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2025

242. Iizuka T., Shibuya T., Hayakawa T., Yokoyama T., Gautam I., Haba M. K., Ito K., Hibiya Y., Yamaguchi A., Abe Y., Aléon J., Alexander C. M. O’D., Amari, S , Amelin Y., Bajo K., Bizzarro M., Bouvier A., Carlson R. W., Chaussidon M., Choi B., Dauphas N., Davis A. M., Rocco T. D., Fujiya W., Fukai R., 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., 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., Yoneda S., Young E. D., Yui H., Zhang A., 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. (2025) Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu , Nature 646 , 62-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09483-0

241. Williams P., Bose M., Hervig R. L., Nittler L. , Williams L. B. (2025). A conical partially magnetic anode for efficient negative ion extraction from duoplasmatron ion sources , Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 43 , 044005. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0004627

240. Quirico E., Yabuta H., Beck P., Bonal L., Bardyn A., Nittler L. R. , and Alexander C. M. O’D. (2025). Co-evolution of organics and water in experimentally shocked Murchison and EET 90628 chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 402, 316-337 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.05.046

239. Boujibar A., Righter K., Fontaine E., Collinet M., Lambart S., Nittler L. R. , and Pando K. M. (2025) A Pyroxenite mantle on Mercury? Experimental insights from enstatite chondrite melting at pressures up to 5 GPa. Icarus 437, 116602. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116602

238. Nittler L. R. and Stroud R. M. (2025) Presolar oxide grains. In Presolar grains in extra-terrestrial materials: Probing stars with stardust (ed. S. Amari). Elsevier.

237. Burnett D. S., Jurewicz A. J. G., Woolum D. S., Guan Y., Heber V. S., Hervig R., Humayun M., McKeegan K. D., Nittler L. R. , Olinger C. T., Reisenfeld D. B., and Wang J. (2025) The solar system Fe/Mg ratio. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 60, 529-543. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14313

2024

236. Schönbächler M., Fehr M., Yokoyama T., Gautam I., 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., Haba M. K., Hibiya Y., Hidaka H., Homma H., Hoppe P., Huss G., Ichida K., Iizuka T., Ireland T., Ishikawa A., Itoh S., Kawasaki N., Kita N. T., Kitajima K., Kleine T., Komatani S., Krot S., Liu M.-C., Masuda Y., Morita M., Motomura K., Moynier F., Nakai I., Nagashima K., Nguyen A., Nittler L. R. , Onose M., Pack A., Park C., Piani L., Qin L., Russell S. S., Sakamoto N., 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., 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, Yogata, Nakazawa, Saiki, Tanaka, Terui, Tsuda, Watanabe, Yoshikawa, Tachibana S., and Yurimoto H. (2024) Zirconium isotope composition indicate s-process depletion in samples returned from asteroid Ryugu Meteoritics & Planetary Science 60, 3-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14279

235. 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). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51731-w

234. 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14109

233. 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02364-y

232. 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. https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02721

231. 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 et Cosmochimica Acta 379 172-183. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.06.016

230. 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14234

229. 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14163

228. 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118719

227. 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347435

226. 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. G Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 270,27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ad1102

225. 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

224. 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

223. 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: https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2341

222. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad18c7

2023

221. 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14097

220. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115884

219. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad09d9

218. 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: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi7048

217. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115826

216. 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) 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acea62

215. 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

214. 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 Co-evolution of organics and water in experimentally shocked Murchison and EET 90628 chondrites. Science Advances 9(28), eadh1003. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh1003

213. Fujiya W., +88 co-authors (inc. L. R. Nittler ) (2023) Carbonate record of temporal change in oxygen fugacity and gaseous species in asteroid Ryugu. Nature Geoscience 16, 675–682. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01226-y

212. 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: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007691

211. 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://https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244702

210. 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

209. Yabuta H. + 129 co-authors (inc. L. Nittler ) (2023) Macromolecular organic matter in samples of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Science 379eabn9057. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn9057

208. 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. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 344 230-243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.01.015

2022

207. Paquet M., Moynier F., Yokoyama T., Dai W., Hu Y., et al. (inc. 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

206. 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. (inc. L. R. Nittler ) (2022) Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2. Science Advances 8, eade2067. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade2067

205. Moynier F., Dai W., Yokoyama T., Hu Y., Paquet M., Abe Y., et al. (inc. L. R. Nittler ) The Solar System calcium isotopic composition inferred from Ryugu samples. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 24 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2238

204. Hopp T., Dauphas N., et al. (inc. L. R. Nittler ) (2022) Ryugu's nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System. Science Advances, 8, 46, eadd8141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add8141

203. 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 58 Article number: 216. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00838-z

202. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.08.027

201. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac83bd

200. 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: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn7850

199. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.05.007

198. 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: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj8624

197. 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: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg7905

196. 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: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029675

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195. 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: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3478

194. Liu N., Barosch J., Nittler L. R. , Alexander C. M. O’D., Wang J., Cristallo S., Busso M., and Palmerini S. (2021) Evaluation of the classification of presolar silicon carbide grains using consensus clustering with resampling methods: an assessment of the confidence of grain assignments. Ap. J. Lett. 920:L26 (15pp). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac260b

193. 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: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE006839

192. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105047

191. 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

190. 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 et Cosmochimica Acta 301,230-258. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.03.005

189. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abd102

188. 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13618

2020

187. 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: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00750-2

186. 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

185. 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

184. 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 55. 1979-2006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13560

183. 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. Astrophysical Journal 898,96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab9e74

182. 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

181. 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

180. 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: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.13483

179. 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

178. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116108

2019

177. 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

176. 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

175. 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

174. 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

173. 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

172. 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

171. 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 176: 651. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2018-097

2018

170. 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).

