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Peer-Reviewed Papers

2024

Bürger, J., Hayne, P. O., Gundlach, B., Läuter, M., Kramer, T., & Blum, J. (2024). A microphysical thermal model for the lunar regolith: Investigating the latitudinal dependence of regolith properties. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129, e2023JE008152. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008152 

Ghent, R., Costello, E., Parker, A. (2024). “The population of young craters on the Moon: New catalog and spatial and temporal analysis.” The Planetary Science Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 89, https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ad293d

Kumari, N., T. D. Glotch, K. A. Shirley, and B. T. Greenhagen (2024), Effects of space weathering on the Christiansen feature position of lunar surface materials, Icarus, 412, 115976, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115976

Kumari, N., T. D. Glotch, J.-P. Williams, M. T. Sullivan, S. Li, B. T. Greenhagen, D. Waller, T. Powell, C. M. Elder , B. D. Byron, and K. A. Shirley (2024) Extended Silicic Volcanism in the Gruithuisen Region—Revisiting the Composition and Thermophysical Properties of Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon, The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 132, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad4352

Mahanti, P., J.-P. Williams, M. S. Robinson, R. Wagner, E. Mazarico, M. Henriksen, H. Brown and N. Kumari (2024), Dynamic secondary illumination in permanent shadows within Artemis III candidate landing regions, Planetary Sci. Journal, 5, 62,  https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad1b50

Rubanenko, Lior. “The ephemeral state of ice in micro cold traps on the Moon.” Icarus, vol. 421, Oct. 2024, p. 116199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116199

Schörghofer, N. S., J.-P. Williams, and E. Mazarico (2024) Lunar north polar cold traps based on diurnally and seasonally varying temperatures The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 126, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad49a8

Schörghofer, N. S., and J.-P. Williams (2024) Sublimation pressures of common volatiles at low temperature and maps of supervolatile cold traps on the Moon, Icarus, 416, 116086, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116086

Williams, J.-P., and L. Rubenenko (2024), Cold-trapped ices at the poles of Mercury and the Moon, In Ices in the Solar System: A Volatile-Driven Journey from the Inner Solar System to its Far Reaches, Eds. R. J. Soare, J.-P. Williams, C. J. Ahrens, F. E. G. Butcher, and M. R. El-Maarry, pp. 1-29, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99324-1.00002-X

Williams, J.-P., P. Mahanti, M. S. Robinson, R. V. Wagner, M. Chertok, N. Schörghofer, E. Mazarico, B. W. Denevi, S. Li, and D. A. Paige (2024) The Fausinit permanently shadowed region on the Moon, The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 209, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad6f0d

2023

Byron, B. D., Elder, C. M., Glotch, T. D., Hayne, P. O., Pigue, L. M., & Cahill, J. T. S., (2023). Evidence for Fine-Grained Material at Lunar Red Spots: Insights from Thermal Infrared and Radar Data Sets. The Planetary Science Journal.

Denevi, B. W., S. K. Noble, R. Christoffersen, M. S. Thompson, T. D. Glotch, D. T. Blewett, I. Garrick-Bethell, J. J. Gillis-Davis, B. T. Greenhagen, A. R. Hendrix, D. M. Hurley, L. P. Keller, G. Y. Kramer, and D. Trang (2023), Space Weathering at the Moon, in New Views of the Moon 2, pp. 611-650, https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.14

Elardo, S. M., C. M. Pieters, D. Dhingra, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, T. D. Glotch, B. T. Greenhagen, J. Gross, J. W. Head, B. L. Jolliff, R. L. Klima, T. Magna, F. M. McCubbin, and M. Ohtake (2023), The Evolution of the Lunar Crust, in New Views of the Moon 2, pp. 293-338, https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.07

Elder, C. M., R. R. Ghent, J. Haber, P. O. Hayne, G. Morgan, M. S. Robinson, M. Siegler, and J.-P. Williams (2023), The Variability of Lunar Mare Basalt Properties from Surface Rock Abundance, Planetary Sci. Journal, 4, 244, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad06a8

Powell, T. M., Horvath, T., Robles, V. L., Williams, J.-P., Hayne, P. O., Gallinger, C. L., et al. (2023). High-resolution nighttime temperature and rock abundance mapping of the Moon using the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment with a model for topographic removal. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, e2022JE007532. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007532

