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Many of the following publications are available to download as either postscript or PDF files:

Refereed Publications	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994
Conference Proceedings etc.	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996
AAS Abstracts.	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
PhD Theses
Masters' Theses

Refereed Publications

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994

2000

Discovery of parsec-sized dust shells around AFGL2688 and AFGL 618 (HTML file)
Speck, A.K., Meixner, M. & Knapp, G.R.,
2000, Astrophysical Journal Letters , 545, L145-L148.
(postscript file) (PDF file)

Dust features in the 10-µm infrared spectra of oxygen-rich evolved stars (HTML file)
Speck, A.K., Barlow, M.J., Sylvester, R.J., & Hofmeister, A.M.,
2000, Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series, 146, 437-464.
(gzipped postscript file) (PDF file)

Silicon Carbide: The Problem with Laboratory Spectra (.ps file),
Speck, A.K., Hofmeister, A.M., & Barlow, M.J.,
2000, In "Thermal Emission Spectroscopy of Dust, Disks, and Regoliths" Eds Sitko M.L., Sprague A.L. & Lynch D.K., ASP Conference Series, vol. 196, 281-290. (.pdf file)

IR spectra of nano- and macro-crystals: the overriding importance of optical path (.ps file),
Hofmeister, A.M., Rosen, L.J., Speck, A.K.
2000, In "Thermal Emission Spectroscopy of Dust, Disks, and Regoliths" Eds Sitko M.L., Sprague A.L. & Lynch D.K., ASP Conference Series, vol. 196, 291-299. (.pdf file)
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1999 The silicon carbide problem: astronomical and meteoritic evidence (html), Speck, A.K., Hofmeister, A.M., & Barlow, M.J., 1999, Astrophysical Journal Letters , 513, L87-L90 (postscript file) (PDF file) Ice, silicates and PAH emission features in the ISO spectrum of the carbon-rich planetary nebula CPD-56^o8032 (html), Cohen, M., Barlow, M.J., Sylvester, R.J., Liu, X.-W., Cox, P., Lim, T., Scmitt, B. & Speck, A.K., 1999, Astrophysical Journal Letters , 513, L135-L138 (postscript file) (PDF file) back to top
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1997 The nature of the silicon carbide in carbon star outflows (.ps file), Speck, A.K., Barlow, M.J., & Skinner, C.J., 1997, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 288 , pp431-456. (.pdf file) The nature of silicon carbide: astronomical observations vs meteoritic evidence (.ps file) , Speck, A.K., Barlow, M.J., & Skinner, C.J., 1997, Meteoritics & Planetary Science , vol. 32, No. 5, pp702-712. (.pdf file) back to top
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1994 The influence of weathering on the measured oxygen isotopic composition of ordinary chondrites Franchi, I. A., Bland, P., Berry, F. J., Speck, A., Pillinger, C. T. 1994, Meteoritics, 29, no. 4, p. 467-468 back to top

Conference Proceedings etc.

2006 Spitzer/MIPS Imaging of the Extremely Extended Dust Shell(s) around R Hya Angela Speck,Toshiya Ueta and the MIRIAD TEAM In Proceedings of IAU Symposium 234: Planetary Nebulae in Our Galaxy and Beyond, editors: M.J. Barlow. & R.H. Mendez, in press CLOUDY modeling of weird Far-IR emission in the central zone of the Helix Nebula Adrienne Dove, Angela Speck In Proceedings of IAU Symposium 234: Planetary Nebulae in Our Galaxy and Beyond, editors: M.J. Barlow. & R.H. Mendez, in press HST Study of the Molecular Gas in Planetary Nebulae Josh Tartar,Sarah Eyermann, Angela Speck, Margaret Meixner In Proceedings of IAU Symposium 234: Planetary Nebulae in Our Galaxy and Beyond, editors: M.J. Barlow. & R.H. Mendez, in press Circumstellar dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud C. Dijkstra, A. K. Speck, R.B. Reid, C. Markwick-Kemper, J. Leisenring In Proceedings of Stellar Evolution at Low Metallicity: Mass Loss, Explosions, Cosmology, editors: Lamers, Langer, Nugis & Annuk, in press
2005

The Nature and Origin of Molecular Knots in Planetary Nebulae
Eyermann, S. E., Speck, A. K., Meixner, M., McCullough, P. R., Hora, J.
Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools. AIP Conference Proceedings, 804, 145.
2004

Episodic Mass Loss on the Timescale of Thermal Pulses: Radiative Transfer Modeling of the Egg Nebula
Speck, A. K., Meixner, M., Elitzur, M., Nenkova, M.
Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae III: Winds, Structure and the Thunderbird, Edited by Margaret Meixner, Joel H. Kastner, Bruce Balick and Noam Soker. ASP Conference Proceedings, 313, 303

The Hubble Helix
Meixner, M., McCullough, P., Hartman, J., O'dell, R., Speck, A. K.
Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae III: Winds, Structure and the Thunderbird, Edited by Margaret Meixner, Joel H. Kastner, Bruce Balick and Noam Soker. ASP Conference Proceedings, 313, 234