169. Wada K., Grott M., Michel P., Walsh K. J., Barucci A. M., Biele J., Blum J., Ernst C. M., Grundmann J. T., Gundlach B., Hagermann A., Hamm M., Jutzi M., Kim M.-J., Kührt E., Le Corre L., Libourel G., Lichtenheldt R., Maturilli A., Messenger S. R., Michikami T., Miyamoto H., Mottola S., Müller T., Nakamura A. M., Nittler L. R., Ogawa K., Okada T., Palomba E., Sakatani N., Schröder S. E., Senshu H., Takir D., and Zolensky M. E. Asteroid Ryugu before the Hayabusa2 encounter. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-018-0237-y

168. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad9f3

167. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aad1f5

166. 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: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078407

165. 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). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aab61f

164. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.01.038

163. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaabb6

162. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaab4e

161. 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(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao1054

160. Nittler L. R., Chabot N. L., Grove T. L., and Peplowski P. N. (2018) 2. The chemical composition of Mercury. In Mercury: The View after MESSENGER, (ed. S. C. Solomon, L. R. Nittler, and B. Anderson). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

2017

159. 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. Astrophysical Journal Letters ,851:L12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9bf0

158. 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: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JE005367

157. 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. Astrophysical Journal ,848, 113 (11pp). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8c07

156. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.002

155. 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12954

154. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa7d4c

153. 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. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta ,221, 200-218. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.05.027

152. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa74e5

151. 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12891

150. 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12893

149. Nguyen A. N., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Hoppe P. (2017) Titanium isotopic compositions of rare presolar SiC grain types from the Murchison meteorite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta , 221, 162-181. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.026

148. 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: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JE005244

147. Groopman E. and Nittler L. R. (2017) Correlated XANES, TEM, and NanoSIMS of presolar graphite grains. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta , 1, 219-236. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.011

146. 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 oxygen-17. Nature Astronomy , 1, 0027. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-016-0027

145. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2017.01.007

144. 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, 155-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.11.041

2016

143. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.07.018.

142. Nittler L. R. and Ciesla F. (2016) Astrophysics with Extraterrestrial Materials. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ,54, 54:53–93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-astro-082214-122505.

141. 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: https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/140

140. 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, 9(4), 273-276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2669

139. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2016.01.003

138. 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 . 43, 3653-3661. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068325

2015

137. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.039

136. 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: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/31

135. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.027

134. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.023

133. 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: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/67

132. 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12434

131. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2015.01.008

130. 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.

2014

129. 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.

128. 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. (2014) Ion implants as matrix-appropriate calibrators for geochemical ion probe analyses Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research ,39, 265-276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-908X.2014.00318.x

127. 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: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1408206111

126. Westphal A. J., Stroud R. M., Bechtel H. A., Brenker F. E., Butterworth A. L., Flynn G. J., Frank D. R., Gainsforth Z., Hillier J. K., Postberg F., Simionovici A. S., Sterken V. J., Nittler L. R., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. K., Bassim N., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leonard A., Leroux H., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Schreiber K., Silversmit G., Solé V. A., Srama R., Stadermann F., Stephan T., Stodolna J., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Von Korff J., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and dusters S. h. (2014a) Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft. Science ,345(6198), 786-791. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1252496

125. 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: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/1/9

124. Davidson J., Busemann H., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., Orthous-Daunay F.-R., Franchi I. A., and Hoppe P. (2014) Abundances of presolar silicon carbide grains in primitive meteorites determined by NanoSIMS. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ,139, 248-266. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.026

123. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.002

122. Domingue D. L., Chapman C. R., Killen R. M., Zurbuchen T. H., Gilbert J. A., Sarantos M., Benna M., Slavin J. A., Schriver D., Trávníček P. M., Orlando T. M., Sprague A. L., Blewett D. T., Gillis-Davis J. J., Feldman W. C., Lawrence D. J., Ho G. C., Ebel D. S., Nittler L. R., Vilas F., Pieters C. M., Solomon S. C., Johnson C. L., Winslow R. M., Helbert J., Peplowski P. N., Weider S. Z., Mouawad N., Izenberg N. R., and McClintock W. E. (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: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-014-0039-5

121. 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12282

120. 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.

119. 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.

