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2024
De Gregorio B., Cody G., Stroud R., Kilcoyne A. L., Sandford S., Guillou C. L., Nittler L., Barosch J., Yabuta H., Martins Z., Kebukawa Y., Okumura T., Hashiguchi M., Yamashita S., Takeichi Y., Takahashi Y., Wakabayashi D., Engrand C., Bejach L., Bonal L., Quirico E., Remusat L., Duprat J., Verdier-Paoletti M., Mostefaoui S., Komatsu M., Mathurin J., Dazzi A., Deniset-Besseau A., Dartois E., Tamenori Y., Suga H., Montagnac G., Kamide K., Shigenaka M., Matsumoto M., Enokido Y., Yoshikawa M., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Nakazawa S., Usui T., Abe M., Okada T., Yada T., Nishimura M., Nakato A., Miyazaki A., Yogata K., Yurimoto H., Nakamura T., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Naraoka H., Sakamoto K., Tachibana S., Watanabe S.-i., and Tsuda Y. (2024) Variations of organic functional chemistry in carbonaceous matter from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Nature Communications 15, 7488 (2024).
Torrano Z. A., Jordan M. K., Mock T. D., Carlson R. W., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Yokoyama T., Abe Y., Aléon J., Alexander C., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K.-i., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Chaussidon M., Choi B.-G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Di Rocco T., Fujiya W., Fukai R., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Ichida K., Iizuka T., Ireland T., Ishikawa A., Itoh S., Kawasaki N., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot A. N., Liu M.-C., Masuda Y., McKeegan K. D., Morita M., Motomura K., Moynier F., Nakai I., Nagashima K., Nguyen A., Nittler L., Onose M., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S., Sakamoto N., Schönbächler M., Tafla L., Tang H., Terada K., Terada Y., Usui T., Wada S., Wadhwa M., Walker R. J., Yamashita K., Yin Q.-Z., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Yui H., Zhang A.-C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S.-i., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2024) Neodymium-142 deficits and samarium neutron stratigraphy of C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 59, 1966-1982, https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14109.
Rojas J., Duprat J., Dartois E., Wu T.-D., Engrand C., Nittler L. R., Bardin N., Delauche L., Mostefaoui S., Rémusat L., Stroud R. M., and Guérin B. (2024) The isotopic composition of ultra-carbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorites organics, a probe for the outer solar system objects. Nature Astronomy, accepted.
Marty B., Bermingham K. R., Nittler L. R., and Raymond S. N. (2024) Clues for solar system formation from meteorites and their parent bodies. In Comets III (ed. K. Meech, M. R. Combi, D. B.-M. S. N. Raymond, and M. Zolensky), in press. University of Arizona Press.
Yui H., Urashima S.-h., Onose M., Morita M., Komatani S., Nakai I., Abe Y., Terada Y., Homma H., Motomura K., Ichida K., Yokoyama T., Nagashima K., Aléon J., Alexander C.M. O’D., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K.-i., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B.-G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Fujiya W., Fukai R., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Iizuka T., Ireland T. R., Ishikawa A., Itoh S., Kawasaki N., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Krot S., Liu M.-C., Masuda Y., Moynier F., Nguyen A., Nittler L., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Di Rocco T., Russell S. S., Sakamoto N., Schönbächler M., Tafla L., Tang H., Terada K., Usui T., Wada S., Wadhwa M., Walker R. J., Yamashita K., Yin Q.-Z., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Zhang A.-C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S.-i., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2024) Pyrrhotites in asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Records of the initial changes on their surfaces with aqueous alteration. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 379, 172-183. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2024.06.016
Komatsu M., Yabuta H., Kebukawa Y., Bonal L., Quirico E., Fagan T. J., Cody G. D., Barosch J., Bejach L., Dartois E., Dazzi A., Gregorio B. D., Deniset-Besseau A., Duprat J., Engrand C., Hashiguchi M., Martins Z., Mathurin J., Montagnac G., Mostefaoui S., Nittler L. R., Ohigashi T., Okumura T., Rémusat L., Sandford S., Stroud R., Suga H., Takahashi Y., Takeichi Y., Tamenori Y., Verdier-Paoletti M., Yamashita S., Yurimoto H., Nakamura T., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Naraoka H., Sakamoto K., Yoshikawa M., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Nakazawa S., Usui T., Abe M., Okada T., Yada T., Nishimura M., Nakato A., Miyazaki A., Yogata K., Tachibana S., Watanabe S.-i., and Tsuda Y. (2024) Raman spectroscopy of Ryugu particles and their extracted residues: Fluorescence background characteristics and similarities to CI chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 2166-2185 https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14234.
Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Nagashima K., Kawasaki N., Sakamoto N., Fujiya W., Abe Y., Aléon J., Alexander C. M. O. D., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K.-i., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B.-G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Di Rocco T., Fukai R., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Ichida K., Iizuka T., Ireland T. R., Ishikawa A., Itoh S., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot A. N., Liu M.-C., Masuda Y., McKeegan K. D., Morita M., Motomura K., Moynier F., Nakai I., Nguyen A., Nittler L., Onose M., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S. S., Schönbächler M., Tafla L., Tang H., Terada K., Terada Y., Usui T., Wada S., Wadhwa M., Walker R. J., Yamashita K., Yin Q.-Z., Yokoyama T., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Yui H., Zhang A.-C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S.-i., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2024) Disequilibrium oxygen isotope distribution among aqueously altered minerals in Ryugu asteroid returned samples. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 2097-2116, https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14163.
Nittler L. R., Barosch J., Burgess K., Stroud R. M., Wang J., Yabuta H., Enokido Y., Matsumoto M., Nakamura T., Kebukawa Y., Yamashita S., Takahashi Y., Bejach L., Bonal L., Cody G. D., Dartois E., Dazzi A., Gregorio B. D., Deniset-Besseau A., Duprat J., Engrand C., Hashiguchi M., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Komatsu M., Martins Z., Mathurin J., Montagnac G., Mostefaoui S., Okumura T., Quirico E., Remusat L., Sandford S., Shigenaka M., Suga H., Takeichi Y., Tamenori Y., Verdier-Paoletti M., Wakabayashi D., Abe M., Kamide K., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nakazawa S., Nishimura M., Okada T., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Usui T., Yada T., Yogata K., Yoshikawa M., Yurimoto H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Naraoka H., Sakamoto K., Tachibana S., Watanabe S.-i., and Tsuda Y. (2024) Microscale hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen isotopic diversity of organic matter in asteroid Ryugu. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 637, 118719, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118719
Mathurin J., Bejach L., Dartois E., Engrand C., Dazzi A., Deniset-Besseau A., Duprat J., Kebukawa Y., Yabuta H., Bonal L., Quirico E., Sandt C., Borondics F., Barosch J., Beck P., Cody G. D., De Gregorio B. T., Hashiguchi M., Kilcoyne D. A. L., Komatsu M., Martins Z., Matsumoto M., Montagnac G., Mostefaoui S., Nittler L. R., Ohigashi T., Okumura T., Phan V. T. H., Remusat L., Sandford S., Shigenaka M., Stroud R., Suga H., Takahashi Y., Takeichi Y., Tamenori Y., Verdier-Paoletti M., Yamashita S., Nakamura T., Morita T., Kikuiri M., Amano K., Kagawa E., Noguchi T., Naraoka H., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yurimoto H., Abe M., Kamide K., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nakazawa S., Nishimura M., Okada T., Saiki T., Tachibana S., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Usui T., Watanabe S.-i., Yada T., Yogata K., and Yoshikawa M. (2024) AFM-IR nanospectroscopy of nanoglobule-like particles in Ryugu samples returned by the Hayabusa2 mission. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 684, A198. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347435
Stephan T., Trappitsch R., Hoppe P., Davis A. M., Bose M., Boujibar A., Gyngard F., Hynes K. M., Liu N., Nittler L. R., and Ogliore R. C. (2024) The presolar grain database. I. Silicon carbide. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 270, 27, 10.3847/1538-4365/ad1102.
Aléon J., Mostefaoui S., Bureau H., Vangu D., Khodja H., Nagashima K., Kawasaki N., Abe Y., Alexander C. M. O'D., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B.-G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Di Rocco T., Fujiya W., Fukai R., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Ichida K., Iizuka T., Ireland T. R., Ishikawa A., Itoh S., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot A. N., Liu M.-C., Masuda Y., Morita M., Motomura K., Moynier F., Nakai I., Nguyen A., Nittler L. R., Onose M., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S. S., Sakamoto N., Schönbächler M., Tafla L., Tang H., Terada K., Terada Y., Usui T., Wada S., Wadhwa M., Walker R. J., Yamashita K., Yin Q.-Z., Yokoyama T., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Yui H., Zhang A.-C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2024) Hydrogen in magnetite from asteroid Ryugu. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 59, 2058-2072, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14139.
Stroud R. M., Barosch J., Bonal L., Burgess K., Cody G. D., Gregorio B. T. D., Daly L., Dartois E., Dobrică E., Duprat J., Engrand C., Harries D., Hashiguchi M., Ishii H., Kebukawa Y., Kilcoyne† A. D., Langenhorst F., Lee M. R., Nittler L. R., Quirico E., Remusat T. O. L., Sandford S., Yabuta H., Abe M., Abreu N. M., Bagot P. A. J., Beck P., Bejach L., Bland P. A., Bridges J. C., Cymes B. A., Dazzi A., Peña F. d. l., Deniset-Besseau A., Enju S., Enokido Y., Frank D. R., Gray J., Haruta M., Hata S., Hicks L., Igami Y., Jacob D., Kamide K., Komatsu M., Laforet S., Leroux H., Guillou C. L., Martins Z., Marinova M., Martinez J., Mathurin J., Matsumoto M., Matsumoto T., Matsuno J., McFadzean S., Michikami T., Mitsukawa I., Miyake A., Miyahara M., Miyazaki A., Montagnac G., Mostefaoui S., Nakamura T., Nakato A., Naraoka H., Nakauchi Y., Nakazawa S., Nishimura M., Noguchi T., Ohtaki K., Ohigashi T., Okada T., Okumura S., Okazaki R., Phan T. H. V., Rebois R., Sakamoto K., Saiki T., Saito H., Seto Y., Shigenaka M., Smith W., Suga H., Sun M., Tachibana S., Takahashi Y., Takeichi Y., Takeuchi A., Takigawa A., Tamenori Y., Tanaka S., Terui F., Thompson M. S., Tomioka N., Tsuchiyama A., Tsuda Y., Uesugi K., Uesugi M., Usui T., Verdier-Paoletti M., Wakabayashi D., Watanabe S.-i., Yada T., Yamashita S., Yasutake M., Yogata K., Yoshikawa M., Yurimoto H., Zanetta P.-M., Zega T., and Zolensky M. E. (2024) Electron microscopy observations of the diversity of Ryugu organic matter and its relationship to minerals at the micro-to-nanoscale. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 59, 2023-2043, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14128.
