Thanasis Economou
Senior Scientist
Publications 2000-2005

tom

 
uofc
Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research
933 E. 56th St., Room 138
Chicago, IL 60637 USA

Telephone: 773-702-7829
FAX: 773-702-6645

 

89.
Bell III, J.F, H. Y. McSween, J. A. Crisp,.. T. ECONOMOU, ….R. Rieder, L. Sobderblom, Mineralogic and
Compositional Properties of Martial Soil and Dust: Results from Mars Pathfinder, J. Geophys. Vol. 105, No. E1,
2000, pp. 1721-1755.
90.
ECONOMOU, T. E, Sample Characterization on Asteroid Sample Return Missions by the
Alpha X-ray Spectrometer, NEAR-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Workshop, LPI, Houston,
Texas, Dec. 11-12, 2000, LPI Contribution No. 1073, pp. 10-11.
91.
ECONOMOU, T. E, Geochemistry on Future Mars Missions, in Concepts and Approaches for
Mars Exploration, LPI, July 18-20, 2000, 6150.pdf.
92.
ECONOMOU, T.E, The Chemical Composition of an Asteroid Surface by the Alpha X-Ray
Spectrometer on the MUSES-C Mission Lander, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI, 2000,
1861.pdf
93.
Foley, C. N, T. E. ECONOMOU, W. Dietrich, R.N. Clayton, The Calibration of the Alpha
Proton X-ray Spectrometer under Martian Conditions and Its Effect on the Chemical Analysis
of the Pathfinder Rocks and Soils, In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI, 2000, 1952.pdf
94.
Foley, C. N, T. E. ECONOMOU, W. Dietrich, R.N. Clayton, Chemical Composition of Martian
Soils and Rocks: Comparison of the Results from the Alpha, Proton and X-ray Modes of the
Pathfinder APXS, In 63rd Annual Meteoretical Society Meeting, Chicago, Il, August 28-
September 1, 2000, 5311.pdf
95.
ECONOMOU, T.E, The Chemical Composition of an Asteroid Surface by the Alpha X-Ray
Spectrometer on the MUSES-C Mission Lander, 2000 Western Pacific Geophysics MeetingJune
27-30, 2000, Tokyo, Japan.
96.
ECONOMOU, T. E., In Situ Geochemical Sensing of Asteroids: The Alpha X-ray Spectrometer
for MUSES-C. In Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, Cornell University, July 26-30, 1999, p.70
97.
ECONOMOU, Thanasis E, Chemical Analyses of Martian Soil and Rocks Obtained by the
Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer on Mars Pathfinder Mission, In 6th International
Conference on Application of Nuclear Techniques, June 20-26, 1999, Crete, Greece.
98.
ECONOMOU, T. E, Chemical Analyses of Martian Soil and Rocks obtained by the Pathfinder
Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, June 5-9, 2000, Prague, Czech Republic.
99.
ECONOMOU, Thanasis E, Application of nuclear physics in space exploration: The case of the
Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometr on the Pathfinder Mission., Symposium on Nuclear Physics,
Brazil , LaNSy I, 2000
100.
Foley, C. N, T. E. ECONOMOU, R.N. Clayton –Chemistry of Mars Pathfinder Samples
Determined by APXS, in Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII, 2001, 1952.pdf
101.
Squyres,S., …. T. ECONOMOU, … and the Athena Science Team, Mars Landing Site Workshop , AMES, Jan,
24-26, 2001
102.
Thanasis E. ECONOMOU, Chemical Analyses of Martian Soil and Rocks obtained by
the Pathfinder Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, in Radiation Physics and
Chemistry, Vol 61 (2001) pp. 191-197
103.
O. Prilutskyi, G. Dolnikov, M. Gerasimov, R, Rieder, H, Waenke, T. ECONOMOU,
Determination of Hydrogen in Surface Layers of Planetary Bodies by Means of Forward
Scattering Spectrometry, in Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2001, 1525.pdf
104.
ECONOMOU, T.E., Sample Characterization of FIDO-02 Blind Field Test Sites by an APXS
Instrument, AGU, 2002
105.
Thanasis ECONOMOU, Sample Characterization of FIDO-01 and -02 Field Testsb by an
APXS Instrument and its interpretation for Pathfinder Rock Coatings, AGU, P22A-0397, 2002
106.
ECONOMOU, T.E., Geochemistry and Sample Characterization on Future Sample Return
Missions, ,34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2002, abstract COSPAR-02, A-02836
107.
ECONOMOU, T.E, C. Foley, and R. N. Clayton, The Chemical Composition of Martian
Samples –Final Results from the Pathfinder Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, in Mars 6
Conference, 2003, 3155.pdf
108.
Tuzzolino, A. J., T.E. ECONOMOU, Dust Mass and Flux Measurements on Cassini and
Stardust Missions with PVDF Detectors, Workshop on Cometary Dust in Astrophysics, Aos
Trans. AGU, abstract 6041.pdf, 2003
109.
Thanasis E. ECONOMOU and Gerald J. Wasserburg, Anthony Leonid Turkevich, Physics
Today, June 2003, p.78
110.
Srama R,N. Altobelli, T. ECONOMOU, S. Kempf, H. Krueger, G. Moragas-Klostrmeyer, M.
Stuebic, Calibration Limits of the Cosmic Dust Analyzer, EGS abstract, 2003
111.
Foley, C., T.E. ECONOMOU and R. N. Clayton, Chemistry of the Martian Soil and Rocks at
the Pathfinder Landing Site ass determined by the APXS, Aos Trans. AGU, P12C-06, 2003
112.
C. Nicole Foley, Thanasis ECONOMOU and Robert N. Clayton, and William Dietrich,
Calibration of the Mars Pathfinder Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, J. Geoph. Res. Vol.
108, No E12, 8095, doi:10.1029/2003JE002018, 2003.
113.
C. Nicole Foley, Thanasis ECONOMOU and Robert N. Clayton, Final Chemical Results
from the Mars Pathfinder Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, J. Geoph. Res. Vol.
108, No E12, 8096, doi:10.1029/2003JE002019, 2003.
114.
A.J. Tuzzolino, T.E. ECONOMOU, R.B. McKibben, J.A. Simpson, J.A.M. McDonnell,
M.J. Burchell, B.A.M. Vaughan, P. Tsou, M.S. Hanner, B.C. Clark and D.E.
Brownlee, The Dust Flux Monitor Instrument for the STARDUST Mission to Comet
Wild-2,J. Geoph. Res. Vol.108, No 12, doi:10.1029/2003JE002019, 2003.