Shearer, C., C. Neal, T. D. Glotch, T. Prissel, A. S. Bell, V. A. Fernandes, L. R. Gaddis, B. Jolliff, M. Laneuville, T. Magna, and J. Simon, (2023), Magmatic Evolution 2: A New View of Post-Differentiation Magmatism in New Views of the Moon 2, pp. 147-206, https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.04

Venkatraman, Jaahnavee, et al. “Statistical estimates of rock-free lunar regolith thickness from diviner.” Planetary and Space Science, vol. 229, 2023, p. 105662, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2023.105662

Wilcoski, A. X., Hayne, P. O., & Elder, C. M. (2023). Thermal environments and volatile stability within lunar pits and caves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, e2023JE007758. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007758

2022

Bickel, V. T., B. Mosely, E. Hauber, M. Shirley, J.-P. Williams, and D. A. Kring (2022), Cryogeomorphorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL099530

Byron, B. D., Elder, C. M., Williams, J.-P., Ghent, R. R., Gallinger, C. L., Hayne, P. O., & Paige, D. A. (2022). Thermophysical properties of lunar irregular mare patches from LRO Diviner Radiometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2022JE007214

Horvath, T., Hayne, P. O., & Paige, D. A. (2022). Thermal and illumination environments of lunar pits and caves: Models and observations from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099710.

Landis, M.E., P. O. Hayne, J.-P. Williams, B. T. Greenhagen, and D. A. Paige (2022). Spatial distribution and thermal diversity of surface volatile cold traps at the lunar poles. Planet. Sci. J., 3, 39. 

Prem, P., B.T. Greenhagen, K.L. Donaldson Hanna, K.A. Shirley, and T.D Glotch (2022), Modeling Thermal Emission under Lunar Surface Environmental Conditions, Planet. Sci. J. 3 180 

Wilcoski, Andrew X., Paul O. Hayne, and Margaret E. Landis. "Polar Ice Accumulation from Volcanically Induced Transient Atmospheres on the Moon." The Planetary Science Journal 3.5 (2022): 99.

Williams, J.-P., A. V. Pathare, E. S. Costello, C. L. Gallinger, P. O. Hayne, R. R. Ghent, D. A. Paige, M. A. Siegler, P. S. Russell, and C. M. Elder (2021), The Effects of Terrain Properties upon the Small Crater Population Distribution at Giordano Bruno: Implications for Lunar Chronology, J. Geophys. Res.,  127, e2021JE007131

Williams, J.-P., B. T. Greenhagen, K. A. Bennett, D. A. Paige, N. Kumari, C. J. Ahrens, L. Rubanenko, T. M. Powell, P. Prem, D. T. Blewett, P. S. Russell, P. O. Hayne, and M. T. Sullivan (2021) Temperatures of the Lacus Mortis region of the Moon, Earth and Space Sciences, 9, e2021EA001966

2021

Allen, C. C., Oxygen Production from Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits. Proceedings of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ASCEND 2021 Conference. 2021. 

Costello, E. S., Ghent, R. R., Lucey, P. G. Impact Gardening on Ceres. Geophysical Research Letters. 2021.

Trang, D., T. Tonkham, J. Filiberto, S. Li, M. Lemelin, and C. Elder (2021). Eruption characteristics of lunar localized pyroclastic deposits as evidence by remotely sensed water, mineralogy, and regolith. Icarus.

Gläser, P., A. Sanin, J.-P. Williams, I. Mitrofanov, and J. Oberst (2021), Temperatures near the lunar poles and their correlation with hydrogen predicted by LEND, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JE006598.

Glotch, T. D., E. R. Jawin, B. T. Greenhagen, J. T. Cahill, D. J. Lawrence, R. N. Watkins, D. P. Moriarty, S. Li, P. G. Lucey, N. Kumari, M. A. Siegler, J. Feng, L. B. Breitenfeld*, C. C. Allen, H. Nekvasil, and D. A. Paige (2021), The scientific value of a sustained exploration program at the Aristarchus plateau, Planet. Sci. J., 2, 136.

 

Greenhagen, B. T., Donaldson Hanna, K., Lucey, P.G., Bowles, N., Isaacson, P., & Milliken, R. (2021). Diviner Christiansen Feature Map [Data set]. Zenodo.

Hayne, P.O., Aharonson, O. & Schörghofer, N. Micro cold traps on the Moon. Nat Astron 5, 169–175 (2021). 