118. Bechtel H. A., Flynn G. J., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. K., Bassim N., Borg J., Brenker F. E., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Butterworth A. L., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Frank D. R., Gainsforth Z., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Simionovici A. S., Solé V. A., Srama R., Stadermann F. J., Stephan T., Sterken V. J., Stodolna J., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Von Korff J., Westphal A. J., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and dusters S. h. (2014) Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination III: Infrared spectroscopic analysis of interstellar dust candidates. Meteoritics and Planetary Science ,49(9), 1548-1561. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12125

117. Brenker F. E., Westphal A. J., Vincze L., Burghammer M., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Vekemans B., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. K., Bassim N., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Butterworth A. L., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Fougeray P., Frank D. R., Gainsforth Z., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Simionovici A. S., Solé V. A., Srama R., Stadermann F., Stephan T., Sterken V. J., Stodolna J., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Von Korff J., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and home S. (2014) Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination V: XRF analyses of interstellar dust candidates at ESRF ID13. Meteoritics and Planetary Science ,49(9), 1594-1611. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12206

116. Butterworth A. L., Westphal A. J., Tyliszczak T., Gainsforth Z., Stodolna J., Frank D. R., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. K., Bassim N., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Brenker F. E., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Sans͂Tresseras J.-A., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Simionovici A. S., Solé V. A., Srama R., Stadermann F. J., Stephan T., Sterken V. J., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Von Korff J., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and dusters S. h. (2014) 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12220

115. Flynn G. J., Sutton S. R., Lai B., Wirick S., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. K., Bassim N., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Brenker F. E., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Butterworth A. L., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Frank D., Gainsforth Z., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Simionovici A., Sol V. A., Srama R., Stadermann F. J., Stephan T., Sterken V., Stodolna J., Stroud R. M., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Von Korff J., Westphal A. J., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and dusters S. h. (2014) 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12144

114. Frank D. R., Westphal A. J., Zolensky M. E., Gainsforth Z., Butterworth A. L., Bastien R. K., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bassim N., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Brenker F. E., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Simionovici A. S., Solé V. A., Srama R., Stephan T., Sterken V. J., Stodolna J., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Korff J. V., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., and dusters S. h. (2014) 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12147

113. Gainsforth Z., Brenker F. E., Simionovici A. S., Schmitz S., Burghammer M., Butterworth A. L., Cloetens P., Lemelle L., Tresserras J.-A. S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Solé V. A., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Westphal A. J., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. K., Bassim N., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Changela H., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Fougeray P., Frank D., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Srama R., Stephan T., Sterken V., Stodolna J., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Von Korff J., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and dusters S. h. (2014) Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination VIII: Identification of crystalline material in two interstellar candidates. Meteoritics and Planetary Science ,49(9), 1645-1665. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12148

112. Postberg F., Hillier J. K., Armes S. P., Bugiel S., Butterworth A., Dupin D., Fielding L. A., Fujii S., Gainsforth Z., Grün E., Li Y. W., Srama R., Sterken V., Stodolna J., Trieloff M., Westphal A., Achilles C., Allen C., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bassim N., Bastien R. K., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Brenker F., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Frank D., Heck P. R., Hoppe P., Huss G., Huth J., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leonard A., Leroux H., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tressaras J. A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Schreiber K., Silversmit G., Simionovici A., Solé V. A., Stadermann F., Stephan T., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliczszak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and Dusters S. h. (2014) 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12173

111. Simionovici A. S., Lemelle L., Cloetens P., Solé V. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Butterworth A. L., Westphal A. J., Gainsforth Z., Stodolna J., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bassim N., Bastien R. K., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Brenker F. E., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Changela H., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Frank D. R., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Leonard A., Leroux H., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Srama R., Stadermann F. J., Stephan T., Sterken V. J., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Von Korff J., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and dusters S. h. (2014) 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12208

110. Sterken V. J., Westphal A. J., Altobelli N., Grün E., Hillier J. K., Postberg F., Srama R., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. S., Bassim N., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Brenker F. E., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Butterworth A. L., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Frank D., Gainsforth Z., Heck P. R., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Simionovici A., Solé V. A., Stephan T., Stodolna J., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Korff J. V., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and S. h. d. (2014) 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12219

109. Stroud R. M., Allen C., Ansari A., Anderson D., Bajt S., Bassim N., Bastien R. S., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Brenker F. E., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Butterworth A. L., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Frank D. R., Gainsforth Z., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Kotula P., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Schreiber K., Silversmit G., Simionovici A. S., Solé V. A., Srama R., Stephan T., Sterken V. J., Stodolna J., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Westphal A. J., Von Korff J., Zevin D., and Zolensky M. E. (2014) 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12136