115.

Anthony J. Tuzzolino, Thanasis E. ECONOMOU*, Ben C. Clark, Peter Tsou, Donald E.
Brownlee, Simon F. Green, J. A.M. McDonnell, Neil McBride, Melusine T.S.H.
Colwell, Dust measurements in the coma of comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Dust Flux
Monitor Instrument, Science, Vol 304 (2004) pp. 1776-1780.
116.
R. Gellert, R. Rieder, J. Brckner, B. C. Clark, G. Dreibus, T. ECONOMOU, G.
Klingelhfer, G. W. Lugmair , S. W. Squyres, C. dUston, H. Wnke, A. Yen, J. Zipfel and the
Athena Science Team, Chemical Composition of Martian Rocks and Soils at the Gusev
LandingSite obtained by the APX Spectrometer, Science, Vol 305 (2004) pp 829-832.
117.
R. Srama, T.J. Ahrens, N. Antobelli, .... T. E. ECONOMOU, H. Fechtig,…. H.A. Zook, The
Cassini Cosmic Dust Analyzer, Space Science Reviews 114, 465-518, 2004
118.
Anthony J. Tuzzolino, Thanasis E. ECONOMOU, Ben C. Clark, Peter Tsou, Donald E. Brownlee, Simon F.
Green, J>A>M> McDonnell, Neil McBride, Melusine T.S.H. Colwell, Dust Measurements in the Coma of the
Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Dust Flux Monitor Instrument, SCIENCE VOL. 304 18 June 2004, pp 1776-1780
119.
Zdenek Sekanina, Donald E. Brownlee, Thanasis E. ECONOMOU, Anthony J. Tuzzolino, Simon F. Green,
Modeling the Nucleus and Jeets of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Based on the Stardust Encounter Data, SCIENCE VOL.
304 18 June 2004, pp 1769-1774
120.
S. F. Green, J. A. M. McDonnell, N. McBride, M. T. S. H. Colwell, A. J. Tuzzolino, T. E.
ECONOMOU, P. Tsou, B. C. Clark, D. E. Brownlee, The dust mass distribution of Comet
81P/Wild 2, J. Geoph. Res. Vol. 109, E12S04, doi:10.1029/2004JE002318, 2004
121.
B. C. Clark, S. F. Green , T. E. ECONOMOU, S. A. Sandford, M. E. Zolensky, N. McBride, D.
Brownlee, Release and Fragmentation of aggregates to produce heterogeneous, lumpy coma
streams, J. Geoph. Res. Vol.109, E12S03, doi:10.1029/2004JE002319, 2004
122.
P. Tsou, D. E. Brownlee, J. D. Anderson, S. Bhaskaran, A. R. Cheuvront, B. C. Clark, T.
Duxbury, T.E. ECONOMOU, S. F. Green, M. S. Hanner, F. Ho¨rz, J. Kissel, J. A.
M.McDonnell, R. L. Newburn, R. E. Ryan, S. A. Sandford, Z. Sekanina, A. J. Tuzzolino, J. M.
Vellinga, and M. E. Zolensky, J. Geoph. Res. Vol.109, E12S01, doi:10.1029/2004JE002317, 2004
123.
R. Gellert , R. Rieder , J. Brückner , B. C. Clark , G. Dreibus , T. ECONOMOU , G.
Klingelhöfer ,G. W. Lugmair , S. W. Squyres , C. d’Uston , H. Wänke , A. Yen , J. Zipfel and
the Athena Science Team, Chemistry of Rocks and Soils in Gusev Crater from the Alpha
Particle X-ray Spectrometer, SCIENCE, VOL 305 6 August 2004, pp 829-832
124.
S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson,……. T. E. ECONOMOU…..A, Yen, The Spirit Rover’s Athena
Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars, SCIENCE, VOL 305 6 August 2004, pp 794-799
125.
S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson,……. T. E. ECONOMOU…..A, Yen, The Opportunity Rover’s
Athena Science Investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars, SCIENCE, VOL 306, 2004, pp 1698-
1703
126.
L. A. Soderblom, R. C. Anderson, .T. E. ECONOMOU,..J. Zipfel, Soils of Eagle Crater and
