Fred Ciesla
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Carnegie Institution of Washington
5241 Broad Branch Road, NW
Washington, DC 20015-1305
(voice)202.478.8864
(fax) 202.478.8821
ciesla at dtm.ciw.edu
FTP FilesI will be joining the Department of Geophysics at the University of Chicago in the Summer of 2008.
For my research, I study the formation and evolution of planetary systems in the hope of determining how common systems like our own are in the galaxy. I develop theoretical models to study the thermal, chemical, and dynamical evolution of materials in protoplanetary disks to understand the makeup of planetesimals and planets. I compare the predictions of my models to measurements of meteoritic and planetary materials in order to put constraints on how the processes operated in our own protoplanetary disk, the solar nebula. I also apply my models to destermine how extrasolar planets or protoplanetary disks developed their observed properties. Thus I am exploring ways to bring together the fields of meteoritics and astrophysics.
Research Interests:
- Chondrule Formation
- Meteorite Parent Body Formation
- Physical and Chemical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks
- Planet Formation
Recent Publications:
F.J. Ciesla Radial Transport in the Solar Nebula: Implications for Moderately Volatile Element Depletions in Chondritic Meteorites. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences IN PRESS.
F.J. Ciesla (2007) Dust Coagulation and Settling in Layered Protoplanetary Disks. Astrophysical Journal v.654, L159-L162. Link to Article
F.J. Ciesla (2006) Chondrule Collisions Behind Shock Waves. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. v.41, 1347-1359.
F.J. Ciesla and J.N. Cuzzi (2006) The Evolution of the Water Distribution in a Viscous Protoplanetary Disk. Icarus v.181, 178-204.
J.N. Cuzzi, F.J. Ciesla, M.I Petaev, A.N. Krot, E.R.D. Scott, and S.J. Weidenscilling (2005). Nebular Evolution of Thermally Processed Solids: Reconciling Models and Meteorites. In Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk (A.N Krot, E.R.D. Scott, and B. Reipurth, Editors). ASP Conference Series vol. 341, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco. pp. 732-773. Download PDF
F.J. Ciesla (2005). Chondrule-forming Processes: An Overview. In Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk (A.N Krot, E.R.D. Scott, and B. Reipurth, Editors). ASP Conference Series vol. 341, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco. pp. 811-820. Download PDF
S.J. Desch, F.J. Ciesla, L. L. Hood, and T. Nakamoto (2005). Heating of Chondritic Materials in Solar Nebula Shocks. In Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk (A.N Krot, E.R.D. Scott, and B. Reipurth, Editors). ASP Conference Series vol. 341, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco. pp. 849-872. Download PDF
L.L. Hood, F.J. Ciesla, and S.J. Weidenschilling (2005). Chondrule Formation in Planetesimal Bow Shocks: Heating and Cooling Rates. In Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk (A.N Krot, E.R.D. Scott, and B. Reipurth, Editors). ASP Conference Series vol. 341, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco. pp. 873-882. Download PDF
F.J. Ciesla and D.S. Lauretta (2005).The Radial Migration and Dehydration of Phyllosilicates in the Solar Nebula. Earth & Planetary Science Letters v. 231, 1-8. Link to Article Download PDF
F.J. Ciesla, L.L. Hood, and S.J. Weidenschilling (2004). Evaluating Planetesimal Bow Shocks as Possible Sites for Chondrule Formation. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences v.39, 1809-1821. Link to Article Download PDF
F.J. Ciesla, D.S. Lauretta, and L.L. Hood (2004). The Frequency of Compound Chondrules and Implications for Chondrule Formation. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences v.39, 531-544. Link to Article Download PDF
F.J. Ciesla, D.S. Lauretta, B.A. Cohen, and L.L. Hood (2003) A Nebular Origin for Chondritic Fine-Grained Phyllosilicates. Science v.299, 549-552. Abstract and Text
F.J. Ciesla and L.L. Hood (2002). The Nebular Shock Wave Model for Chondrule Formation: Shock Processing in a Particle-Gas Suspension. Icarus v.158, 281-293. Link to Article Download PDFLast Modified: August 24, 2007
Images courtesy of the Space Telescope web site (Orion disk) and Sasha Krot (chondrite)