 

Lucey, P. G., Greenhagen, B., Hanna, K. D., Bowles, N., Flom, A., & Paige, D. A. (2021). Christiansen feature map from the lunar reconnaissance orbiter diviner lunar radiometer experiment: Improved corrections and derived mineralogy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126.


Lucey, P. G., Greenhagen, B. T., Donaldson Hanna, K., Bowles, N., Flom, A., & Paige, D. A. (2021). Lunar Mineralogy Derived from Improved Diviner Lunar Radiometer Christiansen Feature Maps [Data set]. Zenodo.

Lucey, P. G., Hayne, P. O., Costello, E. S., Green R., Hibbitts, C. A., Goldberg A., Mazarico E, Li S, Honniball C. The spectral radiance of indirectly illuminated surfaces in regions of permanent shadow on the Moon. Acta Astronautica. 2021 Mar 1;180:25-34.

Lucey, P.G., N. Petro, D. Hurley, W. Farrell, P. Prem, E. Costello, M. Cable, M. Barker, M. Benna, D. Dyar, E. Fisher, R. Green, C.A. Hibbitts, C. I. Honniball, S. Li, E. Malaret, K. Mandt, E. Mazarico, M. McCanta, T. Orlando, C. M. Pieters, X. Sun, D. Thompson, Volatile interactions with the lunar surface, Geochemistry, in press 2021.

Schorghofer, N., J.-P. Williams, J. Martinez-Camacho, D. A. Paige, and M. A. Siegler (2021), Carbon dioxide cold traps on the Moon, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL09553. 

Schörghofer, N., M. Benna, A.A. Berezhnoy, B. Greenhagen, B.M. Jones, S. Li, T.M. Orlando, P. Prem, O.J. Tucker, C. Wöhler. Water group exospheres and surface interactions on the Moon, Mercury, and Ceres. Space Science Reviews, in press (2021).
 

2020

Bretzfelder, J. M., Klima, R. L., Greenhagen, B. T., Buczkowski, D. L., Petro, N. E., & Day, M. (2020). Identification of potential mantle rocks around the lunar Imbrium Basin. Geophysical Research Letters, 47.

Costello, E. S., Ghent, R. R., Hirabayashi, M., & Lucey, P. G. (2020). Impact gardening as a constraint on the age, source, and evolution of ice on Mercury and the Moon. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2019JE006172.

 

Flahaut, J., J. Carpenter, J.-P. Williams, M. Anand, I. Crawford, W. van Westrenen, E. Füri, L. Xiao, and S. Zhao (2020), Regions of interest (ROI) for future exploration missions to the lunar South Pole, Planet. Space. Sci., 180, 104750.

 

Rubanenko, L., Schorghofer, N., Greenhagen, B. T., & Paige, D. A. (2020). Equilibrium temperatures and directional emissivity of sunlit airless surfaces with applications to the Moon. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125.

Runyon, K. D., Moriarty, D. P., Denevi, B. W., Greenhagen, B. T., Morgan, G., Young, K. E., et al. (2020). Impact Melt facies in the Moon's Crisium basin: Identifying, characterizing, and future radiogenic dating. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125.

Schorghofer, N. S., J.-P. Williams (2020), Mapping of ice storage processes on the Moon with time-dependent temperatures, Planetary Science Journal, 1, 54.

2019

Elder, C. M., Douglass, B., Ghent, R. R., Hayne, P. O., Williams, J.-P., Bandfield, J. L., & Costello, E. (2019). The subsurface coherent rock content of the Moon as revealed by cold-spot craters. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Planets, 124, 3373–3384. 

Feng, J., Siegler, M. A., & Hayne, P. O. (2019). New Constraints on Thermal and Dielectric Properties of Lunar Regolith from LRO Diviner and CE‐2 Microwave Radiometer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.

Mazrouei, S., R. R. Ghent, W. F. Bottke, A. H. Parker, and T. M. Gernon (2019), Earth and Moon impact flux increased at the end of the Paleozoic, Science, 363(6), 253–257.

Rubanenko, L., Venkatraman, J. & Paige, D.A (2019). Thick ice deposits in shallow simple craters on the Moon and Mercury. Nat. Geosci. 12, 597–601.