Nakanishi N., Yokoyama T., Ishikawa A., Walker R. J., Abe Y., Aléon J., Alexander C. M. O'D., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K. I., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B. G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Rocco T. D., Fujiya W., Fukai R., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Ichida K., Iizuka T., Ireland T. R., Itoh S., Kawasaki N., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot A. N., Liu M. C., Masuda Y., Morita M., Motomura K., Moynier F., Nakai I., Nagashima K., Nguyen A., Nittler L., Onose M., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S. S., Sakamoto N., Schönbächler M., Tafla L., Tang H., Terada K., Terada Y., Usui T., Wada S., Wadhwa M., Yamashita K., Yin Q. Z., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Yui H., Zhang A. C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S. I., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2023) Nucleosynthetic s-process depletion in Mo from Ryugu samples returned by Hayabusa2. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 28, 31-36, DOI: 10.7185/geochemlet.2341.
Liu N., Alexander C. M. O'D., Meyer B. S., Nittler L. R., Wang J., and Stroud R. M. (2024) Explosive nucleosynthesis in core-collapse Type II supernovae: Insights from new C, N, Si, and Al-Mg isotopic compositions of presolar grains. Astrophysical Journal Letters,961, L22 arxiv.org/abs/2312.05347 DOI 10.3847/2041-8213/ad18c7
2023
Quirico E., Bonal L., Kebukawa Y., Amano K., Yabuta H., Phan V. T. H., Beck P., Rémusat L., Dartois E., Engrand C., Martins Z., Bejach L., Dazzi A., Deniset-Besseau A., Duprat J., Mathurin J., Montagnac G., Barosch J., Cody G. D., De Gregorio B., Enokido Y., Hashiguchi M., Kamide K., Kilcoyne D., Komatsu M., Matsumoto M., Mostefaoui S., Nittler L., Ohigashi T., Okumura T., Sandford S., Shigenaka M., Stroud R., Suga H., Takahashi Y., Takeichi Y., Tamenori Y., Verdier-Paoletti M., Wakabayashi D., Yamashita S., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Yurimoto H., Sakamoto K., Tachibana S., Watanabe S.-I., Tsuda Y., Yada T., Nishimura M., Nakato A., Miyazaki A., Yogata K., Abe M., Okada T., Usui T., Yoshikawa M., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., and Nakazawa S. (2023) Compositional heterogeneity of insoluble organic matter extracted from asteroid Ryugu samples. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 59, 1907-1924. doi.org/10.1111/maps.14097
Hu Y., Moynier F., Dai W., Paquet M., Yokoyama T., Abe Y., Aléon J., Alexander C. M. O’D., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K.-i., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B.-G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Di Rocco T., Fujiya W., Fukai R., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Ichida K., Iizuka T., Ireland T. R., Ishikawa A., Itoh S., Kawasaki N., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot A. N., Liu M.-C., Masuda Y., Morita M., Motomura K., Nakai I., Nagashima K., Nesvorný D., Nguyen A., Nittler L., Onose M., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S. S., Sakamoto N., Schönbächler M., Tafla L., Tang H., Terada K., Terada Y., Usui T., Wada S., Wadhwa M., Walker R. J., Yamashita K., Yin Q.-Z., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Yui H., Zhang A.-C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S.-i., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2024) Pervasive aqueous alteration in the early Solar System revealed by potassium isotopic variations in Ryugu samples and carbonaceous chondrites. Icarus 409, 115884. DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115884
Bizzarro M., Schiller M., Yokoyama T., Abe Y., Aléon J., Alexander C. M. O’D., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K.-i., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B.-G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Di Rocco T., Fujiya W., Fukai R., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Ichida K., Iizuka T., Ireland T. R., Ishikawa A., Itoh S., Kawasaki N., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot A. N., Liu M.-C., Masuda Y., Morita M., Moynier F., Motomura K., Nakai I., Nagashima K., Nesvorný D., Nguyen A., Nittler L., Onose M., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S. S., Sakamoto N., Schönbächler M., Tafla L., Tang H., Terada K., Terada Y., Usui T., Wada S., Wadhwa M., Walker R. J., Yamashita K., Yin Q.-Z., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Yui H., Zhang A.-C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S.-i., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2023) The magnesium isotope composition of samples returned from asteroid Ryugu. Astrophysical Journal. 958(2), L25. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad09d9
Yokoyama T., Wadhwa M., Iizuka T., Rai V., Gautam I., Hibiya Y., Masuda Y., Haba M. K., Fukai R., Hines R., Phelan N., Abe Y., Aléon J., Alexander C. M. O. D., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K.-i., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B.-G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Di Rocco T., Fujiya W., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Ichida K., Ireland T., Ishikawa A., Itoh S., Kawasaki N., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot A. N., Liu M.-C., McKeegan K. D., Morita M., Motomura K., Moynier F., Nakai I., Nagashima K., Nguyen A., Nittler L., Onose M., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S., Sakamoto N., Schönbächler M., Tafla L., Tang H., Terada K., Terada Y., Usui T., Wada S., Walker R. J., Yamashita K., Yin Q.-Z., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Yui H., Zhang A.-C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S.-i., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2023) Water circulation in Ryugu asteroid affected the distribution of nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in returned sample. Science Advances 9(45), eadi7048. doi:doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi7048
Bonal L., Quirico E., Montagnac G., Komatsu M., Kebukawa Y., Yabuta H., Amano K., Barosch J., Bejach L., Cody G. D., Dartois E., Dazzi A., De Gregorio B., Deniset-Besseau A., Duprat J., Engrand C., Hashiguchi M., Kamide K., Kilcoyne D., Martins Z., Mathurin J., Mostefaoui S., Nittler L., Ohigashi T., Okumura T., Remusat L., Sandford S., Shigenaka M., Stroud R., Suga H., Takahashi Y., Takeichi Y., Tamenori Y., Verdier-Paoletti M., Yamashita S., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Yurimoto H., Tachibana S., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nakazawa S., Nishimura M., Okada T., Saiki T., Sakamoto K., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Usui T., Watanabe S.-i., Yada T., Yogata K., and Yoshikawa M. (2024) The thermal history of Ryugu based on Raman characterization of Hayabusa2 samples. Icarus 408, 115826. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115826
Tang H., Young E. D., Tafla L., Pack A., Di Rocco T., Abe Y., Aléon J., Alexander C. M. O'D., Amari S., Amelin Y., Bajo K.-i., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B.-G., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Fujiya W., Fukai R., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G. R., Ichida K., Iizuka T., Ireland T. R., Ishikawa A., Ito M., Itoh S., Kawasaki N., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot A. N., Liu M.-C., Masuda Y., McKeegan K. D., Morita M., Motomura K., Moynier F., Nagashima K., Nakai I., Nguyen A., Nittler L., Onose M., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S. S., Sakamoto N., Schönbächler M., Terada K., Terada Y., Usui T., Wada S., Wadhwa M., Walker R. J., Yamashita K., Yin Q.-Z., Yokoyama T., Yoneda S., Yui H., Zhang A.-C., Nakamura T., Naraoka H., Noguchi T., Okazaki R., Sakamoto K., Yabuta H., Abe M., Miyazaki A., Nakato A., Nishimura M., Okada T., Yada T., Yogata K., Nakazawa S., Saiki T., Tanaka S., Terui F., Tsuda Y., Watanabe S.-i., Yoshikawa M., Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2023) The Oxygen isotopic composition of samples returned from asteroid Ryugu with implications for the nature of the parent planetesimal. The Planetary Science Journal 4, 144. DOI: doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acea62
Kebukawa Y. +56 co-authors (inc. L. R. Nittler) (2023) Infrared absorption spectra from organic matter in the asteroid Ryugu samples: Some unique properties compared to unheated carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science,59, 1845-1858. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14064
Nguyen A. N. +91 co-authors (inc. L. R. Nittler) (2023) Abundant presolar grains and primordial organics preserved in carbon-rich exogenous clasts in asteroid Ryugu. Science Advances 9(28), eadh1003. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh1003
Fujiya W., +88 co-authors (inc. Larry R. Nittler) (2023) Carbonate record of temporal change in oxygen fugacity and gaseous species in asteroid Ryugu. Nature Geosci. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01226-y
Nittler L. R., Boujibar A., Crapster-Pregont E., Frank E. A., McCoy T. J., McCubbin F. M., Starr R. D., Vorburger A., and Weider S. Z. (2023) Chromium on Mercury: New results from the MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer and implications for the innermost planet’s geochemical evolution. J. Geophys. Res., 128., e2022JE007691. doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007691
Dartois E., +62 co-authors (inc. L. R. Nittler) (2023) Chemical composition of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu from synchrotron spectroscopy in the mid- to far-infrared of Hayabusa2-returned samples. Astronomy & Astrophysics 671, A2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244702
Newcombe M. E., Nielsen S. G., Peterson L. D., Wang J., Alexander C. M. O'D., Sarafian A. R., Shimizu K., Nittler L. R., and Irving A. J. (2023) Degassing of early-formed planetesimals restricted water delivery to Earth. Nature. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05721-5
Yabuta H. + 129 co-authors (inc. L. Nittler) (2023) Macromolecular organic matter in samples of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Science 379, eabn9057.
