Astrophysics Publications

Selected Publications on Interstellar Organics and Related Topics
(complete bibliography)

Books:

Dust in the Galactic Environment, Whittet, D.C.B., 1992, Institute of Physics Graduate Series in Astronomy, p. 295.

Planetary and Interstellar Processes relevant to the Origins of Life, Whittet, D.C.B., ed., 1997, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 316.

Invited review papers:

Observations of molecular ices, Whittet, D.C.B., 1993, in Dust and Chemistry in Astronomy, eds. T.J. Millar and D.A. Williams, Cambridge University Press, pp. 9-35.

Cosmic evolution of the biogenic elements and compounds, Whittet, D.C.B. and Chiar, J.E., 1993, Astronomy and Astrophysics Reviews, 5, pp. 1-36.

Infrared spectroscopy of interstellar ices, Whittet, D.C.B., 1996, in The Cosmic Dust Connection, ed. J.M. Greenberg, Kluwer, pp. 133-154.

Interstellar ices studied with the Infrared Space Observatory, Whittet, D.C.B. 1997, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 27, 101-113

Is extraterrestrial organic matter relevant to the origin of life on Earth?, Whittet, D.C.B. 1997, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 27, 249-262

Infrared observations of interstellar dust absorption features, Whittet, D.C.B., & Tielens, A.G.G.M. 1997, in From Stardust to Planetesimals, eds. Y.V. Pendleton & A.G.G.M. Tielens, A.S.P. Conference Series, 122, 161-178

Ices in star forming regions, Tielens, A.G.G.M., & Whittet, D.C.B. 1997, in Molecular Astrophysics: Probes and Processes, IAU Symposium no.178, ed. E.F. van Dishoeck, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 45-60

Journal publications:

Evidence for chemical processing of pre-cometary icy grains in circumstellar environments of pre-main-sequence stars, Tegler, S.C., Weintraub, D.A., Rettig, T.W., Pendleton, Y.J., Whittet, D.C.B., and Kulesa, C.A., 1995, Astrophysical Journal, 439, 279-287

Infrared light curves of Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts H, Q1 and S, Shykula, J.T., Kilkenny, D., Whittet, D.C.B., and Laney, C.D., 1995, Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society, 272, L17-L20

High resolution studies of solid CO in the Taurus dark cloud: Characterizing the ices in quiescent clouds, Chiar, J.E., Adamson, A.J., Kerr, T.H., and Whittet, D.C.B., 1995, Astrophysical Journal, 455, 234-243

Interstellar dust absorption features in the infrared spectrum of HH100-IR: Searching for the nitrogen component of the ices, Whittet, D.C.B., et al., 1996, Astrophysical Journal, 458, 363-370

Spectropolarimetry of the 3-micron ice feature towards the Becklin-Neugebauer object, Hough, J.H., Chrysostomou, A., Messinger, D.W., Whittet, D.C.B., Aitken, D.K., and Roche, P.F., 1996, Astrophysical Journal, 461, 902-908

Interstellar polarization from CO and XCN mantled grains: A severe test for grain alignment mechanisms, Chrysostomou, A., Hough, J.H., Whittet, D.C.B., Aitken, D.K., Roche, P.F., and Lazarian, A., 1996, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 465, L61-L64

Three micron hydrocarbon and methanol absorption in Taurus, Chiar, J.E., Adamson, A.J., and Whittet, D.C.B., 1996, Astrophysical Journal, 472, 665

An ISO view of interstellar ices - First results, Whittet, D.C.B., et al.,1996, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 315, L357-L360

Ultraviolet radiation from F and K stars and implications for planetary habitability, Kasting, J.F., Whittet, D.C.B., and Sheldon, W.R., 1996, Origin of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 27, 413

ISO-SWS observations of weak bands of trace components of ices towards the young stellar object W33a,Schutte, W.A., Greenberg, J.M., van Dishoeck, E.F., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Boogert, A.C.A., & Whittet, D.C.B., 1998, Astrophysical Journal, Space Science, 255, 61-66.

Weak ice absorption features at 7.24 and 7.41 microns in the spectrum of the obscured young stellar object W33A, Schutte, W.A., Boogert, A.C.A., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Whittet, D.C.B., Gerakines, P.A., Chiar, J.E., Ehrenfreund, P., Greenberg, J.M., van Dishoeck, E.F., & de~Graauw, Th. 1999, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 343, 966-976.

