NASA Quarterly
UVIS
Q4 - 2009
(August - October 2009)
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UVIS: Science Highlights
• Analyze and prioritize icy satellite occultations of stars in the Solstice Mission
(Hansen)
• Develop observation design for UVIS observation of Enceladus’ plume occulting the
sun (Hansen)
• Obtained results for Shkuratov multiple scattering model fit to the albedo of ring
particles. Determined power law phase function for ring particles through analysis of
multiple observations over a range of phase angles. (Bradley)
• Developed and tested data processing pipeline for delivery of high-level calibrated
ring stellar occultation data products to the Planetary Data System. (Colwell)
• Several new waves discovered in Saturn’s C ring. Possible identification of some
waves with known resonances leading to determination of C ring surface mass
density. (Colwell)
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UVIS: Accomplishments
• Publications
– Published this quarter
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In Press (Went into press Aug-Oct and also includes still in press from earlier quarters)
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Submitted (Submitted Aug-Oct and also includes submitted earlier and still in review)
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Published 2009 to date:
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Published Entire mission
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• Presentations at scientific conferences (Aug - Oct 2009)
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7 papers at DPS, October, 2009, Puerto Rico (Albers, Hansen, Hendrix)
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2 papers at EPSC, September 2009, Potsdam (Hendrix, Esposito)
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1 paper at IAU Symposium on Icy Satellites in the Solar System, August 2009, Rio de Janeiro (Hendrix)
• Public Outreach and Press Activities (Aug - Oct 2009)
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2: public talks
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0: press releases
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1: press conference (phone interviews)
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UVIS: Plans
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Science Plans (Nov 2009 - Jan 2010)
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Final plans for Titan flyby in January 2010 (T66) (Hedelt)
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Enceladus close flybys on November 2 and November 21 will return data on Enceladus’ plume with Saturn in the background. (Hansen)
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C Ring waves paper (led by Baillie) is in draft form and should be submitted before the end of 2009. (Colwell)
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Paper documenting standard HSP occultation calibration and PDS delivery is in draft form and should be submitted before the end of 2009. (Colwell)
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Delivery of high-level ring occultation data products to the PDS. (Colwell)
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Use radiative transfer results from a monte-carlo model to compare with retrieved power law phase function index of the rings Using this, I will then investigate the fractional
abundance of water ice in the rings. (Bradley)
Publications (Nov 2009 - Jan 2010) — In preparation (includes submitted up to now, but not yet published)
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1 paper in review at Advance in Geophysics
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1 paper in review at Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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1 paper in review in ApJ
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1 paper in review at Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
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1 paper in review at Charged Particles and Photon Interactions with Matter, Taylor Francis
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1 chapter in press in the book Europa, University of Arizona Press
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6 papers in review at Icarus
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1 paper in review at GRL
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1 papers in J. Geophys. Res.(1 in review)
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1 paper in review at J.Phys.B.
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4 papers in Planet. Space. Sci. (2 in review, 2 in press)
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1 paper in press in Recent Progress in Controlling Chaos, World Scientific Review
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8 chapters in press in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag.
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1 paper in review at Scholarpedia
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5 chapters paper in press in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. Springer-Verlag.
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1 paper in press in World Scientific Review
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1 paper in review TBD (to be submitted Oct…not sure which journal yet)
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Upcoming presentations at scientific conferences (Nov 2009 - Jan 2010)
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4 papers at the AGU, San Francisco, December 2009 (Albers, Hendrix, Colwell, Esposito)
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0: public talks
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0: press releases
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0: press conferences (phone interviews)
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Backup Material
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UVIS: Publications - 2009
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Andre, N., M. Blanc, S. Maurice, P. Schippers, E. Pallier, T. I. Gombosi, K. C. Hansen, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, S.
Bolton, E. C. Sittler, H. T. Smith, R. E. Johnson, R. A Baragiola, A. J. Coates, A. M. Rymer, M. K. Dougherty, N.
Achilleos, C. S. Arridge, S. M. Krimigis, D. G. Mitchell, N. Krupp, D. C. Hamilton, I. Dandouras, D. A. Gurnett, W.
S. Kurth, P. Louarn, R. Srama, S. Kempf, J. H. Waite, L. W. Esposito, J. T. Clarke. 2009. Magnetospheric Regions
and Associated Plasma Processes: Synopsis of Cassini Observations During Orbit Insertion. Rev. Geophys.