Singerling S. A., Nittler L. R., Barosch J., Dobrică E., Brearley A. J., and Stroud R. M. (2023) Tracing the history of an unusual compound presolar grain from progenitor star to asteroid parent body host. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 344, 230-243. https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.08228 Free link until March DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.01.015
2022
Paquet M., Moynier F., Yokoyama T., Dai W., Hu Y., et al. (including L. R. Nittler) (2022) Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth's volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis. Nature Astronomy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01846-1
Kawasaki N., Nagashima K., Sakamoto N., Matsumoto T., Bajo K.-i., Wada S., Igami Y., Miyake A., Noguchi T., Yamamoto D., Russell S. S., et al. (including L. R. Nittler) (2022) Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2. Science Advances 8, eade2067. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade2067
Moynier F., Dai W., Yokoyama T., Hu Y., Paquet M., Abe Y., et al. (including L. R. Nittler) (2022) The Solar System calcium isotopic composition inferred from Ryugu samples. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 24, 1-6, DOI: 10.7185/geochemlet.2238
Hopp T., Dauphas N., et al. (including L. R. Nittler) (2022) Ryugu's nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System. Science Advances, in press, eadd8141, DOI:10.1126/sciadv.add8141
Liu N., Stephan T., Cristallo S., Vescovi D., Gallino R., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Davis A. M. (2022) Presolar silicon carbide grains of types Y and Z: their strontium and barium isotopic compositions and stellar origins. The European Physics Journal A, accepted. https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10347
Barosch J., Nittler L. R., Wang J., Dobrică E., Brearley A. J., Hezel D. C., and Alexander C. M. O’D. (2022) Presolar O- and C-anomalous grains in unequilibrated ordinary chondrite matrices. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 335, 169-182, DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2022.08.027
Barosch J., Nittler L. R., Wang J., Alexander C. M. O’D., De Gregorio B. T., Engrand C., Kebukawa Y., Nagashima K., Stroud R. M., Yabuta H., et al. (2022) Presolar Stardust in Asteroid Ryugu. Ap. J. Lett.. 935, L3 (12pp), DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac83bd
Yokoyama T. and 148 co-authors, including L R. Nittler, (2022) Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites. Science 369, abn7850. DOI: 10.1126/science.abn7850
Singerling S. A., Nittler L. R., Barosch J., Dobrică E., Brearley A. J., and Stroud R. M. (2022) TEM analyses of in situ presolar grains from unequilibrated ordinary chondrite LL3.0 Semarkona. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 228, 130-152. DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2022.05.007
Tachibana S. and 110 co-authors (inc. L. R. Nittler) (2022) Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth. Science First Release, eabj8624. DOI:10.1126/science.abj8624
Steele A., Benning L. G., Wirth R., Schreiber A., Arakawa T., McCubbin F. M., Fries M. D., Nittler L. R., Wang J., Conrad P. G., Conley C., Vitale S., O'Brien A. C., Riggi V., and Rogers K. (2022) Organic synthesis associated with serpentinization and carbonation on early Mars. Science 375, 172-177. DOI: 10.1126/science.abg7905
Lindsay S. T., Bunce E. J., Imber S. M., Martindale A., Nittler L. R., and Yeoman T. K. (2022) MESSENGER X-ray observations of electron precipitation on the dayside of Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, e2021JA029675 . DOI:10.1029/2021JA029675
2021
Hystad G., Boujibar A., Liu N., Nittler L. R., and Hazen R. M. (2021) Evaluation of the classification of presolar silicon carbide grains using consensus clustering with resampling methods: an assessment of the confidence of grain assignments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510, 334-350, DOI: doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3478
Liu N., Barosch J., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O’D., Wang J., Cristallo S., Busso M., and Palmerini S. (2021) New multielement isotopic compositions of presolar SiC grains: Implications for their stellar origins. Ap. J. Lett. 920:L26 (15pp) DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac260b
Hall G. P., Martindale A., Bridges J. C., Nittler L. R., and Bunce E. J. (2021) The distribution of peak-ring basins on Mercury and their correlation with the high-Mg/Si terrane. J. Geophys. Res. Plan. 126, e2021JE006839. DOI: 10.1029/2021JE006839
Groopman E. E., Nittler L. R., Willingham D. G., Meshik A. P., and Pravdivtseva O. V. (2021) Long-term retention and chemical fractionation of fission waste Cs and Tc in Oklo natural nuclear reactor fuel. Applied Geochemistry, 105047. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105047
Singerling S. A., Liu N., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O’D., and Stroud R. M. (2021) TEM analyses of unusual presolar silicon carbide: Insights into the range of circumstellar dust condensation conditions. Astrophysical Journal 913, 90 (65 pp).DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abece2
Shimizu K., Alexander C. M. O’D., Hauri E. H., Sarafian A. R., Nittler L. R., Wang J., Jacobsen S. D., and Mendybaev R. A. (2021) Highly volatile element (H, C, F, Cl, S) abundances and H isotopic compositions in chondrules from carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites. Geochimica Cosmochimicha Acta, 301, 230-258, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.03.005
Boujibar A., Howell S., Zhang S., Hystad G., Prabhu A., Liu N., Stephan T., Markar S., Eleish A., Morrison S. M., Hazen R. M., and Nittler L. R. (2021) Cluster analysis of presolar silicon carbide grains: evaluation of their classification and astrophysical implications. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 907, L39 DOI: doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abd102.
Nittler, L. R., Alexander, C. M. O'D., Patzer, A., & Verdier-Paoletti, M. J. (2021). Presolar stardust in highly pristine CM chondrites Asuka 12169 and Asuka 12236. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 56, 260-276, DOI: 10.1111/maps.13618
2020
Bunce E. J., Martindale A., Lindsay S., Muinonen K., Rothery D. A., Pearson J., McDonnell I., Thomas C., Thornhill J., Tikkanen T., Feldman C., Huovelin J., Korpela S., Esko E., Lehtolainen A., Treis J., Majewski P., Hilchenbach M., Väisänen T., Luttinen A., Kohout T., Penttilä A., Bridges J., Joy K. H., Alcacera-Gil M. A., Alibert G., Anand M., Bannister N., Barcelo-Garcia C., Bicknell C., Blake O., Bland P., Butcher G., Cheney A., Christensen U., Crawford T., Crawford I. A., Dennerl K., Dougherty M., Drumm P., Fairbend R., Genzer M., Grande M., Hall G. P., Hodnett R., Houghton P., Imber S., Kallio E., Lara M. L., Margeli A. B., Mas-Hesse J. M., Maurice S., Milan S., Millington-Hotze P., Nenonen S., Nittler L., Okada T., Ormö J., Perez-Mercader J., Poyner R., Robert E., Ross D., Sanz M. P., Schyns E., Seguy J., Strüder L., Vaudon N., Viceira-Martín J., Williams H., Willingale D., and Yeoman T. (2020) The BepiColombo Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer: science goals, instrument performance and operations. Space Science Reviews 216,: 126. DOI: 0.1007/s11214-020-00750-2
Fujimoto Y., Krumholz M. R., Inutsuka S.-i., Boss A. P., and Nittler L. R. (2020) Formation and evolution of the local interstellar environment: combined constraints from nucleosynthetic and X-ray data. Monthly Notes of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498, 5532–5540 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2778
Rothery D. A., Massironi M., Alemanno G., Barraud O., Besse S., Bott N., Brunetto R., Bunce E., Byrne P., Capaccioni F., Capria M. T., Carli C., Charlier B., Cornet T., Cremonese G., D'Amore M., De Sanctis M. C., Doressoundiram A., Ferranti L., Filacchione G., Galluzzi V., Giacomini L., Grande M., Guzzetta L. G., Helbert J., Heyner D., Hiesinger H., Hussmann H., Hyodo R., Kohout T., Kozyrev A., Litvak M., Lucchetti A., Malakhov A., Malliband C., Mancinelli P., Martikainen J., Martindale A., Maturilli A., Milillo A., Mitrofanov I., Mokrousov M., Morlok A., Muinonen K., Namur O., Owens A., Nittler L. R., Oliveira J. S., Palumbo P., Pajola M., Pegg D. L., Penttilä A., Politi R., Quarati F., Re C., Sanin A., Schulz R., Stangarone C., Stojic A., Tretiyakov V., Väisänen T., Varatharajan I., Weber I., Wright J., Wurz P., and Zambon F. (2020) Rationale for BepiColombo studies of Mercury's surface and composition. Space Science Reviews 216, 66 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00694-7
Glavin D. P., McLain H. L., Dworkin J. P., Parker E. T., Elsila J. E., Aponte J. C., Simkus D. N., Pozarycki C. I., Graham H. V., Nittler L. R., and Alexander C. M. O’D. (2020) Abundant extraterrestrial amino acids in the primitive CM carbonaceous chondrite Asuka 12236. Meteoritics and Planetary Science published in Early View. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13560
Lugaro M., Cseh B., Vilagos B., Karakas A. I., Ventura P., Dell'Agli F., Trappitsch R., Hampel M., D'Orazi V., Pereira C. B., Tagliente G., Szabo G. M., Pignatari M., Battino U., Tattersall A., Ek M., Schoenbachler M., Hron J., and Nittler L. R. (2020) Origin of large meteoritic SiC stardust grains in metal-rich AGB stars. The Astrophysical Journal, 898, 96 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab9e74
Kashyap V. L., Hong J., Romaine S., Sethares L., Cotroneo V., Spiga D., and Nittler L. (2020) Designing miniature X-ray optics for the SmallSat lunar science mission concept CubeX. Applied Optics 59, 5560-5569. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.393554
Riebe M. E. I., Foustoukos D. I., Alexander C. M. O'D., Steele A., Cody G. D., Mysen B., and Nittler L. R. (2020) The effects of atmospheric entry heating on organic matter in interplanetary dust particles. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 540, 116266. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116266
Taylor S., Lever J. H., Stroud R. M., Burgess K., Brownlee D. E., Nittler L. R., Bardyn A., Alexander C. M. O'D., Farley K., Treffkorn J., Messenger S., and Wozniakiewicz P. (2020) Sampling interplanetary dust from Antarctic air. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 55, 1128-1145. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.13483
Nittler L. R., Frank E. A., Weider S. Z., Crapster-Pregont E., Vorburger A., Starr R. D., and Solomon S. C. (2020) Global major-element maps of Mercury from four years of MESSENGER X-ray spectrometer observations. Icarus 345, 113716 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113716
Cartier C., Namur O., Nittler L. R., Weider S. Z., Crapster-Pregont E., Vorburger A., Frank E., and Charlier B. (2020) No FeS layer in Mercury? Evidence from Ti/Al measured by MESSENGER. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 53, 116108 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116108
