz, J. W. Hovenier, et al. 2007. "Experimental light scattering by fluffy aggregates of magnesiosilica, ferrosilica, and alumina cosmic dust analogs."
Astronomy and Astrophysics,
470:
377
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1051/0004-6361:20066744]
Ali, A., and J. A. Nuth. 2007. "The oxygen isotope effect in the earliest processed solids in the solar system: Is it a chemical mass-independent process?"
Astronomy and Astrophysics,
467:
919
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1051/0004-6361:20066925]
Grady, C. A., G. Schneider, K. Hamaguchi, et al. 2007. "The Disk and Environment of a Young Vega Analog: HD 169142."
The Astrophysical Journal,
665:
1391
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/519757]
Kimura, Y., and J. A. Nuth. 2007. "What is the Driving Force to Form Refractory Oxide Grains? Silicate Spectra Depend on Their Formation Environment."
The Astrophysical Journal,
664:
1253
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/519299]
Hadamcik, E., J. Renard, F. J. Rietmeijer, et al. 2007. "Light scattering by fluffy Mg Fe SiO and C mixtures as cometary analogs (PROGRA2 experiment)."
Icarus,
190:
660
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.010]
Abbas, M. M., D. Tankosic, P. D. Craven, et al. 2006. "Photoelectric Emission Measurements on the Analogs of Individual Cosmic Dust Grains."
The Astrophysical Journal,
645
(1):
324-336
[10.1086/504281]
Kimura, J. A. Nuth, and F. T. Ferguson. 2006. "Formation of TiC-core graphitic-mantle grains from CO gas."
Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences,
41:
673 - 680.
Ferguson, F. T., K. Gardner, and J. A. Nuth. 2006. "The vapor pressure of palladium from 1473K to 1973K."
J Chem Engin Data,
51:
1509 – 1515.
Rietmeijer, F., J. A. Nuth, P. Rochette, A. Pun, and J. M. Karner. 2006. "Deep Metastable Eutectic Condensation in Al-Fe-SiO-O2-H2 Vapors: Implications for Natural Fe-Aluminosilicates."
Am Min,
91:
1688 – 1698.
Martinez, D., F. T. Ferguson, R. H. Heist, and J. A. Nuth. 2006. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor-Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: VI The Condensation of Sodium."
J Chem Phys,
123:
54323.
Nuth, J. A., and N. M. Johnson. 2006. "Crystalline silicates in comets: How did they form?"
Icarus,
180:
243
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1016/j.icarus.2005.09.003]
Nuth, J. A., G. M. Wilkinson, N. M. Johnson, and M. Dwyer. 2006. "A Mechanism for the Equilibrium Growth of Mineral Crystals in AGB Stars and Red Giants on 105 yr Timescales."
The Astrophysical Journal,
644:
1164
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/503700]
Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, and F. T. Ferguson. 2006. "Formation of TiC core-graphitic mantle grains from CO gas."
Meteoritics, vol 41, Issue 5, p673-680,
41:
673
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00983.x]
Nuth, J. A., and F. T. Ferguson. 2006. "Silicates Do Nucleate in Oxygen-rich Circumstellar Outflows: New Vapor Pressure Data for SiO."
The Astrophysical Journal,
649:
1178
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/506264]
Chizmadia, L. J., and J. A. Nuth. 2006. "Kinetics of Phyllosilicate Formation in Hydrated Magnesiosilicate Smokes."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 41, Supplement, Proceedings of 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held August 6-11, 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland, p5166,
41:
5166
[Full Text (Link)]
Kimura, Y., and J. A. Nuth. 2006. "Variety of Refractory Oxide Grains Depend on Formation Environments."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 41, Supplement, Proceedings of 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held August 6-11, 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland, p5122,
41:
5122
[Full Text (Link)]
Grady, C. A., B. Woodgate, S. R. Heap, et al. 2005. "Resolving the Inner Cavity of the HD 100546 Disk: A Candidate Young Planetary System?"
The Astrophysical Journal,
620:
470
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/426887]
Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, and F. T. Ferguson. 2005. "Is the 21 Micron Feature Observed in Some Post-AGB Stars Caused by the Interaction between Ti Atoms and Fullerenes?"
The Astrophysical Journal,
632:
L159
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/497987]
Johnson, N. M., M. Martin, J. P. Dworkin, and J. A. Nuth. 2005. "Synthesizing Organics Using Amorphous Mg- and Fe- Silicate Grains."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 40, Supplement, Proceedings of 68th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held September 12-16, 2005 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, p5242,
40:
5242
[Full Text (Link)]
Nuth, J. A., and N. M. Johnson. 2005. "A New Paradigm for Organic Chemistry in Nebulae: Protostars as Chemical Factories."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 40, Supplement, Proceedings of 68th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held September 12-16, 2005 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, p5065,
40:
5065
[Full Text (Link)]
Kimura, Y., and J. A. Nuth. 2005. "Laboratory Synthesized Calcium Oxide and Calcium Hydroxide Grains: A Candidate to Explain the 68 μm Band."
The Astrophysical Journal,
630:
637
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/431965]
Ferguson, F. T., J. A. Nuth, and N. M. Johnson. 2004. "Thermogravimetric Measurement of the Iron Vapor Pressure from 1575K to 1975K."
J Chem Engin Data,
49:
497 - 501.
Rietmeijer, F. J., J. A. Nuth, and R. N. Nelson. 2004. "Laboratory hydration of condensed magnesiosilica smokes with implications for hydrated silicates in IDPs and comets."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 39, No 5, p723-746,
39:
723
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00115.x]
Nuth, J. A., and H. G. Hill. 2004. "Planetary accretion, oxygen isotopes, and the central limit theorem."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 39, No 12, p1957-1965,
39:
1957
[Full Text (Link)]
Michael, B. P., J. A. Nuth, and L. U. Lilleleht. 2003. "Zinc Crystal Growth in Microgravity."
The Astrophysical Journal,
590:
579
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1086/374918]
Johnson, N. M., G. D. Cody, and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "Fischer-Tropsch Type Synthesis of Organics Using Iron-Silicate Grains."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 38, Supplement, abstract no5124,
38:
5124
[Full Text (Link)]
Hill, H. G., I. Gilmour, V. K. Pearson, and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "Did Organic Compounds in the Tagish Lake Meteorite Form Via Catalytic Processes in the Solar Nebula and Within Parent Bodies?"
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 38, Supplement, abstract no5038,
38:
5038
[Full Text (Link)]
Hill, H. G., and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "The Catalytic Potential of Cosmic Dust: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry in the Solar Nebula and Other Protoplanetary Systems."
Astrobiology,
3:
291
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1089/153110703769016389]
Nuth, J. A., G. M. Wilkinson, and N. Johnson. 2003. "Radiation Pressure, Long-Term Stability and the Growth of Large Silicon Carbide Crystals."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 38, Supplement, abstract no5242,
38:
5242
[Full Text (Link)]
Rietmeijer, F. F., J. A. Nuth, J. M. Karner, and S. L. Hallenbeck. 2002. "Gas-to-Solid Condensation in a Mg-SiO-H2-O2 Vapor: Metastable Eutectics in the MgO – SiO2 Phase Diagram."
J Chem Phys,
4:
546-551.