Constraints on the abundance of solid O₂ in dense clouds from ISO-SWS and ground-based observations, Vandenbussche, B., Ehrenfreund, P., Boogert, A.C.A., van Dishoeck, E.F., Schutte, W.A., Gerakines, P.A., Chiar, J.E., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Keane, J., Whittet, D.C.B., Breitfellner, M.,& Burgdorf, M. 1999, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 346, L57-L60.

ISO-SWS observations of interstellar solid ¹³CO₂: Heated ice and the Galactic ¹²C/¹³C abundance ratio, Boogert, A.C.A., Ehrenfreund, P., Gerakines, P.A., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Whittet, D.C.B., Schutte, W.A., van Dishoeck, E.F., de~Graauw, Th., Decin, L., & Prusti, T., 1999, Astronomy and Astrophysics, in press.

ISO-SWS observations of solid carbon dioxide in molecular clouds, Gerakines, P.A., Whittet, D.C.B., Ehrenfreund, P., Boogert, A.C.A., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Schutte, W.A., Chiar, J.E., van Dishoeck, E.F., Prusti, T., Helmich, F.P., & de~Graauw, Th. 1999, Astrophysical Journal, 522, in press.

The composition and distribution of dust along the line of sight to the Galactic Center, Chiar, J.E., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Whittet, D.C.B., Schutte, W.A., Boogert, A.C.A., Lutz, D., van Dishoeck, E.F., & Bernstein, M.P. 1999, Astrophysical Journal, submitted.

An inventory of interstellar ices toward the embedded protostar W33A, Gibb, E.L., Whittet, D.C.B., Schutte, W.A., Boogert, A.C.A., Chiar, J.E., Gerakines, P.A., Keane, J.V., Tielens, A.G.G.M., van Dishoeck, E.F., & Kerkhof, O., 1999, to be submitted to Astrophysical Journal.

Conference publications:

An inventory of infrared absorption features and the solid water abundance towards embedded protostar W33A, Gibb, E.L., Gerakines, P.A. & Whittet, D.C.B. 1998, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 193, 71.02.

Ice and dust composition along the line of sight toward the galactic center, Chiar, J.E., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Lutz, D., Boogert, A.C.A., Schutte, W.A., Whittet, D.C.B., & van Dishoeck, E.F. 1999, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 194, 71.18.

Organic molecules in interstellar ices studied with the Infrared Space Observatory, Whittet, D.C.B., Gibb, E.L., & Nummelin, A., 1999, 9th ISSOL meeting, San Diego.

Selected Recent Publications

Roberge, W. G., Hanany, S., and Messinger, D.W. ``Grain Alignment by Ambipolar DIffusion in Molecular Clouds,'' Astrophysical Journal, 453, 238 (1995).

Roberge, W.G., and Whittet, D.C.B., eds. Polarimetry of the Interstellar Medium,` proceedings of an international conference held at Rensselaer, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 97, 633pp. (1996).

Roberge, W.G. ``Grain Alignment in Molecular Clouds,'' invited review in Polarimetry of the Interstellar Medium, eds. W.G. Roberge and D.C.B. Whittet, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 97, pp. 401--418 (1996).

Desch, S.J., and Roberge, W.G. ``Ambipolar Diffusion and Far-Infrared Polarization from the Galactic Circumnuclear Disk,'' Astrophysical Journal Letters, 475, L115 (1997).

Lazarian, A., and Roberge, W.G. 1997, ``Cosmic rays and grain alignment,'' Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 287, 941 (1997).

Lazarian, A., and Roberge, W.G. ``Barnett Relaxation in Thermally-Rotating Grains,'' Astrophysical Journal, 484, 230 (1997).

Messinger, D.W., Whittet, D.C.B., and Roberge, W.G. ``Interstellar Polarization in the Taurus Dark Clouds: Wavelength Dependent Position Angles and Cloud Structure Near TMC-1,'' Astrophysical Journal, 487, 314 (1997).

Roberge, W.G. ``An adiabatic approximation for grain alignment theory,'' Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, in press (1997).

Roberge, W.G., and Lazarian, A. ``Davis-Greenstein alignment of oblate spheroidal grains,'' Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, to be submitted (1997).

Kalukin, A.R., Keane, D.T., and Roberge, W.G., "Region-of-Interest Microtomography for Component Inspection," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 46, 36 (1999).

Roberge, W. G. and Lazarian, A., "Davis-Greenstein alignment of oblate spheroidal grains," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 305, 615 (1999).

Larson, K.A., Wolff, M.J., Roberge, W.G., Whittet, D.C.B. and He, L., "The Size Distribution of Dust Toward HD210121 as Determined from Extinction," Astrophysical Journal, submitted.