2019
Davidson J., Schrader D. L., Alexander C. M. O’D., Nittler L. R., and Bowden R. (2019) Re-examining thermal metamorphism of the Renazzo-like (CR) carbonaceous chondrites: Insights from pristine Miller Range 090657 and shock-heated Graves Nunataks 06100. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 267, 240-256. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.09.033
Nittler L. R., Stroud R. M., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Howell K. (2019) Presolar grains in primitive ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite Northwest Africa 5958. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 55, 1160-1175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13397
Davidson J., Alexander C. M. O' D., Stroud R. M., Busemann H., and Nittler L. R. (2019) Mineralogy and petrology of Dominion Range 08006: A very primitive CO3 carbonaceous chondrite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 265, 259-278. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.032
Riebe M. E. I., Busemann H., Alexander C. M. O' D., Nittler L. R., Herd C. D. K., Maden C., Wang J., and Wieler R. (2019) Effects of aqueous alteration on primordial noble gases and presolar SiC in the carbonaceous chondrite Tagish Lake. Meteoritics and Planet. Science 55, 1257-1280 DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.13383
Liu N., Stephan T., Cristallo S., Gallino R., Boehnke P., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Davis A. M., Trappitsch R., Pellin M. J., and Dillmann I. (2019) Presolar silicon carbide grains of types Y and Z: Their molybdenum isotopic compositions and stellar origins. Ap. J. 881, 28 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab2d27
Nittler L. R., Stroud R. M., Trigo-Rodríguez J. M., De Gregorio B. T., Alexander C. M. O’D., Davidson J., Moyano-Cambero C. E., and Tanbakouei S. (2019) A cometary building block in a primitive asteroidal meteorite. Nature Astronomy. 3, 659–666. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0737-8
Papineau D., De Gregorio B. T., Sagar J., Thorogate R., Wang J., Nittler L., Kilcoyne D. A., Marbach H., Drost M., and Thornton G. (2019) Fossil biomass preserved as graphitic carbon in a late Paleoproterozoic banded iron formation metamorphosed at more than 550°C. Journal of the Geological Society DOI: doi.org/10.1144/jgs2018-097
2018
Jones S., Röpke F. K., Fryer C., Ruiter A. J., Seitenzah I. R., Nittler L. R., Ohlmann S. T., Reifarth R., Pignatari M., and Belczynski K. (2018) Remnants and ejecta of thermonuclear electron-capture supernovae: Constraining oxygen-neon deflagrations in high-density white dwarfs stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 622, A74 (22pp).
Wada K. + 33 co-authors (inc L. R. Nittler) Asteroid Ryugu before the Hayabusa2 encounter. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 5:82, DOI: 10.1186/s40645-018-0237-y
Liu N., Gallino R., Cristallo S., Bisterzo S., Davis A. M., Trappitsch R., and Nittler L. R. (2018) New constraints on the major neutron source in low-mass AGB stars. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 865:112 (14pp). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aad9f3
Takigawa A., Stroud R. M., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Miyake A. (2018) High temperature dust condensation around an AGB star: evidence from a highly pristine presolar corundum. Astrophysical Journal Letters,862, L13 (6pp) DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aad1f5
Merkel A. W., Ronald J. Vervack J., Killen R. M., Cassidy T. A., McClintock W. E., Nittler L. R., and Burger M. H. (2018) Evidence connecting Mercury’s magnesium exosphere to its magnesium-rich surface terrane Geophysical Research Letters 45,6790–6797. doi:10.1029/2018GL078407
Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Liu N., and Wang J. (2018) Extremely 54Cr- and 50Ti-rich presolar oxide grains in a primitive meteorite: Formation in rare types of supernovae and implications for the astrophysical context of solar system birth, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 856:L24 (7pp) 10.3847/2041-8213/aab61f.
Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Davidson J., Riebe M. E. I., Stroud R. M., and Wang J. (2018) High abundances of presolar grains and 15N-rich organic matter in CO3.0 chondrite Dominion Range 08006. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 226, 107-131. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.01.038.
Iliadis C., Downen L. D., Jose J., Nittler L. R., and Starrfield S. (2018) On presolar stardust grains from CO classical novae. The Astrophysical Journal, 855:76 (14pp) DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaabb6
Liu N., Stephan T., Boehnke P., Nittler L. R., Meyer B. S., Alexander C. M. O’D., Davis A. M., Trappitsch R., and Pellin M. J. (2018b) Common occurrence of explosive hydrogen burning in Type II supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal, 855:144 (9pp) DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaab4e
Liu N., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Wang J. (2018) Late formation of silicon carbide in type II supernovae. Science Advances, 4, eaao1054 doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao1054
Nittler L. R., Chabot N. L., Grove T. L., and Peplowski P. N. (2018) 2. The chemical composition of Mercury. To appear in Mercury: The View after MESSENGER, edited by Solomon, Nittler & Anderson (http://www.cambridge.org/9781107154452).
Gyngard F., Jadhav M., Nittler L. R., Stroud R. M., and Zinner E. (2017) Bonanza: an extremely large dust grain from a supernova. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 221, 60-86. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.002
Ireland T. R., Ávila J. N., Lugaro M., Cristallo S., Holden P., Lanc P., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Gyngard F., and Amari S. (2017) Rare Earth Element abundances in presolar SiC. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 221, 200-218, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.05.027
Nguyen A. N., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Hoppe P. (2018) Titanium isotopic compositions of rare presolar SiC grain types from the Murchison meteorite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 221, 162-181, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.026
Groopman E. and Nittler L. R. (2018) Correlated XANES, TEM, and NanoSIMS of presolar graphite grains. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 221, 219-236, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.011
2017
Laming J. M., Heber V. S., Burnett D. S., Guan Y., Hervig R., Huss G. R., Jurewicz A. J. G., Koeman-Shields E. C., McKeegan K. D., Nittler L., Resienfeld D. B., Rieck K. D., Wang J., Wiens R. C., and Woolum D. S. (2017) Determining the elemental and isotopic composition of the presolar nebula from Genesis data analysis: the case of oxygen. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 851:L12, doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa9bf0
McCubbin F. M., Vander Kaaden K. E., Peplowski P. N., Bell A. S., Nittler L. R., Boyce J. W., Evans L. G., Keller L. P., Elardo S. M., and McCoy T. J. (2017) A low O/Si ratio on the surface of Mercury: Evidence for silicon smelting? Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 122, 2053-2076. doi: 10.1002/2017JE005367.
De Gregorio B. T., Stroud R. M., Nittler L. R., and Kilcoyne A. L. D. Evidence for reduced, carbon-rich regions in the solar nebula from an unusual cometary dust particle. The Astrophysical Journal, 848, 113 (11pp). doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8c07.
Liu N., Steele A., Nittler L. R., Stroud R. M., De Gregorio B. T., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Wang J. (2017) Coordinated EDX and micro-Raman analysis of presolar silicon carbide: A novel, non-destructive method to identify rare sub-group SiC. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 52, 2550–2569, doi: 10.1111/maps.12954
Liu N., Stephan T., Boehnke P., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Wang J., Davis A. M., Trappitsch R., and Pellin M. J. (2017) J-type carbon stars: A dominant source of 14N-rich presolar SiC grains of type AB. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 844, L12, doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa7d4c
Liu N., Nittler L. R., Pignatari M., Alexander C. M. O’D., and Wang J. (2017) Stellar origin of 15N-rich presolar SiC grains of type AB: supernovae with explosive hydrogen burning. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 842, L1, doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa74e5
Alexander C. M. O'D., Nittler L. R., Davidson J., and Ciesla F. J. (2017) Measuring the level of interstellar inheritance in the solar protoplanetary disk. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 52, 1797-1821. doi:10.1111/maps.12891
Westphal A. J., Bridges J. C., Brownlee D. E., Butterworth A. L., Gregorio B. T. D., Dominguez G., Flynn G. J., Gainsforth Z., Ishii H. A., Joswiak D., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R. C., Palma R., Pepin R. O., Stephan T., and Zolensky M. E. (2017) The future of Stardust science . Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 52,1859-1898. doi:10.1111/maps.12893
Frank E. A., Potter R. W. K., Abramov O., James P. B., Klima R. L., Mojzsis S. J., and Nittler L. R. (2017) Evaluating an impact origin for Mercury’s high-magnesium region. J. Geophys. Res., 122, 614–632, doi:10.1002/2016JE005244
Lugaro M., Karakas A. I., Bruno C. G., Aliotta M., Nittler L. R., Bemmerer D., Best A., Boeltzig A., Broggini C., Caciolli A., Cavanna F., Ciani G. F., Corvisiero P., Davinson T., Depalo R., Di Leva A., Elekes Z., Ferraro F., Formicola A., Fülöp Z., Gervino G., Guglielmetti A., Gustavino C., Gyürky G., Imbriani G., Junker M., Menegazzo R., Mossa V., Pantaleo F. R., Piatti D., Prati P., Scott D. A., Straniero O., Strieder F., Szücs T., Takács M. P., and Trezzi D. (2017) Origin of meteoritic stardust unveiled by a revised proton-capture rate of 17O. Nature Astronomy, 1, 0027, doi:10.1038/s41550-016-0027
Alexander C. M. O'D., Cody G. D., Gregorio B. T. D., Nittler L. R., and Stroud R. M. (2017) The nature, origin and modification of insoluble organic matter in chondrites, the major source of Earth’s C and N. Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry, 77, 227-256, doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2017.01.007
Vander Kaaden K. E., McCubbin F. M., Nittler L. R., Peplowski P. N., Weider S. Z., Frank E. A., and McCoy T. J. (2017) Geochemistry, mineralogy, and petrology of boninitic and komatiitic rocks on the mercurian surface: insights into the mercurian mantle. Icarus, 285, 155-168, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.11.041
2016
Lawrence, D. J., P. N. Peplowski, A. W. Beck, W. C. Feldman, E. A. Frank, T. J. McCoy, Nittler L. R., and S. C. Solomon (2016). Compositional terranes on Mercury: information from fast neutrons. Icarus, 281, 32-45, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.07.018.