Rietmeijer, F. J., S. L. Hallenbeck, J. A. Nuth, and J. M. Karner. 2002. "Amorphous Magnesiosilicate Smokes Annealed in Vacuum: The Evolution of Magnesium Silicates in Circumstellar and Cometary Dust."
Icarus,
156:
269
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1006/icar.2001.6762]
Nuth, J. A., F. J. Rietmeijer, and H. G. Hill. 2002. "Condensation processes in astrophysical environments: The composition and structure of cometary grains."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 37, no 11, pp 1579-1590 (2002),
37:
1579
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb00812.x]
Nuth, J. A., and B. P. Michael. 2002. "Experimental Determination of the Vapor-to-Crystal Condensation Efficiency for Zinc Metal."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 37, Supplement, pA111,
37:
111
[Full Text (Link)]
Hoffman, E. J., C. A. Denalli, H. G. Hill, and J. A. Nuth. 2002. "Aqueous Alteration of Circumstellar Silicate Dust Analogs: Crystallization of Mineral Products."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 37, Supplement, pA64,
37:
64
[Full Text (Link)]
Paquette, J. A., and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "The Lack of Chemical Equilibrium Does Not Preclude the Use of Classical Nucleation Theory in Circumstellar Outflows."
Astrophysical Journal (Letters),
737:
L6.
Hill, H. G., C. A. Grady, J. A. Nuth, S. L. Hallenbeck, and M. L. Sitko. 2001. "Constraints on Nebular Dynamics Based on Observations of Annealed Magnesium Silicate Grains in Comets and in Disks Around Herbig Ae and Be Stars."
Proc Natl Acad Sci,
98:
2182-2187.
Ferguson, F. T., R. H. Heist, and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "The Effect of Carrier Gas Pressure and Wall Heating on the Operation of the Thermal Diffusion Cloud Chamber."
J Chem Phys,
115:
10829 - 10836.
Martinez, D. M., F. T. Ferguson, R. H. Heist, and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "Application of Scaled Nucleation Theory to Metallic Vapor Condensation."
J Chem Phys,
115:
310 - 316.
Nuth, J. A., and F. J. Rietmeijer. 2001. "Condensation Processes in Astrophysical Environments: The Composition and Structure of Cometary Grains."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 36, Supplement, pA151,
36:
151
[Full Text (Link)]
Hill, H. G., and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "Catalytic Studies on Nebular Dust Analogs: Successful Production of Ammonia Via a Haber-Bosch Type Synthesis."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 36, Supplement, pA81,
36:
81
[Full Text (Link)]
Hoffman, E. J., H. G. Hill, and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "Mössbauer Spectra of Circumstellar Silicate Dust Analogues Hydrated During Use as a Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 36, Supplement, pA81,
36:
81
[Full Text (Link)]
Nuth, J. A. 2001. "How Were the Comets Made?"
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Ferrante, R., M. H. Moore, J. A. Nuth, and T. Smith. 2000. "Formation of Carbon Compounds by Catalytic Conversion of CO on Laboratory Grain Analogs Containing Iron."
Icarus,
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Nuth, J. A., S. L. Hallenbeck. 2000. "Laboratory Studies of Silicate Smokes: Analog Studies of Circumstellar Materials."
J Geophys Res- Space Physics,
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Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor-Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: V The Condensation of Lithium."
J Chem Phys,
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Nuth, J. A., and G. Kletetschka. 2000. "Determining the Ages of Comets from the Fraction of Crystalline Dust."
Nature,
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Ferguson, F. T., R. H. Heist, and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Vapor Transport Within the Thermal Diffusion Cloud Chamber."
J Chem Phys,
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Rietmeijer, F. J., and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Metastable Eutectic Equilibrium Brought Down to Earth."
EOS 81,
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Rietmeijer, F. J., J. A. Nuth, M. Jablonska, and J. M. Karner. 2000. "Metastable Eutectic Equilibrium in Natural Environments: Recent Developments and Research Opportunities."
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Rietmeijer, F. J., and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Collected Extraterrestrial Materials: Constraints on Meteor and Fireball Compositions."
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Nuth, J. A., S. L. Hallenbeck, and F. J. Rietmeijer. 2000. "Laboratory studies of silicate smokes: Analog studies of circumstellar materials."
Journal of Geophysical Research,
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Ferrante, R. F., M. H. Moore, J. A. Nuth, and T. Smith. 2000. "NOTE: Laboratory Studies of Catalysis of CO to Organics on Grain Analogs."
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Hallenbeck, S. L., J. A. Nuth, and R. N. Nelson. 2000. "Evolving Optical Properties of Annealing Silicate Grains: From Amorphous Condensate to Crystalline Mineral."
The Astrophysical Journal,
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Nuth, J. A., H. G. Hill, and G. Kletetschka. 2000. "Determining the ages of comets from the fraction of crystalline dust."
Nature,
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Nuth, J. A., and L. R. Nittler. 2000. "Planetary Accretion, Oxygen Isotopes, and the Central Limit Theorem."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 35, Supplement, pA121,
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Hill, H. G., and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Nebular Hydrocarbon Synthesis in the Laboratory: The Catalytic Potential of Synthetic Silicate Dust."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 35, Supplement, pA73,
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Reitmeijer, F. M., J. M. Karner, J. A. Nuth, and P. J. Wasilewski. 1999. "Nanoscale Phase Equilibrium in a Triggered Lightning Strike Experiment."
European Journal of Mineralogy,
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Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 1999. "The Influence of Buoyant Convection on the Operation of the Upward Thermal Diffusion Cloud Nucleation Chamber."
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Nuth, J. A., and P. A. Withey. 1999. "Formation of Single-Domain Iron Particles via Vapor-Phase Nucleation: Implications for the Solar Nebula."
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Rietmeijer, F. J., J. A. Nuth, and J. M. Karner. 1999. "Metastable Eutectic, Gas-to-Solid Condensation in the FeO – Fe2O3 – SiO2 System."
Phys Chem Chem Phys,
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Rietmeijer, F. J., J. A. Nuth, and J. M. Karner. 1999. "Metastable Eutectic Condensation in a Mg-Fe-SiO-H2-O2 Vapor: Analogs to Circumstellar Dust."
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Hallenbeck, S., and J. A. Nuth. 1998. "Infrared Observations of the Transition from Chaotic to Crystalline Silicates via Thermal Annealing in the Laboratory."
Astrophys Space Sci ,
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Hallenbeck, S. L., J. A. Nuth, and P. L Daukantas. 1998. "Mid-Infrared Spectral Evolution of Magnesium Silicate Smokes Annealed in Vacuum: Comparison to Cometary Spectra."
Icarus,
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Michael, B. P., J. A. Nuth, L. U. Lilleleht, et al. 1998. "A Nucleation Experiment in Low Gravity Conditions: Monitoring and Collection of Mg and Zn Particles."
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Kraus, G. F., J. A. Nuth, and R. N. Nelson. 1997. "Is SiS2 the Carrier of the Unidentified 21 Micron Emission Feature?"
Astron Astrophys ,
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Glinski, R. J., S. A. Schulz, and J. A. Nuth. 1997. "Non-Boltzmann Vibrational Distributions in Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules and Ions."