108. Westphal A. J., Anderson D., Butterworth A. L., Frank D. R., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Von Korff J., Zevin D., Ardizzone A., Campanile A., Capraro M., Courtney K., Criswell M. N., Crumpler D., Cwik R., Gray F. J., Hudson B., Imada G., Karr J., Wah L. L. W., Mazzucato M., Motta P. G., Rigamonti C., Spencer R. C., Woodrough S. B., Santoni I. C., Sperry G., Terry J.-N., Wordsworth N., Yahnke T., Allen C., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. K., Bassim N., Bechtel H. A., Borg J., Brenker F. E., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Flynn G., Gainsforth Z., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hillier J. K., Hoppe P., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Postberg F., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Simionovici A. S., Solé V. A., Srama R., Stephan T., Sterken V. J., Stodolna J., Stroud R. M., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., and Zolensky M. E. (2014a) Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination I: Identification of tracks in aerogel. Meteoritics and Planetary Science ,49(9), 1509-1521. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12168

107.Westphal A. J., Bechtel H. A., Brenker F. E., Butterworth A. L., Flynn G., Frank D. R., Gainsforth Z., Hillier J. K., Postberg F., Simionovici A. S., Sterken V. J., Stroud R. M., Allen C., Anderson D., Ansari A., Bajt S., Bastien R. K., Bassim N., Borg J., Bridges J., Brownlee D. E., Burchell M., Burghammer M., Changela H., Cloetens P., Davis A. M., Doll R., Floss C., Grün E., Heck P. R., Hoppe P., Hudson B., Huth J., Hvide B., Kearsley A., King A. J., Lai B., Leitner J., Lemelle L., Leroux H., Leonard A., Lettieri R., Marchant W., Nittler L. R., Ogliore R., Ong W. J., Price M. C., Sandford S. A., Tresseras J.-A. S., Schmitz S., Schoonjans T., Silversmit G., Solé V. A., Srama R., Stadermann F., Stephan T., Stodolna J., Sutton S., Trieloff M., Tsou P., Tsuchiyama A., Tyliszczak T., Vekemans B., Vincze L., Von Korff J., Wordsworth N., Zevin D., Zolensky M. E., and dusters S. h. (2014b), Final reports of the Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination. Meteoritics and Planetary Science ,49(9), 1720-1733. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12221

106. 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.08.012

2013

105. 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2013.05.011

104. 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: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1229953

103. Weider S. Z. and Nittler L. R. (2013) he surface composition of Mercury as seen by MESSENGER. Elements 9(2), 90-91.

102. 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: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12109

101. 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.

2012

100. 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. 117(E12), E00L15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004140

99. Nittler L. R. and Gaidos E. (2012) Galactic chemical evolution and the oxygen isotopic composition of the solar system. Meteoritics and Planetary Science ,47, 2031-2048. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01410.x.

98. Peplowski P. N., Rhodes E. A., Hamara D. K., Lawrence D. J., Evans L. G., Nittler L. R. , and Solomon S. C. (2012b) 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. , 117(E12), E00L10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004181

97. 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. , 117(E12), E00L07. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004178

96. 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. ,117(E12), E00L05. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004153

95. 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. (2012) Variations in the abundances of potassium and thorium on the surface of Mercury: Results from the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. J. Geophys. Res. , 117(E12), E00L04. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004141

94. 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 , 337, 721-723. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1223474

93. 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 (2012) MESSENGER detection of electron-induced X-ray fluorescence from Mercury's surface. J. Geophys. Res. , 117(E12), E00L02. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004118

2011

92. 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. (2011) Observations of suprathermal electrons in Mercury's magnetosphere during the three MESSENGER flybys. Planetary and Space Science ,59, 2016-2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2011.01.011

91. 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. (2011) Analysis of MESSENGER gamma-ray spectrometer data from Mercury flybys. Planetary and Space Science ,59, 1829-1841. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2011.07.018

90. 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. (2011) The major-element composition of Mercury's surface from MESSENGER X-ray spectrometry. Science ,333, 1847-1850.

89. 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. (2011) Hollows on Mercury: MESSENGER evidence for geologically recent volatile-related activity. Science ,333, 1856-1859.

88. 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. (2011) Flood volcanism in the northern high latitudes of Mercury revealed by MESSENGER. Science ,333, 1853-1856.

87. 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. (2011) Radioactive elements on Mercury's surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the planet's formation and evolution. Science ,333, 1850-1852.

86. 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.

85. 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.

84. 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.

83. 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. (2011) 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.001

82. 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. (2011) Origin and evolution of prebiotic organic matter as inferred from the Tagish Lake meteorite. Science , 332, 1304-1307. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1203290

81. 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. (2011) Lunar X-ray fluorescence observations by the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS): Results from the nearside southern highlands. Icarus ,214, 53-66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2011.04.010

80. Cody G. D., Heying E., Alexander C. M. O'D., Nittler L. R., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Sandford S. A., and Stroud R. M. (2011) Establishing a molecular relationship between chondritic and cometary organic solids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ,108, 19171-19176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1015913108

79. Zega T. J., Alexander C. M. O'D., Nittler L. R. , and Stroud R. M. (2011) A transmission electron microscopy study of presolar hibonite. Astrophysical Journal ,730, 83-92.

78. Qin L., Nittler L. R. , Alexander C. M. O'D., Wang J., Stadermann F. J., and Carlson R. W. (2011) 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(2), 629-644.