Meridiani Planum at the Opportunity Rover Landing Site, SCIENCE, VOL 306, 2004, pp
1723-1726
127.
B.C. Clark, T.E. ECONOMOU, S.F.Green, S.A. Sanford, M.E. Zolinsky, Streaming Clumps
Ejection Model and the Heterogeneous Inner Coma of Comet Wild 2, in Lunar and Planetary
Science Conference, 2004, 1801.pdf
128.
A.J. Tuzzolino, T.E.ECONOMOU, J.A.M. McDonnell, S,F. Green, N. McBrite, Preliminary Results from the
Dust Flux Monitoring Instrument during the Encounter of STARDUST Spacecraft with Wild-2 Comet, in
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2004, 1782.pdf
129.
H, McSween, R. Arvidson, J. Bandfield, J. Bell…. T. ECONOMOU, ……J. Zipfel and the
Athena Science Team, Preliminary Mineralogy and Geochemistry Resultss at theMER-A
Landing Site in Gusev, in Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2004, 2167.pdf
130.
R. Rieder, R. Gellert, J. Brückner, B. C. Clark,…. T. ECONOMOU, …A. Yen, J. Zipfel and
the Athena Science Team, APXS on Mars: Analyses of Soils and Rocks at Gusev Crater and
Meridiani Planum, in Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2004, 2172.pdf
131.
Brownlee, D.E., J.D. Andereson, K. Atkins, …. T. ECONOMOU, M.S. Hanner… Mike
Zolinsky, The STARDUST – A Succcessfull Encounter with The Remarkable Comet Wild 2, in
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2004, 1981.pdf
132.
Thanasis ECONOMOU, Martian Soil and Rocks Analyses with the Athena Payload on Spirit
and Opportunity Rovers, PiTTS-2005 Conference, Orlando Florida, 2005, abstract 1660-
133.
Tuzzolino, A.J, T.E. ECONOMOU, Measuring the Dust Flux and Dust Particle Mass
Distribution in the Saturn Rings with HRD Dust Instrument on the Cassini Mission, 35th
COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2004, abstract COSPAR-04, A-03803
134.
ECONOMOU, T. E. , A.J. Tuzzolino, Preliminary Results from the STARDUST Encounter
with Wild2 Comet Obtained by the Dust Flux Monitor Instrument, 35th COSPAR Scientific
Assembly, 2004, abstract COSPAR-04, A-03820
135.
S.F. Green, J.A.M. McDonnell, N. McBride, M.T.S.H. Colwell, A.J. Tuzzolino and T.E.
ECONOMOU, Comet Wild 2 Dust Coma: Comparisons with Dust Mass Distributions from
Comet Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup, 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2004, abstract
COSPAR-04, A-02751
136.
Clark, B,C., T.E. ECONOMOU, S.F. Green, S.A> Sandford, M.E. Zolensky, D.E. Brownlee,
Narrow, Lumpy Coma Streams from Fragmentation of Released Aggregates, HRD Dust
Instrument on the Cassini Mission, 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2004, abstract COSPAR-
04, A-3803
137.
R. Rieder, R. Gellert, R. C. Anderson, J. Brückner, B. C. Clark,G. Dreibus, T. ECONOMOU,
G. Klingelhöfer, G. W. Lugmair, D. W. Ming, S. W. Squyres, C. d’Uston, H. Wänke, A. Yen, J.
Zipfel, Chemistry of Rocks and Soils at Meridiani Planum from the Alpha Particle X-Ray
Spectrometer, SCIENCE, VOL 306, 2004, pp 1746-1749
138.
J. Zipfel, R. Anderson, J. Brückner, B. C. Clark, G. Dreibus, T. Economou, R. Gellert, G.
Klingelhöfer, G. W. Lugmair, D. Ming, R. Rieder, S. W. Squyres, C. d’Usto8, H. Wänke. APXS
Analyses Of Bounce Rock – The Firs Shergottite On Mars. 67th Meteoretical Society Meeting, (2004)
5173.pdf