Mon Not Roy Astr Soc,
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Glinski, R. J., and J. Nuth. 1997. "Can the Red Rectangle Molecular Emission Bands Be Assigned to C3 ?"
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Ferguson, F. T., J. A. Nuth, and L. U. Lilleleht. 1996. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds IV The Condensation of Magnesium."
J Chem Phys ,
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Moore, M. H., R. F. Ferrante, and J. A. Nuth. 1996. "Infrared Spectra of Proton Irradiated Ices Containing Methanol."
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Glinski, R. J., J. A. Nuth, M. D. Reese, and M. L. Sitko. 1996. "Observation of the Spin-Forbidden Cameron Bands of CO in the UV Emission Spectrum of the Red Rectangle."
Ap J (Lett),
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Nuth, J. A., and G. M. Wilkinson. 1995. "Magnetically Enhanced Coagulation of Very Small Iron Grains: A Correction to the Enhancement Factor due to Dipole-Dipole Interactions."
Icarus,
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Glinski, R. J., and J. Nuth. 1995. "A Molecule of the Form CH2X May Be Responsible for Many of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Discussion of Thioformaldehyde."
PASP,
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Nuth, J. A., O. Berg, J. Faris, and P. Wasilewski. 1994. "Magnetically Enhanced Coagulation of Very Small Iron Grains."
Icarus,
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Moore, M. H., R. F. Ferrante, R. L. Hudson, J. A. Nuth, and B. Donn. 1994. "Infrared Spectra of Crystalline Phase Ices Condensed on Silicate Smokes at T<20K."
ApJ Letters,
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Nuth, J. A., and F. T. Ferguson. 1993. "Nucleation of Solids from the Gas Phase."
Ceramic Transactions,
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Ferguson, F., L. Lilleleht, J. Nuth, and J. Stephens. 1993. "Microgravity Nucleation of Refractory Materials: Modeling of Transport Processes in the Nucleation Chamber."
Chem Engin Comm,
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Nichols, R. H., J. Nuth, C. M. Hohenberg, C. T. Olinger, and M. H. Moore. 1992. "Trapping of Noble Gases in Proton-Irradiated Silicate Smokes."
Meteoritics,
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Nuth, J. A., and J. E. Allen. 1992. "Supernovae as Sources of Interstellar Diamond."
Astrophys Space Sci 196,
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Nuth, J. A., M. H. Moore, T. Tanabé, and G. Kraus. 1992. "The SiH Vibrational Fundamental as an Indicator of the Oxidation State of Silicon is in an Asteroidal or Cometary Regolith."
Icarus,
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Rietmeijer, F., and J. A. Nuth. 1991. "Tridymite and Maghemite Formation in an Fe-SiO Smoke."
Proc 21st Lun Plan Sci Conf (LPI Houston),
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Moore, M. H., T. Tanabé, and J. Nuth. 1991. "The SiH Vibrational Stretch as an Indicator of the Chemical State of Interstellar Grains."
Ap J (Lett),
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Stencel, R. E., J. Nuth, I. Little-Marenin, and S. Marenin. 1990. "The Formation and Annealing of Circumstellar Dust as Gauged by IRAS Low Resolution Spectra and Microwave Maser Chronology."
Ap J (Lett),
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Nuth, J. A. 1990. "Processes Affecting the Composition and Structure of Silicate Grains in Cometary Nuclei."
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Nuth, J. A., and J. Hecht. 1990. "Signatures of Aging Silicate Dust."
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Wdowiak, T., B. Donn, J. A. Nuth, E. Chappelle, and M. H. Moore. 1989. "Laboratory Experiments on Carbonaceous Material as a Source for the Red Rectangle Visual Emissions."
Astrophysical Journal,
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Wdowiak, T., B. Donn, J. Nuth, E. Chappelle, and M. Moore. 1989. "Laboratory Experiments Suggesting a Fluorescent Source for the Red Rectangle Visual Emission."
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Nelson, R., M. Thiemens, J. Nuth, and B. Donn. 1989. "Oxygen Isotopic Fractionation in the Condensation of Refractory Smokes."
Proc 19th Lun Plan Sci Conf (LPI,
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Nuth, J. A., and M. H. Moore. 1989. "Proton Irradiation of SiH4-Fe(CO) 5-H2O Ices: Production of Refractory Silicates and Implications for the Solar Nebula."
Proc 19th Lun Plan Sci Conf (LPI,
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Petuchowkski, S. J., E. Dwek, J. E. Allen Jr, and J. Nuth. 1989. "CO Formation in the Metal-Rich Ejecta of SN 1987A."
Ap J (Lett) 342,
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Hale, B., P. Kemper, and J. Nuth. 1989. "Analysis of Experimental Nucleation Data for Silver and SiO using Scaled Nucleation Theory."
J Chem Phys 91,
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Nuth, J. A., R. N. Nelson, M. H. Moore, and B. Donn. 1988. "Experimental Studies of Circumstellar, Interstellar and Interplanetary Refractory Grains Analogs."
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Nuth, J. A., and M. H. Moore. 1988. "SiH and the Unidentified 46 Micron Feature."
Ap J (Lett),
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Nuth, J. A. 1987. "Are Small Diamonds Thermodynamically Stable in the Interstellar Medium."
Astrophys Space Sci,
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Nelson, R. N., J. A. Nuth, and B. Donn. 1987. "A Kinetic Study of the Hydrous Alteration of Amorphous MgSiO Smokes: Implications for Cometary Particles and Chondrite Matrix."
Proc 17th Lun Plan Sci Conf J Geophys Res ,
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Muchmore, D. O., J. Nuth, and R. E. Stencel. 1987. "SiO Cooling Instability in the Envelopes of Cool Giant Stars."
Astrophys J (Lett),
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Nuth, J. A. 1987. "Small Particle Physics and Interstellar Diamonds."
Nature,
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Rietmeijer, F., J. A. Nuth, and I. Mackinnon. 1986. "Analytical Electron Microscopy of Mg-SiO Smokes: A Comparison with Infrared and XRD Studies."
Icarus,
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Nuth, J. A., B. Donn, R. deSeife, A. Donn, and R. N. Nelson. 1986. "Hydrous Alteration of Amorphous Silicate Smokes: First Results."
Proc 16th Lun Plan Sci Conf in J Geophys Res,
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Nuth, J. A., K. Donnelly, B. Donn, and L. Lilleleht. 1986. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: III The Condensation of Silver."
J Chem Phys,
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Nuth, J. A., B. Donn, and R. N. Nelson. 1986. "Refractory Grain Processing in Circumstellar Shells: Diagnostic Infrared Signatures."
Astrophys J (Letters),
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Nuth, J. A. 1986. "An Analysis of Refractory Silicate Nucleation via the Theory of the Physical Spinodal."
J Chem Phys,
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Nuth, J. 1985. "Meteoritic Evidence that Graphitic Carbon is Rare in the ISM:."
Nature,
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Nuth, J. A., S. H. Moseley, R. F. Silverberg, and W. J. Moore. 1985. "Laboratory Infrared Spectra of Predicted Condensates in Carbon-rich Stars and the Unidentified 30 Micron Feature."