Sefton-Nash, E., J.-P. Williams, B. Greenhagen, T. Warren, J. Bandfield, K.-M. Aye, F. Leader, M. A. Siegler, P. O. Hayne, N. Bowles, and D. A. Paige (2019), Evidence for ultra-cold traps and surface water ice in the lunar south polar crater Amundsen, Icarus, 332, 1–13.

Shirley, K. A., and T. D. Glotch (2019), Particle size effects on mid-IR spectra of lunar analog minerals in a simulated lunar environment, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 970-988.

Williams, J.-P., B. T. Greenhagen, D. A. Paige, N. Schorghofer, E. Sefton-Nash, P. O. Hayne, P. G. Lucey, M. A. Siegler, and K.-Michael Aye (2019), Seasonal polar temperatures on the Moon, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 2505–2521.

Woods‐Robinson, R., Siegler, M. A., & Paige, D. A. (2019). A Model for the Thermophysical Properties of Lunar Regolith at Low Temperatures. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124(7), 1989-2011.

2017

Bandfield, J. L. , J. T. S. Cahill, L. M. Carter, C. D. Neish, G. W. Patterson, J.-P. Williams,, and D. A. Paige (2017), Distal ejecta from lunar impacts: Extensive regions of rocky deposits, Icarus, 283, 282–299.

Donaldson Hanna, K. L., B. T. Greenhagen, W. R. Patterson III, C. M. Pieters, J. F. Mustard, N. E. Bowles, D. A. Paige, T. D. Glotch, and C. Thompson (2017), Effects of varying environmental conditions on emissivity spectra of bulk lunar soils: Application to Diviner thermal infrared observations of the Moon, Icarus, 283, 326-342.

Elder, C. M., P. O. Hayne, J.L. Bandfield, R.R. Ghent, J.-P. Williams, K.L. Donaldson Hanna, D.A. Paige (2017), Young Lunar Volcanic Features: Thermophysical Properties and Formation, Icarus, 290, 224-237.

Fisher, E.A., P. G. Lucey, M. Lemelin, B. T. Greenhagen, M. A. Siegler, E. Mazarico, O. Aharonson, J.-P. Williams, P. O. Hayne, G. A. Neumann, D. A. Paige, D. E. Smith, M. T. Zuber (2017), Evidence for surface water ice in the lunar polar regions using reflectance measurements from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and temperature measurements from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, Icarus.

Hayne, P. O., J. L. Bandfield, M. A. Siegler, A. R. Vasavada, R. R. Ghent, J.-P. Williams, ... D. A. Paige (2017), Global regolith thermophysical properties of the Moon from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 122(12), 2371-2400.

Lucey, P. G., B. T. Greenhagen, E. Song, J. A. Arnold, M. Lemelin, K. Donaldson Hanna, N. Bowles, T. D. Glotch, and D. A. Paige (2017), Space weathering effects in Diviner Radiometer measurements of the lunar Christiansen Feature: Characteristics and mitigation, Icarus.

Rubanenko, L., O. Aharonson (2017), Stability of ice on the Moon with rough topography, Icarus, 296, 99-109.

Schorghofer, N., P. Lucey, and J.-P. Williams (2017), Theoretical time variability of mobile water on the Moon and its geographic pattern, Icarus, 298, 111–116.

Sefton-Nash, E., J.-P. Williams, B. T. Greenhagen, K.-M. Aye, and D. A. Paige (2017), Diviner Lunar Radiometer gridded brightness temperatures from geodesic binning of modeled fields of view, Icarus.

Williams, J.-P., D. A. Paige, B. T. Greenhagen, and E. Sefton-Nash (2017), The global surface temperatures of the Moon as measured by the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, Icarus, 283, 300-325.

2015

Bandfield, J. L., P. O. Hayne, J.-P. Williams, B. T. Greenhagen, and D. A. Paige (2015), Lunar surface roughness derived from LRO Diviner Radiometer observations, Icarus, 248, 357-372.

Ghent, R. R., L. M. Carter, J. L. Bandfield, C. J. Tai Udovicic, B. A. Campbell (2015), Lunar crater ejecta: Physical properties revealed by radar and thermal infrared observations, Icarus, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.014.

Glotch, T. D., J. L. Bandfield, P. G. Lucey, P. O. Hayne, B. T. Greenhagen, R. R. Ghent, J. A. Arnold, and D. A. Paige (2015), Formation of lunar swirls by magnetic field standoff of the solar wind, Nature Communications, 6, 6189, doi:10.1038/ncomms7189.