(Published Dec 2008, but recently got word so included)
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Colwell, J. E., Cooney, J. H., Esposito, L. W., Sremcevic, M. 2009. Density Waves in Cassini UVIS Stellar
Occultations 1. The Cassini Division. Icarus. (Published April, 2009)
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Dzhanoev, A. R., A. Loskutov, J. E. Howard, and M. A. F. Sanju. 2009. Stabilized Chaos in The Sitnikov Problem,
in Chaos in Astronomy. Ed. G. Contopoulos and P. A. Patsis. Proceedings of AIP Conference on Chaos in
Astronomy, Athens, 17-20th Sept 2007. Springer-Verlag. pp 303-308. (Published Jan. 2009)
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Gustin, J., J.-C. Gerard, W. Pryor, P. D. Feldman, D. Grodent and G.Holsclaw. 2009. Characteristics of Saturn's
polar atmosphere and auroral electrons derived from HST/ STIS, FUSE and Cassini/UVIS spectra. Icarus.
(Published March, 2009)
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Liu, X., A. Heays, D. E. Shemansky, B. R. Lewis and P. D. Feldman. 2009. Analysis of terrestrial-thermospheric
N2 c 1S(0)~b’1S(1) - X 1S dayglow emission observed by the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, J. Geophys.
Res., (Published April 10, 2009)
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Liu, X, P.V. Johnson, C.P. Malone, J.A. Young, D.E. Shemansky and I. Kanik. 2009. Electron-impact excitation
and emission cross sections of the H2 B'1(and D 1Πu states and rotational dependence of photodissociation cross
sections of the B'1 and D 1Πu continua. J. Phys. B. 42, 185203 (13 pp). (Published in Sept. 9, 2009). H2
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UVIS: Publications (In Press)
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Charnoz, S., L. Dones, L.W. Esposito, P.R. Estrada, M.M. Hedman. 2009. Origin and evolution of Saturn’s ring system, A chapter in the
book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Went to press May 2009)
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Colwell, J. E., French, R. G., Marouf, E. A., Murray, C. D., Nicholson, P. D., Tiscareno, M. S. 2009. Ring Structure. A chapter in the book
Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Went to press May 2009)
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Cravens, T.E. , R. V. Yelle, J.-E. Wahlund, D. E. Shemansky. 2009. Composition and Structure of the Ionosphere and Thermosphere. A
chapter in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Went to press May 2009)
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Dzhanoev, A.R., A. Loskutov , J. E. Howard , and M. A. F. Sanjuan. 2009. Chaos stabilization in the three body problem. A chapter in
Recent Progress in Controlling Chaos, eds. M.A.F. Sanjuan and C. Grebogi. World Scientific Review. (In press Oct 2008).
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Flasar, F. M., K. H. Baines, M. K. Bird, T. Tokano and R. A. West. 2009. Atmospheric Dynamics and Meteorology. A chapter in the book
book Titan from Cassini Huygens. Springer-Verlag. R. Brown et al. Eds. (Went to press May 2009)
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Fouchet, T., J. I. Moses, B. J. Conrath and R. West. 2009. Saturn: Composition and Chemistry. A chapter in the book Saturn After
Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. (Went to press May 2009)
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Hansen, C. J. ,H. Waite, S. Bolton. Titan in the Cassini / Huygens Extended Mission. 2009. A chapter in the book Titan from Cassini
Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Went to press May 2009)
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Jaumann, R., R. Clark, Fr. Nimmo , T. Denk, A. Hendrix, B. Buratti, J. Moore, P. Schenk, S.Ostro and R.Srama. 2009. Icy Satellites:
Geological Evolution and Surface Processes. A chapter in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Not submitted yet per
Amanda 10/3)
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Mauk, B.H., J. Cuzzi, D. Hamilton, T. Hill, G. Hospodarsky, R. Johnson, C. Paranicas, E. Roussos, C. Russell, D. Shemansky, E. Sittler,R.
Thorne. 2009. Fundamental Plasma Processes in Saturn’s Magnetosphere. A chapter in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. SpringerVerlag. (Submitted Sept. 2008)
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UVIS: Publications (In Press)
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McGrath, M., C. J. Hansen, A. R. Hendrix. 2009. Observations of Europa’s tenuous atmosphere, Europa, eds. R. Pappalardo, W.
McKinnon, and K. Khurana, University of Arizona Press Space Science Series (In press June 2009).