Astrophys J (Letters),
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Donn, B., and J. Nuth. 1985. "Does Nucleation Theory Apply to the Formation of Refractory Circumstellar Grains?"
Astrophys J,
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Nuth, J. A., J. Allen, and M. Wiant. 1985. "The Effects of Multiquantum Transitions on Molecular Populations in Grain-Forming Circumstellar Environments."
Astrophys. J.,
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1984. "Thermal Metamorphism of Si2O3 (A Circumstellar Dust Analog)."
J Geophys Res Red Supplement,
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1984. "On A Vibronic Origin for the Diffuse Band Spectrum: Reply to the Comments of Duley."
Astrophys Space Sci,
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1983. "On a Vibronic Origin for the Diffuse Band Spectrum."
Astrophys Space Sci,
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1983. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: II The Condensation of an Amorphous Magnesium Silicate."
J Chem Phys,
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1983. "Laboratory Studies of the Condensation and Properties of Amorphous Silicate Smokes."
J Geophys Res Red Supplement,
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1983. "A Note on the Composition and Structure of Interstellar Grains."
Astrophys Space Sci,
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Hecht, J., and J. Nuth. 1982. "Experiments and Calculations on the Extinction of Starlight by Small Iron and Magnetite Grains."
Astrophys J,
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1982. "Laboratory Measurements of Amorphous Silicate Smokes and the Infrared Spectra of Oxygen Rich Stars."
Astrophys J (Lett),
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1982. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: I The Condensation of SiO."
J Chem Phys,
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Nuth, J., and S. Glicker. 1982. "The Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectra of HCN, C2N2 and CH3CN."
J Quant Spectrosc Rad Trans,
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Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1981. "Vibrational Disequilibrium in Low Pressure Clouds."
Astrophys J,
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Donn, B., J. Hecht, R. Khanna, et al. 1981. "The Formation of Cosmic Dust Grains: An Experimental and Theoretical Study."
Surface Science,
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Nuth, J. A. 1979. "Vacuum Ultraviolet Chemiluminescence in the Flash Photolysis of Carbon Suboxide."
J Photochem,
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Seery, B., B. Barbee, J. Nuth, et al. 2015. "Investigations of short warning time response options for hazardous near-Earth objects."
2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference
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Nuth, J. A., L. Becker, R. J. Poreda, and F. T. Ferguson. 2006. "Trapping Noble Gases in Fullerenes."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 41, Supplement, Proceedings of 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held August 6-11, 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland, p5154
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Nuth, J. A., F. T. Ferguson, and N. M. Johnson. 2004. "Thermogravimetric Measurement of the Vapor Pressure of Silicon Monoxide from 1300K to 1773K Using an Alumina Effusion Cell."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 39, Supplement Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, August 2-6, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, abstract no5177
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Reitmeijer, F., and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "Experimental astromineralogy: Circumstellar ferromagnesio-silica dust in analogs and natural samples."
J. A. COSPAR Colloquia Series
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Johnson, N. M., F. T. Ferguson, and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "Measurements of Nickel Vapor Pressure at High Temperature."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 38, Supplement, abstract no5189
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Nuth, J. A., F. Reitmeijer, S. L. Hallenbeck, P. A. Withey, and F. T. Ferguson. 2000. "Nucleation, Growth, Annealing and Coagulation of Refractory Oxides and Metals: Recent Experimental Progress and Applications to Astrophysical Systems."
Thermal Emission Spectroscopy and Analysisof Dust, Disks, and Regoliths
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Nuth, J. A., S. L. Hallenbeck, and F. Reitmeijer. 1999. ""Interstellar and Interplanetary Grains: Recent Developments and New Opportunities for Experimental Chemistry."
Chap.7 in "LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE RESEARCH"
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Nuth, J. A. 1996. "Grain Formation and Metamorphism."
Invited Chapter in International School of Space Chemistry: The Cosmic Dust Connection
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Nuth, J. A. 1988. "Astrophysical Implications of Pre-Solar Grains."
Chapter 133 in Meteorites and the Early Solar System
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Nuth, J. A., C. Olinger, D. Garrison, C. Hihenberg, and B. Donn. 1988. "Trapping Ne Ar Kr and Xe in Si2O3 Smokes."
Proc. 18th Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf.
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Refereed
Kimura, Y., K. K. Tanaka, Y. Inatomi, F. T. Ferguson, and J. A. Nuth. 2022. "Inefficient Growth of SiOx Grains: Implications for Circumstellar Outflows."
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Ferguson, F. T., N. M. Johnson, N. Abreu, and J. A. Nuth. 2021. "The Formation of Carbonaceous Material in the Early Solar Nebula: The Role of Metal Dusting."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Nuth, J. A., F. T. Ferguson, W. Homan, L. Decin, and J. A. Paquette. 2020. "Grain Formation around the AGB Star L2 Puppis Based On ALMA Observations."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Nuth, J. A., F. T. Ferguson, H. G. Hill, and N. M. Johnson. 2020. "Did a Complex Carbon Cycle Operate in the Inner Solar System?"
Life
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Dworkin, J. P., L. A. Adelman, T. Ajluni, et al. 2018. "OSIRIS-REx Contamination Control Strategy and Implementation."
Space Science Reviews
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Lauretta, D. S., S. S. Balram-Knutson, E. Beshore, et al. 2017. "OSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu."
Space Science Reviews
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Nuth, J. A., N. M. Johnson, F. T. Ferguson, and A. Carayon. 2016. "Gas/solid carbon branching ratios in surface-mediated reactions and the incorporation of carbonaceous material into planetesimals."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science
51
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Nuth, J. A., N. M. Johnson, F. T. Ferguson, F. J. Rietmeijer, and H. G. Hill. 2016. "Great new insights from failed experiments, unanticipated results and embracing controversial observations."
Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry
76
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Ferguson, F. T., J. A. Nuth, and N. M. Johnson. 2015. "On the Use of Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy and Synthetic Calibration Spectra to Quantify Gas Concentrations in a Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst System."
Applied Spectroscopy
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Dworkin, J. P., L. A. Adelman, T. M. Ajluni, et al. 2015. "OSIRIS-REx IS A PATHFINDER FOR CONTAMINATION CONTROL FOR COST CONTROLLED MISSIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY."
46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015)
1147.pdf
Nuth, J., N. Johnson, and H. Hill. 2014. "CO Self-Shielding as a Mechanism to Make 16O-Enriched Solids in the Solar Nebula."
Challenges
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Richey, C. R., R. E. Kinzer, G. Cataldo, et al. 2013. "Optical Properties of Iron Silicates in the Infrared to Millimeter as a Function of Wavelength and Temperature."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Nuth, J. A., and N. M. Johnson. 2012. "Complex Protostellar Chemistry."
Science
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Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 2012. "Vapor Pressure and Evaporation Coefficient of Silicon Monoxide over a Mixture of Silicon and Silica."
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
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Johnson, N. M., J. E. Elsila, M. Kopstein, and J. A. Nuth. 2012. "Carbon isotopic fractionation in Fischer-Tropsch-type reactions and relevance to meteorite organics."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science
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Rinehart, S. A., D. J. Benford, G. Cataldo, et al. 2011. ""Measuring the Optical Properties of Astrophysical Dust Analogues: Instrumentation and Methods" ."