2010

Nittler, L. R. Cometary Dust in the Laboratory. Science , 328, 698-699 (in Perspectives), 2010.

77. Gyngard F., Nittler, L. R. , Zinner E. K., and Jose J. (2010) Oxygen-rich stardust grains from novae. 11th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Proceedings of Science, PoS(NIC XI)141

76. Buntain J., Lugaro M., Stancliffe R. J., Karakas A., Nittler, L. R. , and Hoppe P. (2010) Wind composition beyond the tip of the AGB and its relevance to stardust grains. 11th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos. PoS(NIC XI)139.

75. Liu M.-C., Nittler, L. R. , , Alexander C. M. O’D., and Lee T. (2010b) Protosolar irradiation in the early solar system: Clues from lithium and boron isotopes. 11th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos. PoS(NIC XI)145.

74. Schroeder, C., Herkenhoff K. E., Farrand W. H., Chappelow J. E., Wang W., Nittler, L. R. ,Ashley J. W., Fleischer I., Gellert R., Golombek M. P., Johnson J. R., Klingelhofer G., Li R., Morris R. V., and Squyres S. W. (2010) Properties and distribution of paired candidate stony meteorites at Meridiani Planum, Mars. J. Geophys. Res., 115, E00F09. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JE003616

73. Nguyen, A. N., Nittler, L. R. , Stadermann, F. J., Stroud, R. M., and Alexander, C. M. O'D. (2010) Coordinated analyses of presolar grains in the Allan Hills 77307 and Queen Elizabeth Range 99177 meteorites. Astrophysical Journal , 719, 166-189.

72. Gyngard F., Zinner E., Nittler L. R. , Morgand A., Stadermann F. J., and Hynes K. M. (2010) Automated Nanosims Measurements Of Spinel Stardust From The Murray Meteorite. Astrophys. J. , 717, 107-120, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/717/1/107.

71. 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. (2010) 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, 01102.

70. De Gregorio B. T., Stroud R. M., Nittler L. R. , Alexander C. M. O'D., Kilcoyne A. L. D., and Zega T. J. (2010) 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.

69. Alexander, C. M. O'D., Newsome, S. D., Fogel, M. L., Nittler, L. R. , Busemann, H., and Cody, G. D. (2010) Deuterium enrichments in chondritic macromolecular material--Implications for the origin and evolution of organics, water and asteroids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 74(15), 4417-4437.

68. 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.(2010) Identification and measurement of neutron-absorbing elements on Mercury's surface. Icarus , 209, 195-209.

67. 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. (2010) MESSENGER Observations of Extreme Loading and Unloading of Mercury's Magnetic Tail. Science, 329(5992), 665 - 668.

66. Zega T. J., Alexander C. M. O'D., Busemann H., Nittler L. R. , Hoppe P., Stroud R. M., and Young A. F. (2010) Mineral associations and character of isotopically anomalous organic material in the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 5966-5983.

65. Liu, M.-C.,Nittler, L. R., Alexander, C. M. O'D., and Lee, T. (2010) Lithium-Beryllium-Boron Isotopic Compositions in Meteoritic Hibonite: Implications for Origin of 10Be and Early Solar System Irradiation. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 719, L99-L103.

2009

64. Busemann H., Nguyen A. N., Cody G. D., Hoppe P., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Stroud R. M., Zega T. J., and Nittler L. R. (2009) Ultra-primitive interplanetary dust particles from the comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup dust stream collection. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. ,288, 44-57.

63. Lim L. F. and Nittler L. R. (2009) Elemental composition of 433 Eros: New calibration of the NEAR-Shoemaker XRS data. Icarus ,200, 129-146.

62. 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.

61. Nittler L. R. (2009) Presolar Stardust in the Solar System: Recent Advances for Nuclear Astrophysics. 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, PoS(NIC X) 013

2008

60. Küppers M. and 66 co-authors including Nittler L. R. (2008) Triple F-a comet nucleus sample return mission. Experimental Astronomy . 23(3), 809-847.

59. Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D, Gallino R., Hoppe P., Nguyen A. N., Stadermann F. J. and Zinner E. K. (2008) Aluminum-, Calcium- And Titanium-Rich Oxide Stardust In Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites. Astrophysical Journal , 682, 1450-1478.

58. 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. (2008) Combined micro-IR and micro-Raman analyses of comet 81P/Wild 2 particles collected by Stardust. Meteoritics and Planetary Science , 43, 367-397.

57. 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. (2008) Mercury's Magnetosphere after MESSENGER's First Flyby . Science , 321, 85 - 89.

56. Nittler L. R. (2008) Presolar Stardust in the Solar System: Implications for Nucleosynthesis and Galactic Chemical Evolution. Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies , AIP Conf. 1016 (T. Suda et al, eds.), 375-382.

55. Schröder 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. (2008) Meteorites on Mars observed with the Mars Exploration Rovers. Journ. Geophys. Res. , 113(E6), E06S22.