Nittler L. R. and Ciesla F. (2016) Astrophysics with Extraterrestrial Materials. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics,, 54, 54:53–93, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-astro-082214-122505.
Weider S. Z., Nittler L. R., Murchie S. L., Peplowski P. N., McCoy T. J., Kerber, L., Klimczak C., Ernst C. M., Goudge T. A., Starr R. D., Izenberg N. R., Klima R. L., Solomon S. C. (2016) Evidence from MESSENGER for sulfur- and carbon-driven explosive volcanism on Mercury, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2016GL068325
Peplowski P. N., Klima R. L., Lawrence D. J., Ernst C. M., Denevi B., Frank E. A., Goldsten J. O., Murchie S. L., Nittler L. R., and Solomon S. C. (2016) Remote sensing evidence for an ancient carbon-bearing crust on Mercury.Nature Geoscience, Published online 07 March 2016, doi:10.1038/ngeo2669
Liu N., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Wang J., Pignatari M., Jose J., and Nguyen A. (2016) Stellar origins of extremely 13C- and 15N-enriched presolar SiC grains: novae or supernovae? Astrophysical Journal, 820, 140, doi:10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/140
Starr R. D., Schlemm C. E., II, Ho G. C., Nittler L. R., Gold R. E., and Solomon S. C. (2016) Calibration of the MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer. Planetary and Space Science, 122 13-25, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2016.01.003
2015
Groopman E., Zinner E., Amari S., Gyngard F., Hoppe P., Jadhav M., Lin Y., Xu Y., Marhas K., and Nittler L. R. (2015) Inferred initial 26Al/27Al ratios in presolar stardust grains from supernovae are higher than previously estimated., The Astrophysical Journal, 809(1), 31., doi:10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/31
Evans, L.G., Peplowski, P.N., McCubbin, F.M., McCoy, T.J., Nittler, L.R., Zolotov, M.Y., Ebel, D.S., Lawrence, D.J., Starr, R.D., Weider, S.Z., Solomon, S.C. (2015) Chlorine on the surface of Mercury: MESSENGER gamma-ray measurements and implications for the planet’s formation and evolution , Icarus, 257, 417-427, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.039
Murchie, S.L., R.L. Klima, B.W. Denevi, C.M. Ernst, M.R. Keller, D.T. Blewett, D.L. Domingue, N.L. Chabot, C.D. Hash, E. Malaret, N.R. Izenberg, F. Vilas, L.R. Nittler, J.J. Gillis-Davis, J.W. Head, and S.C. Solomon (2015) Orbital multispectral mapping of Mercury with the MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System: Evidence for the origins of plains units and low-reflectance material. Icarus, 254, 287-305, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.027
Weider S. Z., Nittler L. R., Starr R. D., Crapster-Pregont E. J., Peplowski P. N., Denevi B. W., Head J. W., Byrne P. K., Steven A Hauck I., Ebel D. S., and Solomon S. C. (2015) Evidence for geochemical terranes on Mercury: Global mapping of major elements with MESSENGER’s X-Ray Spectrometer. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 416, 109-120, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.023.
Peplowski, P.N., Bazell, D., Evans, L.G., Goldsten, J.O., Lawrence, D.J., Nittler, L.R., (2015) Hydrogen and major element concentrations on 433 Eros: Evidence for an L- or LL-chondrite-like surface composition. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 50, 353-367, doi: 10.1111/maps.12434.
Dennis B. R., Phillips K., Schwartz R. A., Tolbert A. K., Starr R. D., and Nittler L. R. (2015) Solar flare element abundances from the Solar Assembly for X-rays (SAX) on MESSENGER. The Astrophysical Journal, 803, 67, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/67.
Peplowski P. N., Lawrence D. J., Evans L. G., Klima R. L., Blewett D. T., Goldsten J. O., Murchie S. L., McCoy T. J., Nittler L. R., Solomon S. C., Starr R. D., and Weider S. Z. (2015) Constraints on the abundance of carbon in near-surface materials on Mercury: Results from the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. Planetary and Space Science, 108, 98-107, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.01.008
Peplowski P. N., Lawrence D. J., Feldman W. C., Goldsten J. O., Bazell D., Evans L. G., Head J. W., Nittler L. R., Solomon S. C., and Weider S. Z. (2015) Geochemical terranes of Mercury’s northern hemisphere as revealed by MESSENGER neutron measurements. Icarus, 253, 346-363.
Burnett D. S., Jurewicz A. J. G., Woolum D. S., Wang J., Paque J. M., Nittler L. R., McKeegan K. D., Humayun M., Hervig R., Heber V. S., and Guan Y. (2015) Ion implants as matrix-appropriate calibrators for geochemical ion probe analyses. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 39, 265-276, doi:10.1111/j.1751-908X.2014.00318.x
2014
McCoy T. J. and Nittler, L.R. (2014) 2.6 - Mercury, In Planets, Asteriods, Comets and The Solar System (Vol. 2), Treatise on Geochemistry (Second Edition, eds: H. D. Holland and K. K. Turekian) , ed. A. M. Davis, pp. 119-126. Oxford: Elsevier-Pergamon
Vollmer C., Kepaptsoglou D., Leitner J., Busemann H., Spring N. H., Ramasse Q. M., Hoppe P., and Nittler L. R. (2014)Fluid-induced organic synthesis in the solar nebula recorded in extraterrestrial dust from meteorites.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 15338–15343, doi:10.1073/pnas.1408206111
Westphal A. J., Stroud R. M., plus 64 co-authors including Nittler L. R., (2014) Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft. Science, 345(6198), 786-791, doi: 10.1126/science.1252496
Groopman E., Bernatowicz T., Zinner E., and Nittler L. R. (2014) NanoSIMS, TEM, and XANES studies of a unique presolar supernova graphite grain. The Astrophysical Journal, 790, 9, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/790/1/9.
Davidson J., Busemann H., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Orthous-Daunay F.-R., Franchi I. A., and Hoppe P. Abundances of presolar silicon carbide grains in primitive meteorites determined by NanoSIMS. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 139, , 248-266, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.026
Alexander C. M. O'D., Cody G. D., Kebukawa Y., Bowden R., Fogel M. L., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Nittler L. R., and Herd C. D. K. (2014) Elemental, isotopic, and structural changes in Tagish Lake insoluble organic matter produced by parent body processes. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49(4), 503-525. doi:10.1111/maps.12282
Domingue D. L. plus 30 co-authors inc. Nittler L. R. (2014) Mercury’s weather-beaten surface: Understanding Mercury in the context of lunar and asteroidal space weathering studies. Space Science Reviews, 181, 121–214, doi:10.1007/s11214-014-0039-5.
Weider S. Z., Nittler L. R., Starr R. D., McCoy T. J., and Solomon S. C. (2014) Variations in the abundance of iron on Mercury’s surface from MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer observations. Icarus, 235, 170-186, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.002.
Zega T. J., Nittler L. R., Gyngard F., Alexander C. M. O'D., Stroud R. M., and Zinner E. K. (2014) A transmission electron microscopy study of presolar spinel. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta , 124, 152-169.
Peplowski P. N., Evans L. G., Stockstill-Cahill K. R., Lawrence D. J., Goldsten J. O., McCoy T. J., Nittler L. R., Solomon S. C., Sprague A. L., Starr R. D., and Weider S. Z. (2014) Enhanced sodium abundance in Mercury's north polar region revealed by the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. Icarus, 228, 86-95.
Stroud R. M. plus 66 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination XI: Identification and elemental analysis of impact craters on Al foils from the Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1698-1719, doi: 10.1111/maps.12136
Sterken, V. plus 68 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination X: Impact speeds and directions of interstellar grains on the Stardust dust collector. Meteoritics and Planetary Science,49(9), 1680-1697, doi: 10.1111/maps.12219
Postberg F. plus 672 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination IX: High-speed interstellar dust analog capture in Stardust flight-spare aerogel. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1666-1679, doi: 10.1111/maps.12173
Gainsforth, Z. plus 66 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination VIII: Identification of crystalline material in two interstellar candidates. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1645-1665, doi: 10.1111/maps.12148
Flynn G. plus 68 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination VII: Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence analysis of six stardust interstellar candidates measured with the advanced photon source 2-ID-D microprobe. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1626-1644, doi: 10.1111/maps.12144
Simionovici A. S. plus 67 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination VI: Quantitative elemental analysis by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence nanoimaging of eight impact features in aerogel.Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9),1612-1625 , doi: 10.1111/maps.12208
Brenker F. E. plus 68 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination V: XRF analyses of interstellar dust candidates at ESRF ID13. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1594-1611, doi: 10.1111/maps.12206
Butterworth A. L. plus 67 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination IV: Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy analyses of impact features in the Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector.Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1562-1593, doi: 10.1111/maps.12220
Bechtel H. A. plus 67 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination III: Infrared spectroscopic analysis of interstellar dust candidates. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1548-1561, doi: 10.1111/maps.12125
Frank, D. R. plus 46 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination II: Curating the interstellar dust collector, picokeystones, and sources of impact tracks. Meteoritics and Planetary Science,49(9),1522-1547 , DOI: 10.1111/maps.12147.