Applied Optics
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4115-4123
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Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, K. Tsukamoto, and C. Kaito. 2011. "Laboratory annealing experiments of refractory silicate grain analogs using differential scanning calorimetry."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science
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Paquette, J. A., F. T. Ferguson, and J. A. Nuth. 2011. "A Model of Silicate Grain Nucleation and Growth in Circumstellar Outflows."
The Astrophysical Journal
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62
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Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 2010. "The influence of buoyant convection on the nucleation of n-propanol in thermal diffusion cloud chambers."
The Journal of Chemical Physics
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Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, N. M. Johnson, et al. 2010. "Synthesis of stacked-cup carbon nanotubes in a metal free low temperature system."
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters
3
4 - 10
Jones, A. P., and J. A. Nuth. 2010. "Dust destruction in the ISM: a re-evaluation of dust lifetimes."
Astronomy and Astrophysics
530
A44
Abreu, N. M., F. Rietmeijer, and J. A. Nuth. 2010. "Understanding the Mechanisms of Formation of NanoSulfide Compounds from Wild 2: Combined Experimental and Observational Approach."
Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences
46
1082 - 1096
Nuth, J. A., Y. Kimura, C. Lucas, F. Ferguson, and N. M. Johnson. 2010. "The Formation of Graphite Whiskers in the Primitive Solar Nebula."
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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L98
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Curtis, S. A., P. E. Clark, J. R. Marshall, et al. 2010. "Observed Weak Electron Beam Discharge Driven Grain Acceleration/Accretion with Implications for Planet Formation."
Earth, Moon, and Planets, Online First
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Rietmeijer, F., and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "A metastable aluminosilica compound Al2Si2O7 to facilitate aluminum and water transport to the mantle."
Int J Geophys
2009
Article ID 909431
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Barbee, B. W., and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "Asteroid Impact Threats: Advancements in Asteroid Science to Enable Rapid and Effective Deflection Missions."
Journal of Cosmology
2
386-410
Kimura, Y., and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "A Seed of Solar Forsterite and Possible New Evolutional Scenario of Cosmic Silicates."
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
697
L10
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Rietmeijer, F. J., A. Pun, and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "Dust formation and evolution in a Ca-Fe-SiO-H2-O2 vapour phase condensation experiment and astronomical implications."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
396
402
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Barbee, B. W., and J. A. Nuth. 2009. "Asteroid Impact Threats: Advancements in Asteroid Science to Enable Rapid and Effective Deflection Missions."
Journal of Cosmology, Vol 2, p386-410
2
386
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Rietmeijer, F., A. Pun, and J. A. Nuth. 2008. "A Deep Metastable Eutectic Iron-Aluminate."
ChemPhysLett
458
355 – 358
Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 2008. "The vapor pressure of SiO from 1300K to 1800K."
J Chem Engin Data
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2824 - 2832
Nuth, J. A., N. M. Johnson, and S. Manning. 2008. "A Self-Perpetuating Catalyst for the Production of Complex Organic Molecules in Protostellar Nebulae."
Ap J (Lett)
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The Astrophysical Journal
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Nuth, J. A., J. L. Lowrance, and G. R. Carruthers. 2008. "NEOCAM: The Near Earth Object Chemical Analysis Mission."
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Des Marais, D. J., J. A. Nuth, L. J. Allamandola, et al. 2008. "The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap."
Astrobiology
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Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, S. Chakraborty, and M. Thiemens. 2007. "Non-Mass-Dependent Oxygen Isotopic Fractionation in Smokes Produced in an Electrical Discharge."
MAPS
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1429-1439
Ali, A., and J. A. Nuth. 2007. "The Oxygen Isotope Effect in the Earliest Processed Solids in the Solar System: Is it a Chemical Mass-Independent Process?"
Astron Astrophys
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Rietmeijer, F. J., and J. A. Nuth. 2007. "Laboratory simulation of Mg-rich ferromagnesiosilica dust: The first building blocks of comet dust."
Advances in Space Research
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Lisse, C. M., K. E. Kraemer, J. A. Nuth, A. Li, and D. Joswiak. 2007. "Comparison of the composition of the Tempel 1 ejecta to the dust in Comet C/Hale Bopp 1995 O1 and YSO HD 100546."
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Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 42, Issue 7, p1429-1439
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Ali, A., and J. A. Nuth. 2007. "The oxygen isotope effect in the earliest processed solids in the solar system: Is it a chemical mass-independent process?"
Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The Astrophysical Journal
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Kimura, Y., and J. A. Nuth. 2007. "What is the Driving Force to Form Refractory Oxide Grains? Silicate Spectra Depend on Their Formation Environment."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Hadamcik, E., J. Renard, F. J. Rietmeijer, et al. 2007. "Light scattering by fluffy Mg Fe SiO and C mixtures as cometary analogs (PROGRA2 experiment)."
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The Astrophysical Journal
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Kimura, J. A. Nuth, and F. T. Ferguson. 2006. "Formation of TiC-core graphitic-mantle grains from CO gas."
Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences
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Ferguson, F. T., K. Gardner, and J. A. Nuth. 2006. "The vapor pressure of palladium from 1473K to 1973K."
J Chem Engin Data
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Rietmeijer, F., J. A. Nuth, P. Rochette, A. Pun, and J. M. Karner. 2006. "Deep Metastable Eutectic Condensation in Al-Fe-SiO-O2-H2 Vapors: Implications for Natural Fe-Aluminosilicates."
Am Min
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Martinez, D., F. T. Ferguson, R. H. Heist, and J. A. Nuth. 2006. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor-Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: VI The Condensation of Sodium."
J Chem Phys
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Nuth, J. A., and N. M. Johnson. 2006. "Crystalline silicates in comets: How did they form?"
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Nuth, J. A., G. M. Wilkinson, N. M. Johnson, and M. Dwyer. 2006. "A Mechanism for the Equilibrium Growth of Mineral Crystals in AGB Stars and Red Giants on 105 yr Timescales."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, and F. T. Ferguson. 2006. "Formation of TiC core-graphitic mantle grains from CO gas."
Meteoritics, vol 41, Issue 5, p673-680
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Nuth, J. A., and F. T. Ferguson. 2006. "Silicates Do Nucleate in Oxygen-rich Circumstellar Outflows: New Vapor Pressure Data for SiO."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Chizmadia, L. J., and J. A. Nuth. 2006. "Kinetics of Phyllosilicate Formation in Hydrated Magnesiosilicate Smokes."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 41, Supplement, Proceedings of 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held August 6-11, 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland, p5166
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Kimura, Y., and J. A. Nuth. 2006. "Variety of Refractory Oxide Grains Depend on Formation Environments."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 41, Supplement, Proceedings of 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held August 6-11, 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland, p5122
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Grady, C. A., B. Woodgate, S. R. Heap, et al. 2005. "Resolving the Inner Cavity of the HD 100546 Disk: A Candidate Young Planetary System?"
The Astrophysical Journal
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Kimura, Y., J. A. Nuth, and F. T. Ferguson. 2005. "Is the 21 Micron Feature Observed in Some Post-AGB Stars Caused by the Interaction between Ti Atoms and Fullerenes?"