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Melin, H., D. E. Shemansky, and X. Liu, 2009, The distribution of hydrogen and atomic oxygen in the magnetosphere of Saturn, Planet.
Space Sci., doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.04.014 (In press April 21, 2009)
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Nagy, Andrew F., A. J. Kliore, M. Mendillo, S. Miller, L. Moore, J. I. Moses, I. Muller-Wodarg, D. Shemansky. 2009. Upper Atmosphere
and Ionosphere of Saturn. A chapter in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (In Press, May 2009)
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Shemansky, D. E., X. Liu, and H. Melin, 2009, The Saturn Hydrogen Plume, Planet. Space Sci., doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.05.002 (In
Press May 5, 2009)
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Sittler, E., C. Bertucci, A. Coates, T. Cravens, I. Dandouras, and D. Shemansky. 2009. Energy deposition processes in Titan’s upper
atmosphere. A chapter in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (In Press, May 2009)
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Spencer, J.R., A. C. Barr, L.W. Esposito, P. Helfenstein, A.P. Ingersoll, R. Jaumann, C.P. McKay, F. Nimmo, C.C. Porco, J.H. Waite.
2009. Enceladus: An Active Cryovolcanic Satellite. A chapter in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (In Press, May
2009)
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Tomasko, M. G., and R. A. West. Aerosols in Titan's Atmosphere. 2009. A chapter in the book book Titan from Cassini Huygens.
Springer-Verlag. R. Brown et al. Eds. (In Press, May 2009)
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West, R. A., K. H. Baines, E. Karkoschka and A. Sanchez-Lavega. 2009. Clouds and Aerosols in Saturn's Atmopsphere. A chapter in the
book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. (In Press, May 2009)
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UVIS: Publications (Submitted)
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Ajello, J.M., R.S. Mangina, R.R. Meier. 2010. UV Molecular Spectroscopy from Electron Impact for Applications to Planetary
Atmospheres and Astrophysics. Eds., Y. Hatano, Y. Katsumura, and A. Mozumder, In Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with
Matter, Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton. (Submitted August 2009)
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Albers, N, M. Sremcevic, J.E. Colwell, and L.W. Esposito. 2009. Saturn’s F Ring as seen by Cassini UVIS: Kinematics and Statistics.
Icarus. (Submitted February, 2009)
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Bradley, E. T., Colwell, J.E., Esposito, L.W., Cuzzi, J.N., Tollerud, H., Chambers, L., 2009. Far Ultraviolet Spectral Properties of Saturn’s
Rings from Cassini UVIS. Icarus - Saturn from Cassini special issue. (Submitted June 9, 2009)
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Esposito, L.W.E. 2010. Composition, Structure, Dynamics and Evolution of Saturn’s rings. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary
Sciences (Submitted September 8, 2009)
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Esposito, L.W.E., Albers, N., Meinke, B.K., Sremcevic, M., Colwell, J.E. 2010. Moon-triggered Clumping in Saturn’s Rings. Icarus.
(Submitted October 2, 2009)
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Gustin, J, J.M. Ajello, M.H. Stevens, A.W. Stephan, I. Stewart, K. Larsen, L.W. Esposito, W. McClintock. 2009. Titan Airglow Spectra
from Cassini UVIS: III. FUV Limb Analysis. GRL. (Submitted March 25, 2009)
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Hedelt, P., Ito, Y., Keller, H.U., Lammer, H., Rauer, H., Reulke, R., Wurz, P., Esposito, L. 2009. Titan’s hydrogen corona. TBD (Submitted
October 2009)
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Hendrix, A. R. Hansen, C.J., Holsclaw, G. M. 2009. The Ultraviolet Reflectance of Enceladus: Implications for Surface Composition.
Icarus - Saturn from Cassini special issue. (Submitted April 17, 2009)
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Howard, J.E. 2009. Stability of Hamiltonian Equilibria. Scholarpedia. (Submitted in October 2007.) No printed copy, just online.
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Howard. J. E. and J. D. Meiss. 2009. Straight-Line Orbits in Hamiltonian Flows. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.
(submitted in March, 2009)
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Hubert, B., J. C. Gerard, J. Gustin, V. I. Shematovich, D. V. Bisikalo, A. I. Stewart and G.R. Gladstone. 2010 Cassini-UVIS observations
of the FUV OI and CO Venus dayglow. Icarus. (submitted May 2009, found out in Oct.)
