Margaret Moerchen

Talks and Publications

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The publications listed below can be downloaded from the main "Talks and Publications" page.

Refereed Publications

"Mid-infrared resolution of a 3 AU radius debris disk around Zeta Leporis"
M. M. Moerchen , C. M. Telesco, C. Packham, & T. J. J. Kehoe.  Astrophysical Journal, 655, L109 (2007)

"12 and 18 μm images of dust surrounding HD 32297"
M. M. Moerchen , C. M. Telesco, J. M. De Buizer, C. Packham, & J. T. Radomski.  Astrophysical Journal, 666, L109 (2007)

"Limits on the spatial dust distribution in debris disk candidates"
M. M. Moerchen, C. M. Telesco, C. Packham, et al., in preparation 

Other Publications

"High-resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy from SOFIA using EXES" 2003
Richter, M. J., Lacy, J. H., Zhu, Q., Jaffe, D. T., Greathouse, T. K., Moerchen, M., Mar, D. J., & Knez, C.  Proceedings, SPIE: Airborne Telescope Systems II, Vol. 4857, 37-46

Recent Talks & Publications

"Observing structures near the diffraction limit in the mid-IR " June 2007
Poster, Gemini Science Meeting 2007, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil

"A mid-IR imaging study of physical processes in debris disks" March 2007
Poster, ESO Observing Planetary Systems Workshop, Santiago, Chile

"Constraining the morphology of the Zeta Lep debris disk" June 2006
Poster, First Light Science with the GTC :III, Miami, FL

"CanariCam Instrument Status: Integration & Testing" June 2006
Poster (2nd author; 1st author: F.Reyes), First Light Science with the GTC : III, Miami, FL

"Resolving the debris disk of Zeta Leporis" October 2005
Poster, Protostars & Planets V, Waikoloa, HI

"The role of cataclysmic and continuous collisions in disks" October 2005
Invited talk, Michelson Fellows Symposium, Pasadena, CA

Outreach Publications

"Resolving the debris disk of HD 32297" December 2007
Science highlight article by S. Fisher, Gemini Focus: Newsletter of the Gemini Observatory

"Tightening the (asteroid) belt around Zeta Leporis " June 2007
Invited article, Gemini Focus: Newsletter of the Gemini Observatory