Papers (most recent first)

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

• Slavin J. A., Acuna M. H. Anderson B. J., Baker, D. N., Benna M., Gloeckler G., Gold R. E., Ho G. C., Killen R. M., Korth H., Krimigiss S. M., McNutt Jr. R. L., Nittler L. R., Raines J. M., Schriver D., Solomon S. C., Starr R. D., Travnicek P., Zurbuchen T. H. Mercury's Magnetosphere after MESSENGER's First Flyby, Science , 321, 85 - 89, 2008.

• Michael Küppers, M and 110 co-authors, including Nittler L. R. Triple F— A Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission, Experimental Astronomy, DOI 10.1007/s10686-008-9115-8, 2008.

• Nittler L. R.,Presolar Stardust in the Solar System: Implications for Nucleosynthesis and Galactic Chemical Evolution, In T. Suda et al., editors,AIP Conference Proceedings 1016: Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, New York, 2008, AIP, pages 375-382.

• 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., Klingelhöfer G., Ming D. W., Morris R. V., Jr. P. A. d. S., Squyres S. W., Weitz C., Yen A. S., Zipfel J., and Economou T. Meteorites on Mars observed with the Mars Exploration Rovers Journ. Geophys. Res., 113(E6), E06S22, 2008

• Rotundi A., Baratta G. A., Borg J., Brucato J. R., Busemann H., Colangeli L., D'Hendecort L., Djouadi Z., Ferrini G., Franchi I. A., Fries M., Grossemy F., Keller L. P., Mennella V., Nakamura K., Nittler L. R., Palumbo M. E., Sandford S. A., Steele A., and Wopenka B. Combined micro-IR and micro-Raman analyses of comet 81P/Wild 2 particles collected by Stardust. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 367-397, 2008.

• Zinner E., Amari S., Guinness R., Jennings C., Mertz A. F., Nguyen A. N., Gallino R., Hoppe P., Lugaro M., Nittler L. R., and Lewis R. S. NanoSIMS isotopic analysis of small presolar grains: Search for Si₃N₄ grains from AGB stars and Al and Ti isotopic compositions of rare presolar SiC grains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, 4786-4813, 2007.

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

• Zega, T. J., Nittler, L. R., Busemann, H., Hoppe, P., and Stroud, R. M. Coordinated isotopic and mineralogical analyses of planetary materials enabled by in situ lift-out with a focused-ion-beam scanning-electron microscope. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 42, 1373-1386, 2007.

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

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

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

• McKeegan K. D.and 46 co-authors including Nittler L. R. Isotopic Compositions of Cometary Matter Returned by Stardust. Science, 314 1724-1728, 2006.

• Sandford S. A.and 54 co-authors including Nittler L. R. Organics Captured from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft. Science, 314 1720-1724, 2006.

• Keller L. P.and 32 co-authors including Nittler L. R. Infrared Spectroscopy of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Returned by Stardust. Science, 314 1728-1731, 2006.

• Zinner E., Nittler L. R., Gallino R., Karakas A. I., Lugaro M., Straniero O., and Lattanzio J. C. Silicon and carbon isotopic ratios in AGB stars: SiC grain data, models, and the Galactic evolution of the Si isotopes. Astrophysical Journal, 650, 350-373, 2006.

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

• Foley C. N., Nittler L. R., McCoy T. J., Lim L. F., Brown M. R. M., Starr R. D., and Trombka J. I. Minor element evidence that asteroid 433 Eros is a space-weathered ordinary chondrite parent body. Icarus, 184, 338-343, 2006. (If you do not have access to the electronic journal, please email me for a pdf reprint).

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

• L. R. Nittler and N. Dauphas, Meteorites and the Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way, in: Meteorites and the Early Solar System II, (D. S. Lauretta and H. Y. McSween Jr., eds.), Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, pp 127-146, 2006.

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

• L. R. Nittler and P. Hoppe, Are Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains from Novae Actually from Supernovae?, Astrophysical Journal, 631, L89-L92, 2005.

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

• L. R. Nittler Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions Are Not Supernova Condensates, in: Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk, ASP Conference Series, (A. N. Krot, E. R. D. Scott, & B. Reipurth, eds.), 531, 539, 2005.