Westphal A. J. plus 85 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination I: Identification of tracks in aerogel. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 1509-1521, DOI: 10.1111/maps.12168
Westphal A. J. plus 37 co-authors including Nittler L. R., Final reports of the Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1720-1733. DOI: 10.1111/maps.12221
McNutt Jr R. L., Solomon S. C., Bedini P. D., Anderson B. J., Blewett D. T., Evans L. G., Gold R. E., Krimigis S. M., Murchie S. L., Nittler L. R., Phillips R. J., Prockter L. M., Slavin J. A., Zuber M. T., Finnegan E. J., and Grant D. G. (2014) MESSENGER at Mercury: Early orbital operations. Acta Astronautica 93(0), 509-515, DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.08.012
2013
She Z., Strother P., McMahon G., Nittler L. R., Wang J., Zhang J., Sang L., Ma C., and Papineau D. (2013) Terminal Proterozoic cyanobacterial blooms and phosphogenesis documented by the Doushantuo granular phosphorites I: In situ micro-analysis of textures and composition. Precambrian Research , 235(0), 20-35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2013.05.011
De Gregorio B. T., Stroud R. M., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Bassim N. D., Cody G. D., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Sandford S. A., Milam S. N., Nuevo M., and Zega T. J. (2013) Isotopic and chemical variation of organic nanoglobules in primitive meteorites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48, 804-828, doi: 10.1111/maps.12109.
Zolotov, M., Sprague A. L., Hauck S. A., Nittler L., Solomon S. C., and Weider S. Z. (2013), The redox state, FeO content, and origin of sulfur-rich magmas on Mercury, J. Geophys. Res., 118(1), 138-146.
Lawrence D. J., Feldman W. C., Goldsten J. O., Maurice S., Peplowski P. N., Anderson B. J., Bazell D., McNutt R. L., Nittler L. R., Prettyman T. H., Rodgers D. J., Solomon S. C., and Weider S. Z. (2013) Evidence for water ice near Mercury's North Pole from MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer measurements. Science 339, 292-296, doi:10.1126/science.1229953.
2012
Peplowski P. N., Rhodes E. A., Hamara D. K., Lawrence D. J., Evans L. G., Nittler L. R., and Solomon S. C. (2012) Aluminum abundance on the surface of Mercury: Application of a new background-reduction technique for the analysis of gamma-ray spectroscopy data. J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 117, E00L10, 13 PP, doi:10.1029/2012JE004181.
Stockstill-Cahill K. R., McCoy T. J., Nittler L. R., Weider S. Z., and Hauck S. A. (2012) Magnesium-rich crustal compositions on Mercury: Implications for magmatism from petrologic modeling J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004140.
Evans L. G., Peplowski P. N., Rhodes E. A., Lawrence D. J., McCoy T. J., Nittler L. R., Solomon S. C., Sprague A. L., Stockstill-Cahill K. R., Starr R. D., Weider S. Z., Boynton W. V., Hamara D. K., and Goldsten J. O. (2012)Major-element abundances on the surface of Mercury: Results from the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer., J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 117, E00L07, 14 PP., doi:10.1029/2012JE004178, 2012.
Weider S. Z., Nittler L. R., Starr R. D., McCoy T., Cahill K. S., Byrne P. K., Denevi B. W., Head J. W., and Solomon S. C. (2012)Chemical heterogeneity on Mercury's surface revealed by the MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer.J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 117, E00L05, 15 PP, doi: doi:10.1029/2012JE004153, 2012.
Nittler L. R. and Gaidos E. (2012) Galactic chemical evolution and the oxygen isotopic composition of the solar system. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 47, pp 2031-2048, doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01410.x.
Peplowski P. N., Lawrence D. J., Rhodes E., Sprague A. L., McCoy T., Denevi B. W., Evans L. G., Head J. W., Nittler L., Solomon S. C., Cahill K. S., and Weider S. Z. Variations in the abundances of potassium and thorium on the surface of Mercury: Results from the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. J. Geophys. Res., VOL 117 ,E00L04, 27 PP., doi:10.1029/2012JE004141, 2012.
Alexander C. M. O'D., Bowden R., Fogel M. L., Howard K. T., Herd C. D. K., and Nittler L. R. (2012) The provenances of asteroids, and their contributions to the volatile inventories of the terrestrial planets. Science, Published Online July 12 2012, DOI: 10.1126/science.1223474.
Starr, R. D., D. Schriver, L. Nittler, S. Z. Weider, P. K. Byrne, G. C. Ho, E. Rhodes, C. E. Schlemm II, S. C. Solomon, and P. M. Travnicek MESSENGER detection of electron-induced X-ray fluorescence from Mercury's surface J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 117, E00L02, 19 PP.,doi:10.1029/2012JE004118, 2012.
2011
Ho G. C., Starr R. D., Gold R. E., Krimigis S. M., Slavin J. A., Baker D. N., Anderson B. J., McNutt R. L., Jr., Nittler L. R., and Solomon S. C. Observations of suprathermal electrons in Mercury's magnetosphere during the three MESSENGER flybys. Planetary and Space Science, 59, 2016-2025, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.01.011, 2011.
Rhodes E. A., Evans L. G., Nittler L. R., Starr R. D., Sprague A. L., Lawrence D. J., McCoy T. J., Stockstill-Cahill K. R., Goldsten J. O., Peplowski P. N., Boynton W. V., and Solomon S. C. Analysis of MESSENGER gamma-ray spectrometer data from Mercury flybys. Planetary and Space Science, 59, 1829-1841, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.07.018, 2011.
Cody G. D., Heying E., Alexander C. M. O'D., Nittler L. R., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Sandford S. A., and Stroud R. M. Establishing a molecular relationship between chondritic and cometary organic solids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 19171-19176, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1015913108.
Nittler L. R., Starr R. D., Weider S. Z., McCoy T. J., Boynton W. V., Ebel D. S., Ernst C. M., Evans L. G., Goldsten J. O., Hamara D. K., Lawrence D. J., McNutt R. L., Schlemm C. E., Solomon S. C., and Sprague A. L. The major-element composition of Mercury's surface from MESSENGER X-ray spectrometry. Science 333, 1847-1850, 2011
Blewett D. T., Chabot N. L., Denevi B. W., Ernst C. M., Head J. W., Izenberg N. R., Murchie S. L., Solomon S. C., Nittler L. R., McCoy T. J., Xiao Z., Baker D. M. H., Fassett C. I., Braden S. E., Oberst J. r., Scholten F., Preusker F., and Hurwitz D. M. Hollows on Mercury: MESSENGER evidence for geologically recent volatile-related activity.Science 333, 1856-1859, 2011.
Head J. W., Chapman C. R., Strom R. G., Fassett C. I., Denevi B. W., Blewett D. T., Ernst C. M., Watters T. R., Solomon S. C., Murchie S. L., Prockter L. M., Chabot N. L., Gillis-Davis J. J., Whitten J. L., Goudge T. A., Baker D. M. H., Hurwitz D. M., Ostrach L. R., Xiao Z., Merline W. J., Kerber L., Dickson J. L., Oberst J. r., Byrne P. K., Klimczak C., and Nittler L. R. Flood volcanism in the northern high latitudes of Mercury revealed by MESSENGER.Science 333, 1853-1856, 2011.
Peplowski P. N., Evans L. G., Hauck S. A., McCoy T. J., Boynton W. V., Gillis-Davis J. J., Ebel D. S., Goldsten J. O., Hamara D. K., Lawrence D. J., McNutt R. L., Nittler L. R., Solomon S. C., Rhodes E. A., Sprague A. L., Starr R. D., and Stockstill-Cahill K. R. Radioactive elements on Mercury's surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the planet's formation and evolution. Science 333, 1850-1852, 2011.
Stroud R. M., Chisholm M. F., Heck P. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Nittler L. R. (2011) Supernova shock-wave induced co-formation of glassy carbon and nanodiamond. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 738, L27, 2011.
Busemann H., Spring N. H., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Nittler L. R. (2011) Raman spectroscopy on cometary and meteoritic organic matter. Spectroscopy Letters, 44, 554-559, 2011.
De Gregorio B. T., Stroud R. M., Cody G. D., Nittler L. R., Kilcoyne A. L. D., and Wirick S. (2011) Correlated microanalysis of cometary organic grains returned by Stardust. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 46, 1376-1396, 2011.
Peplowski P. N., Blewett D. T., Denevi B. W., Evans L. G., Lawrence D. J., Nittler L. R., Rhodes E. A., Selby C. M., and Solomon S. C. Mapping iron abundances on the surface of Mercury: Predicted spatial resolution of the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. Planetary and Space Science, 59, 1654-1658, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.001
Herd C. D. K., Blinova A., Simkus D. N., Huang Y., Tarozo R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Gyngard F., Nittler L. R., Cody G. D., Fogel M. L., Kebukawa Y., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Hilts R. W., Slater G. F., Glavin D. P., Dworkin J. P., Callahan M. P., Elsila J. E., De Gregorio B. T., and Stroud R. M. Origin and evolution of prebiotic organic matter as inferred from the Tagish Lake meteorite. Science, 332(6035), 1304-1307, DOI: 10.1126/science.1203290, 2011.
Narendranath S., Athiray P. S., Sreekumar P., Kellett B. J., Alha L., Howe C. J., Joy K. H., Grande M., Huovelin J., Crawford I. A., Unnikrishnan U., Lalita S., Subramaniam S., Weider S. Z., Nittler L. R., Gasnault O., Rothery D., Fernandes V. A., Bhandari N., Goswami J. N., and Wieczorek M. A. Lunar X-ray fluorescence observations by the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS): Results from the nearside southern highlands. Icarus, 214, 53-66 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.04.010.
Zega T. J., Alexander C. M. O'D., Nittler L. R., and Stroud R. M. A transmission electron microscopy study of presolar hibonite. Astrophysical Journal, 730, 83, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/730/2/83, 2011.
Qin L., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Wang J., Stadermann F. J., and Carlson R. W. Extreme 54Cr-rich nano-oxides in the CI chondrite Orgueil - Implication for a late supernova injection into the Solar System. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 629-644, 2011.