54. Meyer B. S., Nittler L. R., Nguyen A. N., and Messenger S. (2008) Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Oxygen. In Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Vol. 68: Oxygen in the Earliest Solar System , m (ed. G. J. MacPherson, D. W. Mittlefehldt, J. Jones, S.B. Simon, and S. Mackwell), pp. 31-53. Mineralogical Society of America.

2007

53. Busemann H., Alexander C. M. O'D.,and Nittler L. R. (2007) Characterization of insoluble organic matter in meteorites by Raman spectroscopy. Meteoritics and Planetary Science , 42, 1387-1416.

52. Lugaro M., Karakas A. I., Nittler L. R. , Alexander C. M. O'D., Hoppe P., Iliadis C., and Lattanzio J. C. (2007) The composition of presolar spinel grain OC2: constraining asymptotic giant branch models. Astronomy and Astrophysics , 461 657-664.

51. Nguyen A. N., Stadermann F. J., Zinner E., Stroud R. M., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Nittler L. R. (2007) Characterization of presolar silicate and oxide grains in primitive carbonaceous chondrites. Astrophysical Journal , 656, 1232-1240.

50. Zega, T. J., Nittler, L. R., Busemann, H., Hoppe, P., and Stroud, R. M. (2007) 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.

49. 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. (2007) 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.

2006

48. Brownlee D. and 182 co-authors including Nittler L. R. (2006) Comet 81P/Wild 2 Under a Microscope. Science , 314 1711-1716.

47. Sandford S. A., Aléon J., Alexander C. M. O’D., Araki T., Bajt S., Baratta G. A., Borg J., Bradley J. P., Brownlee D. E., Brucato J. R., Burchell M. J., Busemann H., Butterworth A., Clemett S. J., Cody G., Colangeli L., Cooper G., D'Hendecourt L., Djouadi Z., Dworkin J. P., Ferrini G., Fleckenstein H., Flynn G. J., Franchi I. A., Fries M., Gilles M. K., Glavin D. P., Gounelle M., Grossemy F., Jacobsen C., Keller L. P., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Leitner J., Matrajt G., Meibom A., Mennella V., Mostefaoui S., Nittler L. R. , Palumbo M. E., Papanastassiou D. A., Robert F., Rotundi A., Snead C. J., Spencer M. K., Stadermann F. J., Steele A., Stephan T., Tsou P., Tyliszczak T., Westphal A. J., Wirick S., Wopenka B., Yabuta H., Zare R. N., and Zolensky M. E. (2006) Organics Captured from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft. Science , 314 1720-1724.

46. McKeegan K. D., Aléon J., Bradley J., Brownlee D., Busemann H., Butterworth A., Chaussidon M., Fallon S., Floss C., Gilmour J., Gounelle M., Graham G., Guan Y., Heck P. R., Hoppe P., Hutcheon I. D., Huth J., Ishii H., Ito M., Jacobsen S. B., Kearsley A., Leshin L. A., Liu M.- C., Lyon I., Marhas K., Marty B., Matrajt G., Meibom A., Messenger S., Mostefaoui S., Mukhopadhyay S., Nakamura-Messenger K., Nittler L., Palma R., Pepin R. O., Papanastassiou D. A., Robert F., Schlutter D., Snead C. J., Stadermann F. J., Stroud R., Tsou P., Westphal A., Young E. D., Ziegler K., Zimmermann L., and Zinner E. (2006) Isotopic Compositions of Cometary Matter Returned by Stardust. Science , 314 1724-1728.

45. Keller L. P., Bajt S., Baratta G. A., Borg J., Bradley J. P., Brownlee D. E., Busemann H., Brucato J. R., Burchell M., Colangeli L., d'Hendecourt L., Djouadi Z., Ferrini G., Flynn G., Franchi I. A., Fries M., Grady M. M., Graham G. A., Grossemy F., Kearsley A., Matrajt G., Nakamura-Messenger K., Mennella V., Nittler L., Palumbo M. E., Stadermann F. J., Tsou P., Rotundi A., Sandford S. A., Snead C., Steele A., Wooden D., and Zolensky M. (2006) Infrared Spectroscopy of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Returned by Stardust. Science , 314 1728-1731.

44. Foley C. N., Nittler L. R. , McCoy T. J., Lim L. F., Brown M. R. M., Starr R. D., and Trombka J. I. (2006) Minor element evidence that asteroid 433 Eros is a space-weathered ordinary chondrite parent body. Icarus , 184, 338-343.

43. Busemann H., Young A. F., Alexander C. M. O'D., Hoppe P., Mukhopadhyay S., and Nittler L. R. (2006) Interstellar chemistry recorded in organic matter from primitive meteorites. Science , 312, 727-630.

42. Zinner E., Nittler L. R. , Gallino R., Karakas A. I., Lugaro M., Straniero O., and Lattanzio J. C. (2006) 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.

41. Zinner E., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O'D., and Gallino R. (2006) The study of radioisotopes in presolar dust grains. New Astronomy Reviews (proceedings of Astronomy with Radioactivities V Conference), 50 574-577.