The Astrophysical Journal
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Johnson, N. M., M. Martin, J. P. Dworkin, and J. A. Nuth. 2005. "Synthesizing Organics Using Amorphous Mg- and Fe- Silicate Grains."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 40, Supplement, Proceedings of 68th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held September 12-16, 2005 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, p5242
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Nuth, J. A., and N. M. Johnson. 2005. "A New Paradigm for Organic Chemistry in Nebulae: Protostars as Chemical Factories."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 40, Supplement, Proceedings of 68th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held September 12-16, 2005 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, p5065
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Kimura, Y., and J. A. Nuth. 2005. "Laboratory Synthesized Calcium Oxide and Calcium Hydroxide Grains: A Candidate to Explain the 68 μm Band."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Ferguson, F. T., J. A. Nuth, and N. M. Johnson. 2004. "Thermogravimetric Measurement of the Iron Vapor Pressure from 1575K to 1975K."
J Chem Engin Data
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Rietmeijer, F. J., J. A. Nuth, and R. N. Nelson. 2004. "Laboratory hydration of condensed magnesiosilica smokes with implications for hydrated silicates in IDPs and comets."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 39, No 5, p723-746
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Nuth, J. A., and H. G. Hill. 2004. "Planetary accretion, oxygen isotopes, and the central limit theorem."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 39, No 12, p1957-1965
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Michael, B. P., J. A. Nuth, and L. U. Lilleleht. 2003. "Zinc Crystal Growth in Microgravity."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Johnson, N. M., G. D. Cody, and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "Fischer-Tropsch Type Synthesis of Organics Using Iron-Silicate Grains."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 38, Supplement, abstract no5124
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Hill, H. G., I. Gilmour, V. K. Pearson, and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "Did Organic Compounds in the Tagish Lake Meteorite Form Via Catalytic Processes in the Solar Nebula and Within Parent Bodies?"
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 38, Supplement, abstract no5038
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Hill, H. G., and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "The Catalytic Potential of Cosmic Dust: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry in the Solar Nebula and Other Protoplanetary Systems."
Astrobiology
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Nuth, J. A., G. M. Wilkinson, and N. Johnson. 2003. "Radiation Pressure, Long-Term Stability and the Growth of Large Silicon Carbide Crystals."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 38, Supplement, abstract no5242
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Rietmeijer, F. F., J. A. Nuth, J. M. Karner, and S. L. Hallenbeck. 2002. "Gas-to-Solid Condensation in a Mg-SiO-H2-O2 Vapor: Metastable Eutectics in the MgO – SiO2 Phase Diagram."
J Chem Phys
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Rietmeijer, F. J., S. L. Hallenbeck, J. A. Nuth, and J. M. Karner. 2002. "Amorphous Magnesiosilicate Smokes Annealed in Vacuum: The Evolution of Magnesium Silicates in Circumstellar and Cometary Dust."
Icarus
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Nuth, J. A., F. J. Rietmeijer, and H. G. Hill. 2002. "Condensation processes in astrophysical environments: The composition and structure of cometary grains."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 37, no 11, pp 1579-1590 (2002)
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Nuth, J. A., and B. P. Michael. 2002. "Experimental Determination of the Vapor-to-Crystal Condensation Efficiency for Zinc Metal."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 37, Supplement, pA111
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Hoffman, E. J., C. A. Denalli, H. G. Hill, and J. A. Nuth. 2002. "Aqueous Alteration of Circumstellar Silicate Dust Analogs: Crystallization of Mineral Products."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 37, Supplement, pA64
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Paquette, J. A., and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "The Lack of Chemical Equilibrium Does Not Preclude the Use of Classical Nucleation Theory in Circumstellar Outflows."
Astrophysical Journal (Letters)
737
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Hill, H. G., C. A. Grady, J. A. Nuth, S. L. Hallenbeck, and M. L. Sitko. 2001. "Constraints on Nebular Dynamics Based on Observations of Annealed Magnesium Silicate Grains in Comets and in Disks Around Herbig Ae and Be Stars."
Proc Natl Acad Sci
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Ferguson, F. T., R. H. Heist, and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "The Effect of Carrier Gas Pressure and Wall Heating on the Operation of the Thermal Diffusion Cloud Chamber."
J Chem Phys
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Martinez, D. M., F. T. Ferguson, R. H. Heist, and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "Application of Scaled Nucleation Theory to Metallic Vapor Condensation."
J Chem Phys
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Nuth, J. A., and F. J. Rietmeijer. 2001. "Condensation Processes in Astrophysical Environments: The Composition and Structure of Cometary Grains."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 36, Supplement, pA151
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Hill, H. G., and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "Catalytic Studies on Nebular Dust Analogs: Successful Production of Ammonia Via a Haber-Bosch Type Synthesis."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 36, Supplement, pA81
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Hoffman, E. J., H. G. Hill, and J. A. Nuth. 2001. "Mössbauer Spectra of Circumstellar Silicate Dust Analogues Hydrated During Use as a Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 36, Supplement, pA81
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Nuth, J. A. 2001. "How Were the Comets Made?"
American Scientist, vol 89, Issue 3, p228
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Ferrante, R., M. H. Moore, J. A. Nuth, and T. Smith. 2000. "Formation of Carbon Compounds by Catalytic Conversion of CO on Laboratory Grain Analogs Containing Iron."
Icarus
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297-300
Nuth, J. A., S. L. Hallenbeck. 2000. "Laboratory Studies of Silicate Smokes: Analog Studies of Circumstellar Materials."
J Geophys Res- Space Physics
105
10387-10396
Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor-Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: V The Condensation of Lithium."
J Chem Phys
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Nuth, J. A., and G. Kletetschka. 2000. "Determining the Ages of Comets from the Fraction of Crystalline Dust."
Nature
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Ferguson, F. T., R. H. Heist, and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Vapor Transport Within the Thermal Diffusion Cloud Chamber."
J Chem Phys
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Rietmeijer, F. J., and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Metastable Eutectic Equilibrium Brought Down to Earth."
EOS 81
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Rietmeijer, F. J., J. A. Nuth, M. Jablonska, and J. M. Karner. 2000. "Metastable Eutectic Equilibrium in Natural Environments: Recent Developments and Research Opportunities."
Research Trends in Geochemistry
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Rietmeijer, F. J., and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Collected Extraterrestrial Materials: Constraints on Meteor and Fireball Compositions."
Earth, Moon, and Planets, v 82/83, p 325-350 (1998)
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Nuth, J. A., S. L. Hallenbeck, and F. J. Rietmeijer. 2000. "Laboratory studies of silicate smokes: Analog studies of circumstellar materials."
Journal of Geophysical Research
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Ferrante, R. F., M. H. Moore, J. A. Nuth, and T. Smith. 2000. "NOTE: Laboratory Studies of Catalysis of CO to Organics on Grain Analogs."
Icarus
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Hallenbeck, S. L., J. A. Nuth, and R. N. Nelson. 2000. "Evolving Optical Properties of Annealing Silicate Grains: From Amorphous Condensate to Crystalline Mineral."
The Astrophysical Journal
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Nuth, J. A., H. G. Hill, and G. Kletetschka. 2000. "Determining the ages of comets from the fraction of crystalline dust."