139.

A.J. Tuzzolino, T. E. ECONOMOU, R.B. McKibben, J.A. Simpson, S. BenZvi, L. Blackburn,
H.D. Voss and H. Gursky, Final Results from the Space Dust (SPADUS) Instruments Flown
aboard the Earth-Orbiting ARGOS Spacecraft, Planetary and Space Science 53 (2005) 903-923
140.
Albert S. Yen, Ralf Gellert,….. THANASIS E. ECONOMOU,…. Jutta Zipfel, An integrated
View of the chemistry and mineralogy of martian soils, nature, Vol. 436/7 July, 2005, pp. 49-54
141.
T.E. ECONOMOU and A.J. Tuzzolino, Dust Fluxes and Mass Distribution of Dust Particles at
Saturn E Ring fron the HRD Instrument on the Cassini mission, Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, No 3, p. 771, 2005
142.
T.E. ECONOMOU, A.J. Tuzzolino, New Dust Data from STARDUST and CASSINI Missions
obtained by the DFMI and HRD Instruments, in Dust in Planetary Systems, Workshop
Program and Abstracts, LPI publication 1280, p 43-44, 2005
143.
Y. McSween, M.B. Wyatt, …. T. ECONOMOU… J. Zipfel, Characterization and Petrologic
interpretation of olivine-rich basalts at Gusev Crater, Mars, Accepted for publication in J.
Geoph. Res. Planets, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S10, doi:10.1029/2005JE002477, 2006
144.
L.A. Soderblom, R.C. Anderson, … T. ECONOMOU,… J, Zipfel, The Unique Martiaqn Soil
of Eagle Crater and Meridiani Planum, Accepted for publication in J. Geoph. Res. Planets,
2005
145.
Arvidson, R. V., S. Squyres, …. T. ECONOMOU, … A. Yen, Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration
Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills, J. Geophys. Res.,
111, E02S01, doi:10.1029/2005JE002499, 2006
146.
Frank Spahn, Jurgen Schmidt THANASIS ECONOMOU, Eberhard Grün, Cassini Dust Measurements
at Enceladus and Implication for the Origin of the E Ring, Science Vol. 311, (2006) 1416-11418.
147.
J. Bruekner, R. Gellert…. T, TCONOMOU,…. A. Yen, J. Zipfel, Two Years of Chemical Sampling on
Meridiani Planum by the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer on Board the Mars Exploration Rover
Opportunity, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII (2006), 1882.pdf
148.
P. Tsou, D.E. Brownlee, J. D. Anderson, B. C. Clark, T. Economou, G. J. Flynn, S. F. Green, M. S.
Hanner, F. Hörz, L. Keller8 J. Kissel, J. A. M. McDonnell, K. McKeegan, R. L. Newburn, S. A. Sandford,
Z. Sekanina, A. J. Tuzzolino, C. W. Yen, and M. E. Zolensky Tiny samples from a distant comet open giant
windows to our past – STARDUST, submitted to COSPAR 2006
149.
T.E. Economou, R.Srama, S. Helfert, S. Kempf, G.Moragas-Klostermeyer, M.
Burton, M. Roy, HRD Dust Results from Enceladus Flybys, submitted to COSPAR 2006
150.
S.F. Green, N. McBride, M.T.S.H. Howell, J.A.M.McDonnell, A.J. Tuzzolino, T.E. ECONOMOU,
B.C.Clark, Z. Sekanina, P. Tsou, D.E. Brownlee, STARDUST Wild 2 Dust Measurements, Submitted,