40. Nittler L. R. and Dauphas N. D. (2006) Meteorites and the Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way , in: Meteorites and the Early Solar System II , (ed. D. S. Lauretta and H. Y. McSween Jr.), University of Arizona Press, 127-146.

39. McCoy T., Carlson W. D., Nittler L. R., Stroud R. M., Bogard D. D., and Garrison D. H. (2006) Graves Nunatak 95209: a snapshot of metal segregation and core formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 70, 516-531.

2005

38. Zinner E., Nittler L. R., Hoppe P., Gallino R., Straniero O., and Alexander C. M. O'D. (2005) Oxygen, magnesium and chromium isotopic ratios of presolar spinel grains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 69, 4149-4165.

37. Nittler L. R. and Hoppe P. (2005) Are presolar silicon carbide grains from novae actually from supernovae? Astrophysical Journal , 631, L89-L92.

36. Nittler L. R. (2005) Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions are not supernova condensates. In Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Vol. 341 (ed. A. N. Krot, E. R. D. Scott, and B. Reipurth), pp. 539.

35. Nittler L. R., Gallino R., Lugaro M., Straniero O., Dominguez I., and Zinner E. (2005) Si and C Isotopes in presolar silicon carbide grains from AGB stars. Nuclear Physics A , 758, 348c-351c.

34. Nittler L. R. (2005) Constraints on heterogeneous galactic chemical evolution from meteoritic stardust. Astrophysical Journal , 618, 281-296.

2004

Nittler L. R. Nuclear fossils in stardust . Science , 303, 636-637 (in Perspectives).

33. Nittler L. R., McCoy T. J., Clark P. E., Murphy M. E., Trombka J. I., and Jarosewich E. (2004) Bulk Element Compositions of Meteorites: A Guide for Interpreting Remote-sensing Geochemical Measurements of Planets and Asteroids . Antarctic Meteorite Research , 17, 233-253.

32. Clayton D. D. and Nittler L. R. (2004) Astrophysics with Presolar Stardust. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 42, 39-78.

31. Stroud R. M., Nittler L. R., and Alexander C. M. O’D. (2004) Polymorphism in Presolar Al2O3 Grains from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars. Science , 5689 1455-1457.

30. V Semenenko V. P., Girich A. L., and Nittler L. R. (2004) An exotic kind of cosmic material: Graphite-containing xenoliths from the Krymka (LL3.1) chondrite. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta , 68 455-475.

2003

29. Clayton D. D. and Nittler L. R. (2004) Presolar Stardust Grains, In Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 4: Origin and Evolution of the Elements, , ed. A. McWilliam and M. Rauch (Cambridge: Cambridge Univeristy Press).

28. Nittler L. R. and Alexander C. M. O’D. (2003) Automated Isotopic Measurements of Micron-sized Dust: Application to Meteoritic Presolar Silicon Carbide . Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta , 67, 4961-4980.

27. Nittler L. R. (2003) Presolar Stardust in Meteorites: Recent Advances and Scientific Frontiers. Earth Planet. Sci. Let. 209, 259-273.

26. Lugaro M., Gallino R., Amari S., Zinner E. and Nittler L. R. (2003) 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.

25. Messenger S., Stadermann F. J., Floss C., Nittler L. R., and Mukhopadhyay S. (2003) Isotopic signatures of presolar materials in interplanetary dust. Space Sci. Rev. , 106 155-172.

2002

24. Burbine T. H., McCoy T. J., Nittler L. R., Benedix G. K., Cloutis E. A., and Dickinson T. L. (2002) Spectra of extremely reduced assemblages: Implications for Mercury. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 37 1233-1244.

23. McCoy T. J., Robinson M. S., Nittler L. R., and Burbine T. H. (2002) 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.

2001

22. Amari S., Nittler L. R., Zinner E., Gallino R., Lugaro M., and Lewis R. S. (2001) Presolar SiC grains of type Y: Origin from low-metallicity AGB stars. Astrophysical Journal, 546, 248-266.

21. Amari S., Gao X., Nittler L. R., Zinner E., José J., Hernanz M., and Lewis R. S. (2001) Presolar grains from novae. Astrophysical Journal, 551, 1065-1072.

20. Nittler L. R., Starr R. D., Lim L., McCoy T. J., Burbine T. H., Reedy R. C., Trombka J. I., Gorenstein P., Squyres S. W., Boynton W. V., McClanahan T. P., Bhangoo J. S., Clark P. E., Murphy M. E., and Killen R. (2001) X-ray fluorescence measurements of the surface composition of asteroid 433 Eros. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1673-1695.

19. Evans L. G., Starr R. D., Brückner J., Reedy R. C., Boynton W. V., Trombka J. I., Goldstein J. O., Masarik J., Nittler L. R., and McCoy T. J. (2001) Elemental composition from gamma-ray spectroscopy of the NEAR-Shoemaker landing site on 433 Eros. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1639-1660.

18. McCoy T. J., Burbine T. H., McFadden L. A., Starr R. D., Gaffey M. J., Nittler L. R., Evans L. G., Izenberg N., Lucey P., Trombka J. I., Bell J. F., III , Clark B. E., Clark P. E., Squyres S. W., Chapman C. R., Boynton W. V., and Veverka J. (2001) The Composition of 433 Eros: A Mineralogical -Chemical Synthesis. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1661-1672.