Nature
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Nuth, J. A., and L. R. Nittler. 2000. "Planetary Accretion, Oxygen Isotopes, and the Central Limit Theorem."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 35, Supplement, pA121
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Hill, H. G., and J. A. Nuth. 2000. "Nebular Hydrocarbon Synthesis in the Laboratory: The Catalytic Potential of Synthetic Silicate Dust."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 35, Supplement, pA73
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Reitmeijer, F. M., J. M. Karner, J. A. Nuth, and P. J. Wasilewski. 1999. "Nanoscale Phase Equilibrium in a Triggered Lightning Strike Experiment."
European Journal of Mineralogy
11
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Ferguson, F. T., and J. A. Nuth. 1999. "The Influence of Buoyant Convection on the Operation of the Upward Thermal Diffusion Cloud Nucleation Chamber."
J Chem Phys 111 8013 - 8021
Nuth, J. A., and P. A. Withey. 1999. "Formation of Single-Domain Iron Particles via Vapor-Phase Nucleation: Implications for the Solar Nebula."
Icarus 139
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Rietmeijer, F. J., J. A. Nuth, and J. M. Karner. 1999. "Metastable Eutectic, Gas-to-Solid Condensation in the FeO – Fe2O3 – SiO2 System."
Phys Chem Chem Phys
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Rietmeijer, F. J., J. A. Nuth, and J. M. Karner. 1999. "Metastable Eutectic Condensation in a Mg-Fe-SiO-H2-O2 Vapor: Analogs to Circumstellar Dust."
Astrophys J
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Hallenbeck, S., and J. A. Nuth. 1998. "Infrared Observations of the Transition from Chaotic to Crystalline Silicates via Thermal Annealing in the Laboratory."
Astrophys Space Sci
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Hallenbeck, S. L., J. A. Nuth, and P. L Daukantas. 1998. "Mid-Infrared Spectral Evolution of Magnesium Silicate Smokes Annealed in Vacuum: Comparison to Cometary Spectra."
Icarus
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Michael, B. P., J. A. Nuth, L. U. Lilleleht, et al. 1998. "A Nucleation Experiment in Low Gravity Conditions: Monitoring and Collection of Mg and Zn Particles."
Adv Space Res
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Kraus, G. F., J. A. Nuth, and R. N. Nelson. 1997. "Is SiS2 the Carrier of the Unidentified 21 Micron Emission Feature?"
Astron Astrophys
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Glinski, R. J., S. A. Schulz, and J. A. Nuth. 1997. "Non-Boltzmann Vibrational Distributions in Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules and Ions."
Mon Not Roy Astr Soc
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Glinski, R. J., and J. Nuth. 1997. "Can the Red Rectangle Molecular Emission Bands Be Assigned to C3 ?"
Astrophys Space Sci
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Ferguson, F. T., J. A. Nuth, and L. U. Lilleleht. 1996. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds IV The Condensation of Magnesium."
J Chem Phys
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Moore, M. H., R. F. Ferrante, and J. A. Nuth. 1996. "Infrared Spectra of Proton Irradiated Ices Containing Methanol."
Plan Space Sci
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Glinski, R. J., J. A. Nuth, M. D. Reese, and M. L. Sitko. 1996. "Observation of the Spin-Forbidden Cameron Bands of CO in the UV Emission Spectrum of the Red Rectangle."
Ap J (Lett)
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Nuth, J. A., and G. M. Wilkinson. 1995. "Magnetically Enhanced Coagulation of Very Small Iron Grains: A Correction to the Enhancement Factor due to Dipole-Dipole Interactions."
Icarus
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431-434
Glinski, R. J., and J. Nuth. 1995. "A Molecule of the Form CH2X May Be Responsible for Many of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Discussion of Thioformaldehyde."
PASP
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453-461
Nuth, J. A., O. Berg, J. Faris, and P. Wasilewski. 1994. "Magnetically Enhanced Coagulation of Very Small Iron Grains."
Icarus
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155-163
Moore, M. H., R. F. Ferrante, R. L. Hudson, J. A. Nuth, and B. Donn. 1994. "Infrared Spectra of Crystalline Phase Ices Condensed on Silicate Smokes at T<20K."
ApJ Letters
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Nuth, J. A., and F. T. Ferguson. 1993. "Nucleation of Solids from the Gas Phase."
Ceramic Transactions
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Ferguson, F., L. Lilleleht, J. Nuth, and J. Stephens. 1993. "Microgravity Nucleation of Refractory Materials: Modeling of Transport Processes in the Nucleation Chamber."
Chem Engin Comm
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Nichols, R. H., J. Nuth, C. M. Hohenberg, C. T. Olinger, and M. H. Moore. 1992. "Trapping of Noble Gases in Proton-Irradiated Silicate Smokes."
Meteoritics
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Nuth, J. A., and J. E. Allen. 1992. "Supernovae as Sources of Interstellar Diamond."
Astrophys Space Sci 196
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Nuth, J. A., M. H. Moore, T. Tanabé, and G. Kraus. 1992. "The SiH Vibrational Fundamental as an Indicator of the Oxidation State of Silicon is in an Asteroidal or Cometary Regolith."
Icarus
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Rietmeijer, F., and J. A. Nuth. 1991. "Tridymite and Maghemite Formation in an Fe-SiO Smoke."
Proc 21st Lun Plan Sci Conf (LPI Houston)
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Moore, M. H., T. Tanabé, and J. Nuth. 1991. "The SiH Vibrational Stretch as an Indicator of the Chemical State of Interstellar Grains."
Ap J (Lett)
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Stencel, R. E., J. Nuth, I. Little-Marenin, and S. Marenin. 1990. "The Formation and Annealing of Circumstellar Dust as Gauged by IRAS Low Resolution Spectra and Microwave Maser Chronology."
Ap J (Lett)
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Nuth, J. A. 1990. "Processes Affecting the Composition and Structure of Silicate Grains in Cometary Nuclei."
Earth, Moon and Planets
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Nuth, J. A., and J. Hecht. 1990. "Signatures of Aging Silicate Dust."
Astrophys Space Sci
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Wdowiak, T., B. Donn, J. A. Nuth, E. Chappelle, and M. H. Moore. 1989. "Laboratory Experiments on Carbonaceous Material as a Source for the Red Rectangle Visual Emissions."
Astrophysical Journal
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Wdowiak, T., B. Donn, J. Nuth, E. Chappelle, and M. Moore. 1989. "Laboratory Experiments Suggesting a Fluorescent Source for the Red Rectangle Visual Emission."
Astrophys J
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Nelson, R., M. Thiemens, J. Nuth, and B. Donn. 1989. "Oxygen Isotopic Fractionation in the Condensation of Refractory Smokes."
Proc 19th Lun Plan Sci Conf (LPI
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Nuth, J. A., and M. H. Moore. 1989. "Proton Irradiation of SiH4-Fe(CO) 5-H2O Ices: Production of Refractory Silicates and Implications for the Solar Nebula."
Proc 19th Lun Plan Sci Conf (LPI
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Petuchowkski, S. J., E. Dwek, J. E. Allen Jr, and J. Nuth. 1989. "CO Formation in the Metal-Rich Ejecta of SN 1987A."
Ap J (Lett) 342
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Hale, B., P. Kemper, and J. Nuth. 1989. "Analysis of Experimental Nucleation Data for Silver and SiO using Scaled Nucleation Theory."