Hayne, P. O., A. Hendrix, E. Sefton-Nash, M. A. Siegler, P. G. Lucey, K. D. Retherford, and D. A. Paige (2015), Evidence for exposed water ice in the Moon’s south polar regions from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ultraviolet albedo and temperature measurements, Icarus, 255, 58-69.

Hurley, D. M., M. Sarantos, C. Grava, J.-P. Williams, K. D. Rutherford, M. A. Siegler, B. T. Greenhagen, and D. A. Paige (2015), An analytic function of lunar surface temperature for exospheric modeling, Icarus, 255, 159–163.

Lawrence, D. J., P. N. Peplowski, J. B. Plescia, B. T. Greenhagen, S. Maurice, and T. H. Prettyman (2015), Bulk hydrogen abundances in the lunar highlands: Measurements from orbital neutron data, Icarus, 255, 127-134, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.005.

Siegler, M. A., D. A. Paige, J.-P. Williams, B. Bills (2015), Evolution of lunar polar ice stability, Icarus, 255, 78–87.

2011

Bandfield, J. L., R. R. Ghent, A. R. Vasavada, D. A. Paige, S. J. Lawrence, and M. S. Robinson (2011), Lunar surface rock abundance and regolith fines temperatures derived from LRO Diviner Radiometer data. J. Geophys. Res., 116, E00H02, doi:10.1029/2011JE003866.

Glotch, T. D., J. J. Hagerty, P. G. Lucey, B. R. Hawke, T. A. Giguere, J. A. Arnold, J.-P. Williams, B. L. Jolliff, and D. A. Paige (2011), The Mairan Domes: Silicic volcanic constructs on the Moon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21204.

Jolliff, B. L., S. A. Wiseman, S. J. Lawrence, et al. (2011), Non-mare silicic volcanism on the lunar farside at Compton-Belkovich, Nature Geoscience, 4(8), 566-571.

Siegler, M.A., Bills, B.G., Paige, D.A Effects of orbital evolution on lunar ice stability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011, Vol 116, E02010.

2010

Glotch, T.D., Lucey, P.G., Bandfield, J.L., Greenhagen, B.T., Thomas, I.R., Elphic, R.C., Bowles, N., Wyatt, M.B., Allen, C.C., Donaldson-Hanna, K., Paige, D.A. Highly Silicic Compositions on the Moon. Science, 2010, Vol 329, p1510-1513.

Greenhagen, B.T., Lucey, P.G., Wyatt, M.B., Glotch, T.D., Allen, C.C., Arnold, J.A., Bandfield, J.L., Bowles, N.E., Donaldson-Hanna, K., Hayne, P.O., Song, E., Thomas, I.R., Paige, D.A. Global Silicate Mineralogy of the Moon from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer. Science, 2010, Vol 329, p1507-1509.

Hayne, P.O., Greenhagen, B.T., Foote, M.C., Siegler, M.A., Vasavada, A.R., Paige, D.A. Diviner Lunar Radiometer Observations of the LCROSS Impact. Science, 2010, Vol 330, p477-479.

Paige, D.A., Foote, M.C., Greenhagen, B.T., Schofield, J.T., Calcutt, S., Vasavada, A.R., Preston, D.J., Taylor, F.W., Allen, C.C., Snook, K.J., Jakosky, B.M., Murray, B.C., Soderblom, L.A., Jau, B., Loring, S., Bulharowski J., Bowles, N.E., Thomas, I.R., Sullivan, M.T., Avis, C., De Jong, E.M., Hartford, W., McCleese, D.J. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment. Space Science Reviews, 2010, Vol 150, Num 1-4, p125-160.

Paige, D.A., Siegler, M.A., Zhang, J.A., Hayne, P.O., Foote, E.J., Bennett, K.A., Vasavada, A.R., Greenhagen, B.T, Schofield, J.T., McCleese, D.J., Foote, M.C., De Jong, E.M., Bills, B.G., Hartford, W., Murray, B.C., Allen, C.C., Snook, K.J., Soderblom, L.A., Calcutt, S., Taylor, F.W., Bowles, N.E., Bandfield, J.L., Elphic, R.C., Ghent, R.R., Glotch, T.D., Wyatt, M.B., Lucey, P.G. Diviner Lunar Radiometer Observations of Cold Traps in the Moon’s South Polar Region. Science, 2010, Vol 330, p479-4.

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