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Liang, M. C., A. S. Wong, D. Henze, M. Adamkovics, K. Boering and Y. L.Yung. 2009. Synergistic study of hydrocarbon photochemistry
in laboratory and planetary atmospheres. Planet. Space. Sci., (Submitted Sept. 2008)
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Liang, M-C. and Y. L. Yung. 2009. Isotopic fractionation of trace molecules in the atmosphere of Titan. ApJ (Submitted in June 2009)
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UVIS: Publications (Submitted - Cont.)
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Liu, X., D. E. Shemansky, P. V. Johnson, C. P. Malone, H. Melin, J. A. Young, and I. Kanik. 2010. Quantum Mechanical Investigation of
H2 Dissociation Mechanisms for Saturn Hot Atomic Hydrogen Plume. Planetary Science volume of the Advance in Geophysics (World
Scientific).
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Liu, X., A. Heays, D. E. Shemansky, B. R. Lewis and P. D. Feldman. 2009. Analysis of terrestrial-thermospheric N2 c 1S(0)~b’1S(1) - X
1S dayglow emission observed by the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, J. Geophys. Res., (Submitted May 12, 2008)
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Liu, X. P. V. Johnson, C. P. Malone, J. A. Young, D. E. Shemansky, and I. Kanik. 2009. Electron impact excitation and emission cross
section of the B1 and D 1u states and rotational dependence of photodissociation cross sections of the B1 and D 1u continua .J. Phys
B, (submitted May 8, 2009)
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Robbins, S.J., Stewart, G.R., Lewis, M.C., Colwell, J.E., and M. Sremcevic. 2009. Estimating the Masses of Saturn's A and B Rings from
High-Optical Depth N-Body Simulations and Stellar Occultations. Icarus. (Submitted in December 2008)
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Shemansky, D. E., and X. Liu, 2009, Saturn Upper Atmospheric Structure from Cassini EUV/FUV Occulations, Planet. Space Sci.,
(Submitted November, 2008)
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Zhang X., Ajello, J.M., and Yung, Y.L.,. 2009. Atomic carbon in the upper atmosphere of Titan. Astrophysical Journal Letters .
(Submitted Sept. 2009)
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UVIS: Theses Completed
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Theses Completed
– Pascal Hedelt (finished his PhD-Thesis on 1st of September 2009)
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UVIS: Science Presentations - 2009
– DPS, October, 2009, Puerto Rico
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Albers, N., Sremcevic, M., Esposito, L.W., and Colwell, J.E.: “Classifying the F ring strands”
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C. J. Hansen, A. Hendrix: “Cassini UVIS Results from Occultations of stars by Saturn’s Icy Moons“
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A. Hendrix, B. Buratti, C.J. Hansen: “Multi-Wavelength Photometry of the Icy Saturnian Moons“
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Colwell, J. E., L. W. Esposito, D. Pettis, M. Sremcevic, R. G. Jerousek, E. T. Bradley. “Cassini UVIS Ring
Occultations: Standard PDS Data Products and Examples of Small-Scale Structures.“
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Bradley, E. T., J. E. Colwell, L. W. Esposito, J. N. Cuzzi, H. Tollerud, L. Chambers 2009. “Cassini FUV
Spectral Properties of Saturn’s Rings.“
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Sremcevic, M., L. W. Esposito, J. Colwell 2009. “Small-scale Ring Structure Observed in Cassini UVIS
Occultations.“
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Baillie, K., J. E. Colwell, L. W. Esposito, M. Sremcevic 2009. “New Wave Signatures Inside Saturn’s Cring.“
– EPSC, September 2009, Potsdam
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A. Hendrix, C.J. Hansen, B. Buratti: “Surface Compositions of the Icy Saturnian Moons: Clues from the
Ultraviolet“
– IAU Symposium on Icy Satellites in the Solar System, August 2009, Rio de Janeiro
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A. Hendrix & C.J. Hansen: “Surface Compositions of the Icy Saturnian Moons: Clues from theUltraviolet“
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UVIS: Outreach - 2009
• #: EPO: Talks to school children, teachers and public (Aug-Oct 2009)
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Albers: “Saturn’s rings through the Eyes of the Cassini spaceprobe”, Ball Aerospace, Boulder, 2009/08/28
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Hansen: “Exploring Saturn with the Cassini Mission“ Success Academy High School, St. George UT, 24
September 2009
• #: Press releases (Aug-Oct 2009)
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None this quarter
• #: Press conferences & interviews (Aug-Oct 2009)
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Interview with German National Radio (Esposito)
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