J Chem Phys 91
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Nuth, J. A., R. N. Nelson, M. H. Moore, and B. Donn. 1988. "Experimental Studies of Circumstellar, Interstellar and Interplanetary Refractory Grains Analogs."
Kluwer Acad. Pub
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Nuth, J. A., and M. H. Moore. 1988. "SiH and the Unidentified 46 Micron Feature."
Ap J (Lett)
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Nuth, J. A. 1987. "Are Small Diamonds Thermodynamically Stable in the Interstellar Medium."
Astrophys Space Sci
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Nelson, R. N., J. A. Nuth, and B. Donn. 1987. "A Kinetic Study of the Hydrous Alteration of Amorphous MgSiO Smokes: Implications for Cometary Particles and Chondrite Matrix."
Proc 17th Lun Plan Sci Conf J Geophys Res
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Muchmore, D. O., J. Nuth, and R. E. Stencel. 1987. "SiO Cooling Instability in the Envelopes of Cool Giant Stars."
Astrophys J (Lett)
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Nuth, J. A. 1987. "Small Particle Physics and Interstellar Diamonds."
Nature
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Rietmeijer, F., J. A. Nuth, and I. Mackinnon. 1986. "Analytical Electron Microscopy of Mg-SiO Smokes: A Comparison with Infrared and XRD Studies."
Icarus
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Nuth, J. A., B. Donn, R. deSeife, A. Donn, and R. N. Nelson. 1986. "Hydrous Alteration of Amorphous Silicate Smokes: First Results."
Proc 16th Lun Plan Sci Conf in J Geophys Res
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Nuth, J. A., K. Donnelly, B. Donn, and L. Lilleleht. 1986. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: III The Condensation of Silver."
J Chem Phys
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Nuth, J. A., B. Donn, and R. N. Nelson. 1986. "Refractory Grain Processing in Circumstellar Shells: Diagnostic Infrared Signatures."
Astrophys J (Letters)
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Nuth, J. A. 1986. "An Analysis of Refractory Silicate Nucleation via the Theory of the Physical Spinodal."
J Chem Phys
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Nuth, J. 1985. "Meteoritic Evidence that Graphitic Carbon is Rare in the ISM:."
Nature
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Nuth, J. A., S. H. Moseley, R. F. Silverberg, and W. J. Moore. 1985. "Laboratory Infrared Spectra of Predicted Condensates in Carbon-rich Stars and the Unidentified 30 Micron Feature."
Astrophys J (Letters)
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Donn, B., and J. Nuth. 1985. "Does Nucleation Theory Apply to the Formation of Refractory Circumstellar Grains?"
Astrophys J
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Nuth, J. A., J. Allen, and M. Wiant. 1985. "The Effects of Multiquantum Transitions on Molecular Populations in Grain-Forming Circumstellar Environments."
Astrophys. J.
293
(463):
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1984. "Thermal Metamorphism of Si2O3 (A Circumstellar Dust Analog)."
J Geophys Res Red Supplement
89
B657.
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1984. "On A Vibronic Origin for the Diffuse Band Spectrum: Reply to the Comments of Duley."
Astrophys Space Sci
103
353
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1983. "On a Vibronic Origin for the Diffuse Band Spectrum."
Astrophys Space Sci
95
209
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1983. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: II The Condensation of an Amorphous Magnesium Silicate."
J Chem Phys
78
1618
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1983. "Laboratory Studies of the Condensation and Properties of Amorphous Silicate Smokes."
J Geophys Res Red Supplement
88
A847
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1983. "A Note on the Composition and Structure of Interstellar Grains."
Astrophys Space Sci
95
175
Hecht, J., and J. Nuth. 1982. "Experiments and Calculations on the Extinction of Starlight by Small Iron and Magnetite Grains."
Astrophys J
258
878
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1982. "Laboratory Measurements of Amorphous Silicate Smokes and the Infrared Spectra of Oxygen Rich Stars."
Astrophys J (Lett)
257
L103
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1982. "Experimental Studies of the Vapor Phase Nucleation of Refractory Compounds: I The Condensation of SiO."
J Chem Phys
77
2639
Nuth, J., and S. Glicker. 1982. "The Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectra of HCN, C2N2 and CH3CN."
J Quant Spectrosc Rad Trans
28
223
Nuth, J. A., and B. Donn. 1981. "Vibrational Disequilibrium in Low Pressure Clouds."
Astrophys J
247
925
Donn, B., J. Hecht, R. Khanna, et al. 1981. "The Formation of Cosmic Dust Grains: An Experimental and Theoretical Study."
Surface Science
106
576
Nuth, J. A. 1979. "Vacuum Ultraviolet Chemiluminescence in the Flash Photolysis of Carbon Suboxide."
J Photochem
11
121
Non-Refereed
Seery, B., B. Barbee, J. Nuth, et al. 2015. "Investigations of short warning time response options for hazardous near-Earth objects."
2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference
1-12
[10.1109/aero.2015.7118960]
Nuth, J. A., L. Becker, R. J. Poreda, and F. T. Ferguson. 2006. "Trapping Noble Gases in Fullerenes."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol 41, Supplement, Proceedings of 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held August 6-11, 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland, p5154
41
5154
[Full Text (Link)]
Nuth, J. A., F. T. Ferguson, and N. M. Johnson. 2004. "Thermogravimetric Measurement of the Vapor Pressure of Silicon Monoxide from 1300K to 1773K Using an Alumina Effusion Cell."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 39, Supplement Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, August 2-6, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, abstract no5177
39
5177
[Full Text (Link)]
Reitmeijer, F., and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "Experimental astromineralogy: Circumstellar ferromagnesio-silica dust in analogs and natural samples."
J. A. COSPAR Colloquia Series
15
333-342
Johnson, N. M., F. T. Ferguson, and J. A. Nuth. 2003. "Measurements of Nickel Vapor Pressure at High Temperature."
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol 38, Supplement, abstract no5189
38
5189
[Full Text (Link)]
Nuth, J. A., F. Reitmeijer, S. L. Hallenbeck, P. A. Withey, and F. T. Ferguson. 2000. "Nucleation, Growth, Annealing and Coagulation of Refractory Oxides and Metals: Recent Experimental Progress and Applications to Astrophysical Systems."
Thermal Emission Spectroscopy and Analysisof Dust, Disks, and Regoliths
196
313-332
Nuth, J. A., S. L. Hallenbeck, and F. Reitmeijer. 1999. ""Interstellar and Interplanetary Grains: Recent Developments and New Opportunities for Experimental Chemistry."
Chap.7 in "LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE RESEARCH"
236
143-182
Nuth, J. A. 1996. "Grain Formation and Metamorphism."
Invited Chapter in International School of Space Chemistry: The Cosmic Dust Connection
205-221
Nuth, J. A. 1988. "Astrophysical Implications of Pre-Solar Grains."
Chapter 133 in Meteorites and the Early Solar System
984
Nuth, J. A., C. Olinger, D. Garrison, C. Hihenberg, and B. Donn. 1988. "Trapping Ne Ar Kr and Xe in Si2O3 Smokes."
Proc. 18th Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf.
631-635