17. Trombka J. I., Nittler L. R., Starr R. D., Evans L. G., McCoy T. J., Boynton W. V., Burbine T. H., Brückner J., Gorenstein P., Squyres S. W., Reedy R. C., Goldsten J. O., Lim L., Hurley K., Clark P. E., Floyd S. R., McClanahan T. P., McCartney E., Branscomb J., Bhangoo J. S., Mikheeva I., and Murphy M. E. (2001) The NEAR-Shoemaker x-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer experiment: Overview and lessons learned. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1605-1616.

16. Amari S., Nittler L. R., Zinner E., Lodders K., and Lewis R. S. (2001) Presolar SiC Grains of Type A and B: Their Isotopic Compositions and Stellar Origins. Astrophysical Journal, 559, 463-483.

2000

15. McCoy T. J., Nittler L. R., Burbine T. H., Trombka J. I., Clark P. E., and Murphy M. E. (2000) Anatomy of a partially-differentiated asteroid: A "NEAR"-sighted view of Acapulcoites and Lodranites. Icarus, 148, 29-36.

14. Starr R., Clark P. E., Murphy M. E., Floyd S. R., McClanahan T. P., Nittler L. R., Trombka J. I., Evans L. G., Boynton W. V., Bailey S. H., Bhangoo J., Mikheeva I., Brückner J. B., Squyres S. W., McCartney E. M., Goldsten J. O., and McNutt R. L. (2000) Instrument calibrations and data analysis procedures for the NEAR x-ray spectrometer. Icarus, 147, 498-519.

13. Trombka J. I., Squyres S. W., Bruckner J., Boynton W. V., Reedy R. C., McCoy T. J., Gorenstein P., Evans L. G., Arnold J. R., Starr R. D., Nittler L. R., Murphy M. E., Mikheeva I., McNutt R. L., McClanahan T. P., McCartney E., Goldsten J. O., Gold R. E., Floyd S. R., Clark P. E., Burbine T. H., Bhangoo J. S., Bailey S. H., and Petaev M. (2000) The elemental composition of asteroid 433 Eros: First results of the NEAR SHOEMAKER x-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer. Science, 289, 2101-2105.

1999

12. Alexander C. M. O’D. and Nittler L. R. (1999) The galactic evolution of Si, Ti and O isotopes. Astrophysical Journal, 519, 222-235.

11. Nittler L. R. and Alexander C. M. O’D. (1999) Can stellar dynamics explain the metallicity distributions of presolar grains? Astrophysical Journal, 526, 249-256.

1998

10. Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O’D., Wang J., and Gao X. (1998) Meteoritic oxide grain from supernova found. Nature, 393, 222.

9. Zinner E., Amari S., and Nittler L. R. (1998) The isotopic compositions of presolar dust grains from primitive meteorites. In SIMS XI, (ed. G. Gillen, R. Lareau, J. Bennett, and F. Stevie), pp. 51-54. John Wiley & Sons.

1997

8. Nittler L. R.. Presolar oxide grains in meteorites. In Astrophysical Implications of the Laboratory Study of Presolar Materials (ed. T. J. Bernatowicz and E. Zinner), pp. 59-82. AIP Conference Proceedings 402.

7. Nittler L. R., and Cowsik R. (1997) Galactic age estimates from O-rich stardust in meteorites. Physical Review Letters, 78(2), 175-178.

6. Nittler L., Alexander C. M. O’D., Gao X., Walker R. M., and Zinner E. (1997) Stellar sapphires: The properties and origins of presolar Al2O3 in meteorites. Astrophysical Journal, 483, 475-495.

5. Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O’D., Gao X., Walker R. M., and Zinner E. (1997) Presolar Al2O3 grains as probes of stellar nucleosynthesis and galactic chemical evolution. Nuclear Physics A, 621, 113c-116c.

1996

4. Nittler L. R., Amari S., Zinner E., Woosley S. E., and Lewis R. S. (1996) Extinct 44Ti in presolar graphite and SiC: proof of a supernova origin. Astrophysical Journal, 462, L31-L34

1995

3. Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O’D., Gao X., Walker R. M., and Zinner E. K. (1995) Oxygen-rich stardust in meteorites. In M. Busso, R. Gallino, and C. M. Raiteri, editors, Nuclei in the Cosmos III, (ed. M. Busso, R. Gallino, and C. M. Raiteri), pp. 585-590. AIP Press.

2. Nittler L. R., Hoppe P., Alexander C. M. O’D., Amari S., Eberhardt P., Gao X., Lewis R. S., Strebel R., Walker R. M., and Zinner E. (1995) Silicon nitride from supernovae. Astrophysical Journal, 453, L25-L28

1994

1. Nittler L., Alexander C. M. O’D., Gao X., Walker R. M., and Zinner E. (1994) Interstellar oxide grains from the Tieschitz ordinary chondrite. Nature 370, 443-446.

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