• L. R. Nittler, R. Gallino, M. Lugaro, O. Straniero, I. Dominguez, and E. Zinner, Si and C Isotopes in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains From AGB Stars, Nuclear Physics A , 758, 348c-351c, 2005.

• L. R. Nittler Constraints on Heterogeneous Galactic Chemical Evolution from Meteoritic Stardust, Astrophysical Journal, 618: 281-296, 2005.

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

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

• D. D. Clayton and L. R. Nittler Astrophysics with Presolar Stardust, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics , 42, 39-78, 2004. (Note: I am pleased to provide complimentary one-time access to our Annual Reviews article as a PDF file, for personal use. Any further/multiple distribution, publication or commercial usage of this copyrighted material would require submission of a permission request addressed to the Annual Reviews Permissions Department, email permissions@AnnualReviews.org.)

• L.R. Nittler Nuclear fossils in stardust, Science, 303, 636-637 (in Perspectives), 2004.

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

• D. D. Clayton and L. R. Nittler Presolar Stardust Grains, to appear in Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 4: Origin and Evolution of the Elements , ed. A. McWilliam and M. Rauch (Cambridge: Cambridge Univeristy Press) (final, revised version), Updated October 3 .

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

• M. Lugaro, R. Gallino, S. Amari, E. Zinner, and L. R. Nittler, The effect of heterogeneities in the interstellar medium on the CNO isotopic ratios of presolar SiC and corundum grains, Nucl. Phys. A 718, 419C-421C, 2003.

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

• L. R. Nittler Presolar Stardust in Meteorites: Recent Advances and Scientific Frontiers Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 209, 259-273, 2003.

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

• T. J. McCoy, M. S. Robinson, L. R. Nittler, and T. H. Burbine. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission to asteroid 433 Eros: A milestone in the study of asteroids and their relationship to meteorites. Chemie der Erde 62, 89-121, 2002.

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

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

• J. I. Trombka, L. R. Nittler, R. D. Starr, L. G. Evans, T. J. McCoy, W. V. Boynton, T. H. Burbine, J. Brückner, P. Gorenstein, S. W. Squyres, R. C. Reedy, J. O. Goldsten, L. Lim, K. Hurley, P. E. Clark, S. R. Floyd, T. P. McClanahan, E. McCartney, J. Branscomb, J. S. Bhangoo, I. Mikheeva, and M. E. Murphy. The Near-Shoemaker XGRS Experiment: Overview And Lessons Learned. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 36, 1605-1616, 2001.

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

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

• S. Amari, X. Gao, L. R. Nittler, E. Zinner, J. Jose, M. Hernanz, and R. S. Lewis. Presolar grains from novae. Astrophysical Journal 551:1065-1072, 2001.

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

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

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

• J.I. Trombka and NEAR XGRS team (21 authors, incl. L. R. Nittler). The elemental composition of asteroid 433 Eros: First results of the NEAR SHOEMAKER x-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer. Science 289:2101-2105, 2000.

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

• C. M. O'D. Alexander and L. R. Nittler.The galactic evolution of Si, Ti and O isotopes. Astrophysical Journal, 519: 222-235, 1999.

• L. R. Nittler, C. M. O'D. Alexander, J. Wang, and X. Gao. Meteoritic oxide grain from supernova found. Nature, 393:222, 1998.

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

• L. R. Nittler. Presolar oxide grains in meteorites. In T. Bernatowicz and E. Zinner, editors, Astrophysical Implications of the Laboratory Study of Presolar Materials, New York, 1997, AIP, pages 59-82.

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

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

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

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

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

• L. R. Nittler, C. M. O'D. Alexander, X. Gao, R. M. Walker, and E. K. Zinner. Oxygen-rich stardust in meteorites. In M. Busso, R. Gallino, and C. M. Raiteri, editors, Nuclei in the Cosmos III, pages 585-589, New York, 1995. AIP.

• L. R. Nittler, C. M. O'D. Alexander, X. Gao, R. M. Walker, and E. K. Zinner. Interstellar oxide grains from the Tieschitz ordinary chondrite. Nature, 370:443-446, 1994.
  

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