2010
Schroeder, C., K. E. Herkenhoff, W. H. Farrand, J. E. Chappelow, W. Wang, L. R. Nittler, J. W. Ashley, I. Fleischer, R. Gellert, M. P. Golombek, J. R. Johnson, G. Klingelhofer, R. Li, R. V. Morris, and S. W. Squyres Properties and distribution of paired candidate stony meteorites at Meridiani Planum, Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 115, E00F09, doi:10.1029/2010JE003616, 2010.
Slavin J. A., Anderson B. J., Baker D. N., Benna M., Boardsen S. A., Gloeckler G., Gold R. E., Ho G. C., Korth H., Krimigis S. M., McNutt R. L., Jr., Nittler L. R., Raines J. M., Sarantos M., Schriver D., Solomon S. C., Starr R. D., Travnicek P. M., and Zurbuchen T. H. MESSENGER Observations of Extreme Loading and Unloading of Mercury's Magnetic Tail Science, 329, 665 - 668 , 2010, science.1188067.
Zega T. J., Alexander C. M. O'D., Busemann H., Nittler L. R., Hoppe P., Stroud R. M., and Young A. F.Mineral associations and character of isotopically anomalous organic material in the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 5966-5983, 2010.
Liu, M.-C., Nittler, L. R., Alexander, C. M. O'D., and Lee, T. Lithium-Beryllium-Boron Isotopic Compositions in Meteoritic Hibonite: Implications for Origin of 10Be and Early Solar System Irradiation , Astrophysical Journal Letters, 719:L99ÐL103, 2010
Nguyen, A. N., Nittler, L. R., Stadermann, F. J., Stroud, R. M., and Alexander, C. M. O'D. Coordinated analyses of presolar grains in the Allan Hills 77307 and Queen Elizabeth Range 99177 meteorites. Astrophysical Journal, 719, 166-189, 2010.
Alexander, C. M. O'D., Newsome, S. D., Fogel, M. L., Nittler, L. R., Busemann, H., and Cody, G. D. Deuterium enrichments in chondritic macromolecular material--Implications for the origin and evolution of organics, water and asteroids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 4417-4437, 2010; doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.005
L.R. Nittler Cometary Dust in the Laboratory, Science, 328, 698-699 (in Perspectives), 2010.
Gyngard F., Zinner E., Nittler L. R., Morgand A., Stadermann F. J., and Hynes K. M. Automated Nanosims Measurements Of Spinel Stardust From The Murray Meteorite. Astrophys. J., 717, 107-120, 2010.
De Gregorio B. T., Stroud R. M., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Kilcoyne A. L. D., and Zega T. J. Isotopic anomalies in organic nanoglobules from Comet 81P/Wild 2: Comparison to Murchison nanoglobules and isotopic anomalies induced in terrestrial organics by electron irradiation. Geochim. Cosmoshim. Acta, 74, 4454-4470, 2010.
Lawrence D. J., Feldman W. C., Goldsten J. O., McCoy T. J., Blewett D. T., Boynton W. V., Evans L. G., Nittler L. R.., Rhodes E. A., and Solomon S. C. Identification and measurement of neutron-absorbing elements on Mercury's surface. Icarus, 209, 195-209, 2010.
Feldman W. C., Lawrence D. J., Goldsten J. O., Gold R. E., Baker D. N., Haggerty D. K., Ho G. C., Krucker S., Lin R. P., Mewaldt R. A., Murphy R. J., Nittler L. R., Rhodes E. A., Slavin J. A., Solomon S. C., Starr R. D., Vilas F., and Vourlidas A. Evidence for Extended Acceleration of Solar-Flare Ions from 1Ð8-MeV Solar Neutrons Detected with the MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer. Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics, 115, A01102 (doi:10.1029/2009JA014535), 2010.
2009
Busemann H., Nguyen A. N., Cody G. D., Hoppe P., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Stroud R. M., Zega T. J., and Nittler L. R. Ultra-primitive interplanetary dust particles from the comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup dust stream collection. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 288, 44-57, 2009.
Nittler L. R., On the Mass and Metallicity Distributions of the Parent AGB Stars of O-rich Presolar Stardust Grains Pub. Astron. Soc. Australia, 26, 271-277, 2009. journal link
Lim L. F. and Nittler L. R., Elemental composition of 433 Eros: New calibration of the NEAR-Shoemaker XRS data Icarus, 200, 129-146, 2009.
Nittler L. R., Presolar Stardust in the Solar System: Recent Advances for Nuclear Astrophysics., in proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos PoS(NIC X) 013
2008
Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D, Gallino R., Hoppe P., Nguyen A. N., Stadermann F. J. and Zinner E. K. Aluminum-, Calcium- And Titanium-Rich Oxide Stardust In Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites and Erratum, Astrophysical Journal, 682, 1450-1478, 2008.
Slavin J. A., Acuna M. H. Anderson B. J., Baker, D. N., Benna M., Gloeckler G., Gold R. E., Ho G. C., Killen R. M., Korth H., Krimigiss S. M., McNutt Jr. R. L., Nittler L. R., Raines J. M., Schriver D., Solomon S. C., Starr R. D., Travnicek P., Zurbuchen T. H. Mercury's Magnetosphere after MESSENGER's First Flyby, Science , 321, 85 - 89, 2008.
Michael KŸppers, M and 110 co-authors, including Nittler L. R. Triple FÑ A Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission, Experimental Astronomy, DOI 10.1007/s10686-008-9115-8, 2008.
Nittler L. R.,Presolar Stardust in the Solar System: Implications for Nucleosynthesis and Galactic Chemical Evolution, In T. Suda et al., editors,AIP Conference Proceedings 1016: Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, New York, 2008, AIP, pages 375-382.
Schršder C., Rodionov D. S., McCoy T. J., Jolliff B. L., R.Gellert, Nittler L. R., W.H.Farrand, Johnson J. R., Ruff S. W., Ashley J. W., Mittlefehldt D. W., Herkenhoff K. E., Fleischer I., Haldemann A. F. S., Klingelhšfer G., Ming D. W., Morris R. V., Jr. P. A. d. S., Squyres S. W., Weitz C., Yen A. S., Zipfel J., and Economou T. Meteorites on Mars observed with the Mars Exploration Rovers Journ. Geophys. Res., 113(E6), E06S22, 2008
Rotundi A., Baratta G. A., Borg J., Brucato J. R., Busemann H., Colangeli L., D'Hendecort L., Djouadi Z., Ferrini G., Franchi I. A., Fries M., Grossemy F., Keller L. P., Mennella V., Nakamura K., Nittler L. R., Palumbo M. E., Sandford S. A., Steele A., and Wopenka B. Combined micro-IR and micro-Raman analyses of comet 81P/Wild 2 particles collected by Stardust. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 367-397, 2008.
2007
Zinner E., Amari S., Guinness R., Jennings C., Mertz A. F., Nguyen A. N., Gallino R., Hoppe P., Lugaro M., Nittler L. R., and Lewis R. S. NanoSIMS isotopic analysis of small presolar grains: Search for Si3N4 grains from AGB stars and Al and Ti isotopic compositions of rare presolar SiC grains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, 4786-4813, 2007.
Busemann H., Alexander C. M. O'D.,and Nittler L. R. Characterization of insoluble organic matter in meteorites by Raman spectroscopy. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 42, 1387-1416, 2007.
Zega, T. J., Nittler, L. R., Busemann, H., Hoppe, P., and Stroud, R. M. Coordinated isotopic and mineralogical analyses of planetary materials enabled by in situ lift-out with a focused-ion-beam scanning-electron microscope.Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 42, 1373-1386, 2007.
Nguyen A. N., Stadermann F. J., Zinner E., Stroud R. M., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Nittler L. R. Characterization of presolar silicate and oxide grains in primitive carbonaceous chondrites. Astrophysical Journal, 656, 1232-1240, 2007.
Lugaro M., Karakas A. I., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Hoppe P., Iliadis C., and Lattanzio J. C. The composition of presolar spinel grain OC2: constraining asymptotic giant branch models. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 461, 657-664, 2007.
2006
Brownlee D. and 182 co-authors including Nittler L. R. Comet 81P/Wild 2 Under a Microscope. Science, 314, 1711-1716, 2006.
McKeegan K. D.and 46 co-authors including Nittler L. R. Isotopic Compositions of Cometary Matter Returned by Stardust. Science, 314 1724-1728, 2006.
Sandford S. A.and 54 co-authors including Nittler L. R. Organics Captured from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft. Science, 314 1720-1724, 2006.
Keller L. P.and 32 co-authors including Nittler L. R. Infrared Spectroscopy of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Returned by Stardust. Science, 314 1728-1731, 2006.
Zinner E., Nittler L. R., Gallino R., Karakas A. I., Lugaro M., Straniero O., and Lattanzio J. C. Silicon and carbon isotopic ratios in AGB stars: SiC grain data, models, and the Galactic evolution of the Si isotopes. Astrophysical Journal, 650, 350-373, 2006.
Zinner E., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Gallino R. The study of radioisotopes in presolar dust grains. New Astronomy Reviews (proceedings of Astronomy with Radioactivities V Conference), 50, 574-577, 2006. (please email for a pdf reprint)
Foley C. N., Nittler L. R., McCoy T. J., Lim L. F., Brown M. R. M., Starr R. D., and Trombka J. I. Minor element evidence that asteroid 433 Eros is a space-weathered ordinary chondrite parent body. Icarus, 184, 338-343, 2006. (If you do not have access to the electronic journal, please email me for a pdf reprint).
Busemann H., Young A. F., Alexander C. M. O'D., Hoppe P., Mukhopadhyay S., and Nittler L. R. Interstellar chemistry recorded in organic matter from primitive meteorites. Science, 312, 727-630, 2006.
L. R. Nittler and N. Dauphas, Meteorites and the Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way, in: Meteorites and the Early Solar System II, (D. S. Lauretta and H. Y. McSween Jr., eds.), Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, pp 127-146, 2006.
McCoy, T. J., W. D. Carlson, L. R. Nittler, R. M. Stroud, D. D. Bogard, and D. H. Garrison, Graves Nunatak 95209: a snapshot of metal segregation and core formation, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 516-531, 2006.
2005
L. R. Nittler and P. Hoppe, Are Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains from Novae Actually from Supernovae?, Astrophysical Journal, 631, L89-L92, 2005.
Zinner E., Nittler L. R., Hoppe P., Gallino R., Straniero O., and Alexander C. M. O'D. Oxygen, magnesium and chromium isotopic ratios of presolar spinel grains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69:4149-4165, 2005
L. R. Nittler Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions Are Not Supernova Condensates, in: Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk, ASP Conference Series, (A. N. Krot, E. R. D. Scott, & B. Reipurth, eds.), 531, 539, 2005.
L. R. Nittler, R. Gallino, M. Lugaro, O. Straniero, I. Dominguez, and E. Zinner, Si and C Isotopes in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains From AGB Stars, Nuclear Physics A , 758, 348c-351c, 2005.
L. R. Nittler Constraints on Heterogeneous Galactic Chemical Evolution from Meteoritic Stardust, Astrophysical Journal, 618: 281-296, 2005.
2004
L.R. Nittler, T.J. McCoy, P.E. Clark, M.E. Murphy, J.I. Trombka and E. Jarosewich Bulk Element Compositions of Meteorites: A Guide for Interpreting Remote-sensing Geochemical Measurements of Planets and Asteroids ,Antarctic Meteorite Research, 17, 233-253, 2004 (uncorrected page proofs).
R. M. Stroud, L. R. Nittler and C. M. O'D. Alexander Polymorphism in Presolar Al2O3 Grains from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Science, 5689, 1455-1457, 2004.
D. D. Clayton and L. R. Nittler Astrophysics with Presolar Stardust, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics , 42, 39-78, 2004. (Note: I am pleased to provide complimentary one-time access to our Annual Reviews article as a PDF file, for personal use. Any further/multiple distribution, publication or commercial usage of this copyrighted material would require submission of a permission request addressed to the Annual Reviews Permissions Department, email permissions@AnnualReviews.org.)
L.R. Nittler Nuclear fossils in stardust, Science, 303, 636-637 (in Perspectives), 2004.
V. P. Semenenko,A. L. Girich and L.R. Nittler An exotic kind of cosmic material: Graphite-containing xenoliths from the Krymka (LL3.1) chondrite, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 455-475, 2004.
2003
D. D. Clayton and L. R. Nittler Presolar Stardust Grains, to appear in Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 4: Origin and Evolution of the Elements , ed. A. McWilliam and M. Rauch (Cambridge: Cambridge Univeristy Press) (final, revised version), Updated October 3 .
L. R. Nittler and C. M. O'D Alexander Automated Isotopic Measurements of Micron-sized Dust: Application to Meteoritic Presolar Silicon Carbide Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 67, 4961-4980, 2003.
M. Lugaro, R. Gallino, S. Amari, E. Zinner, and L. R. Nittler, The effect of heterogeneities in the interstellar medium on the CNO isotopic ratios of presolar SiC and corundum grains, Nucl. Phys. A 718, 419C-421C, 2003.
S. Messenger, F. J. Stadermann, C. Floss, L. R. Nittler, and S. Mukhopadhyay, Isotopic signatures of presolar materials in interplanetary dust, Space Sci. Rev. 106, 155-172, 2003.
L. R. Nittler Presolar Stardust in Meteorites: Recent Advances and Scientific Frontiers Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 209, 259-273, 2003.
2002
T. H. Burbine, T. J. McCoy, L. R. Nittler , G. K. Benedix, E. A. Cloutis, and T. L. Dickinson Spectra of extremely reduced assemblages: Implications for Mercury, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 37, 1233-1244, 2002.
T. J. McCoy, M. S. Robinson, L. R. Nittler, and T. H. Burbine. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission to asteroid 433 Eros: A milestone in the study of asteroids and their relationship to meteorites. Chemie der Erde 62, 89-121, 2002.
2001
L. R. Nittler, R. D. Starr, L. Lim, T. J. Mccoy, T. H. Burbine, J. I. Trombka, P. Gorenstein, S. W. Squyres, W. V. Boynton, T. P. McClanahan, J. S. Bhangoo, P. E. Clark, and R. Killen. X-ray fluorescence measurements of the surface composition of asteroid 433 Eros. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1673-1695, 2001.
T. J. McCoy, T. H. Burbine, L. McFadden, R. D. Starr, M. J. Gaffey, L. R. Nittler, L. G. Evans, N. Izenberg, P. Lucey, J. I. Trombka, J. F. Bell III, B. E. Clark, P. E. Clark, S. W. Squyres, C. R. Chapman, W. V. Boynton, and J. Veverka. The Composition of 433 Eros: A Mineralogical -Chemical Synthesis. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 36, 1661-1672, 2001.
J. I. Trombka, L. R. Nittler, R. D. Starr, L. G. Evans, T. J. McCoy, W. V. Boynton, T. H. Burbine, J. BrŸckner, P. Gorenstein, S. W. Squyres, R. C. Reedy, J. O. Goldsten, L. Lim, K. Hurley, P. E. Clark, S. R. Floyd, T. P. McClanahan, E. McCartney, J. Branscomb, J. S. Bhangoo, I. Mikheeva, and M. E. Murphy. The Near-Shoemaker XGRS Experiment: Overview And Lessons Learned. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 36, 1605-1616, 2001.
L. G. Evans, R. D. Starr, J. BrŸckner, R. C. Reedy, W. V. Boynton, J. I. Trombka, J. O. Goldsten, J. Masarik, L. R. Nittler, and T. J. McCoy. Elemental composition from gamma-ray spectroscopy of the NEAR-Shoemaker landing site on 433 Eros. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1639-1660, 2001.
S. Amari, L. R. Nittler, E.Zinner, K.Lodders, and R.S.Lewis. Presolar SiC Grains of Type A and B: Their Isotopic Compositions and Stellar Origins. Astrophysical Journal 559:463-483, 2001
S. Amari, X. Gao, L. R. Nittler, E. Zinner, J. Jose, M. Hernanz, and R. S. Lewis. Presolar grains from novae. Astrophysical Journal 551:1065-1072, 2001.
S. Amari, L. R. Nittler, E. Zinner, R. Gallino, M. Lugaro, and R. S. Lewis. Presolar SiC grains of type Y: Origin from low-metallicity AGB stars.Astrophysical Journal 546:248-266, 2001
2000
T. J. McCoy, L. R. Nittler, T. H. Burbine, J. I. Trombka, P. E. Clark, and M. E. Murphy. Anatomay of a partially-differentiated asteroid: A NEAR-sighted view of Acapulcoites and Lodranites. Icarus 148:29-36, 2000.
R. Starr, P. E. Clark, M. E. Murphy, S. R. Floyd, T. P. McClanahan, L. R. Nittler, J. I. Trombka, L. G. Evans, W. V. Boynton, S. H. Bailey, J. Bhangoo, I. Mikheeva, J. Brueckner, S. W. Squyres, E. M. McCartney, J. O. Goldsten, and R. L. McNutt. Instrument calibrations and data analysis procedures for the NEAR x-ray spectrometer. Icarus 147:498-519, 2000.
J.I. Trombka and NEAR XGRS team (21 authors, incl. L. R. Nittler). The elemental composition of asteroid 433 Eros: First results of the NEAR SHOEMAKER x-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer. Science 289:2101-2105, 2000.
1999
L. R. Nittler and C. M. O'D. Alexander. Can stellar dynamics explain the metallicity distributions of presolar grains? Astrophysical Journal, 526: 249-256, 1999.
C. M. O'D. Alexander and L. R. Nittler.The galactic evolution of Si, Ti and O isotopes. Astrophysical Journal, 519: 222-235, 1999.
1998
L. R. Nittler, C. M. O'D. Alexander, J. Wang, and X. Gao. Meteoritic oxide grain from supernova found. Nature, 393:222, 1998.
E. Zinner, S. Amari, and L. R. Nittler. The isotopic compositions of presolar dust grains from primitive meteorites. In G. Gillen and R. Lareau, J. Bennett, and F. Stevie, editors, SIMS XI , John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, pages 51-54, 1998.
1997
L. R. Nittler. Presolar oxide grains in meteorites. In T. Bernatowicz and E. Zinner, editors, Astrophysical Implications of the Laboratory Study of Presolar Materials, New York, 1997, AIP, pages 59-82.
L. R. Nittler, C. M. O'D. Alexander, X. Gao, R. M. Walker, and E. Zinner. Presolar Al2O3 grains as probes of stellar nucleosynthesis and galactic chemical evolution. Nuclear Physics A, 621:113c-116c, 1997.
L. R. Nittler, C. M. O'D. Alexander, X. Gao, R. M. Walker, and E. Zinner. Stellar sapphires: The properties and origins of presolar Al2O3 in meteorites. Astrophysical Journal, 483:475-495, 1997.
L. R. Nittler and R. Cowsik. Galactic age estimates from O-rich stardust in meteorites. Physical Review Letters, 78(2):175-178, January 1997.
1996
L. R. Nittler, S. Amari, E. Zinner, S. E. Woosley, and R. S. Lewis. Extinct 44Ti in presolar graphite and SiC: proof of a supernova origin. Astrophysical Journal, 462:L31-L34, 1996.
1995
L. R. Nittler, P. Hoppe, C. M. O.'D. Alexander, S. Amari, P. Eberhardt, X. Gao, R. S. Lewis, R. Strebel, R. M. Walker, and E. Zinner. Silicon nitride from supernovae. Astrophysical Journal, 453:L25-L28, 1995.
L. R. Nittler, C. M. O'D. Alexander, X. Gao, R. M. Walker, and E. K. Zinner. Oxygen-rich stardust in meteorites. In M. Busso, R. Gallino, and C. M. Raiteri, editors, Nuclei in the Cosmos III, pages 585-589, New York, 1995. AIP.
1994
L. R. Nittler, C. M. O'D. Alexander, X. Gao, R. M. Walker, and E. K. Zinner. Interstellar oxide grains from the Tieschitz ordinary chondrite. Nature, 370:443-446, 1994.