The Post-AGB Star IRAS 16342-3814
Zijlstra, A. A., Matsuura, M., Dijkstra, C.
Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae III: Winds, Structure and the Thunderbird, Edited by Margaret Meixner, Joel H. Kastner, Bruce Balick and Noam Soker. ASP Conference Proceedings, 313, 65
2003 Observational Evidence for Presolar Grains Around Oxygen-rich Evolved Stars Speck, A.K.,, Hofmeister, A. M., Mora, M. 2003, Workshop on Cometary Dust in Astrophysics, August 10-15, 2003, Crystal Mountain, Washington,
2002
2001 Big, bumpy dust shells around protoplanetary nebulae Speck, A.K.,, Meixner, M. & Ueta, T. 2001, In proceedings of "Post-AGB objects (proto planetary nebulae as a phase of stellar evolution", Eds. S.K. Gorny, R. Szczerba, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 333. Morphological Properties of PPNs: Mid-IR and HST Imaging Surveys Ueta, T. 2001, In proceedings of "Post-AGB objects (proto planetary nebulae as a phase of stellar evolution", Eds. S.K. Gorny, R. Szczerba, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 65. Spatial Distributions of Multiple Dust Components in the PPN/PN Circumstellar Dust Shells Ueta, T. , Speck, A.K., Meixner, M. , Dayal, A., Deutsch, L.K., Fazio, G., Hora, J.L., Hoffmann, W.F. 2001, In proceedings of "Post-AGB objects (proto planetary nebulae as a phase of stellar evolution", Eds. S.K. Gorny, R. Szczerba, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 339. Postscript miniposter ISOPHOT observations of protoplanetary nebulae: evidence for extremely extended dust shells around post-AGB objects? (.ps file) Speck, A.K.,, Meixner, M., Ueta, T. & Knapp, G.R., (2001) In proceedings of "Tetons 4: Galactic Structure, Stars and the Interstellar Medium", Eds. C.E. Woodward, M.D. Bicay, and J.M. Shull, A.S.P. conf. ser., 550. PDF proceedings paper ; Postscript poster ; PDF poster Mineralogy of dust around oxygen-rich evolved stars (.ps file) Speck, A.K.,, Barlow, M.J., & Sylvester, R.J. (2001) In proceedings of "Tetons 4: Galactic Structure, Stars and the Interstellar Medium", Eds. C.E. Woodward, M.D. Bicay, and J.M. Shull, A.S.P. conf. ser., 553. PDF proceedings paper ; Postscript poster ; PDF poster back to top
2000 Circumstellar Dust Around Post-AGB Stars (.ps file) Speck, A.K., Meixner, M., & Knapp, G.R., 2000, In Proceedings of "ISO Beyond Point Sources: Studies of Extended Infrared Emission", September 14-17, 1999, ISO Data Centre, Villafranca del Castillo, Madrid, Spain. Edited by R. J. Laureijs, K. Leech and M. F. Kessler, ESA-SP 455, 2000. p. 83. (.pdf file) A near- to far-IR data base of thin film absorption spectra of minerals Hofmeister, A. M., Keppel, E. T., Bowey, J. E., Speck, A. K. ISO beyond the peaks,held 2-4 February 2000, at VILSPA. Observational Evidence for Presolar Grains Speck, A. K., Barlow, M. J., Sylvester, R. J., Hofmeister, A. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 35, Supplement, A150 Infrared Studies of Silicon Carbide Speck, A. K., Hofmeister, A. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 35, Supplement, A150 Observations of Circumstellar Dust Shells Around Proto-Planetary Nebulae Meixner, M., Speck, A.K., Ueta, T., Knapp, G.R., Hoffmann, W.F., Hinz, P.M., Hora, J.L., Fazio, G., Deutsch, L.K. American Astronomical Society Meeting 197, #06.13 back to top
1999 SiO₂ Features in the Infrared Spectra of Oxygen-rich Evolved Stars Speck, A.K., Barlow, M.J., Sylvester, R.J. Astrochemistry: From Molecular Clouds to Planetary Systems, IAU Symposium 197 Poster Session #3.26, held in Sogwipo, South Korea, Aug 23 - 27, 1999 Silicate and ice emission bands in the ISO spectrum of the PAH-emitting carbon-rich planetary nebula CPD-56^o8032 Cohen, M., Barlow, M.J., Sylvester, R.J., Liu, X.-W., Cox, P., Lim, T., Schmitt, B., Speck, A.K. Proceedings of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, IAU Symposium 191, Edited by T. Le Bertre, A. Lebre, & C. Waelkens. p. 291 back to top
1998 Resolution of the SiC problem: astronomical and meteoritic evidence reconciled Speck, A. K., Hofmeister, A. M., Barlow, M. J. Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, IAU Symposium 191 Poster Session, #P3-21, held in Montpellier, France, Aug 28 - Sept 1, 1998. back to top
1997 UIR Bands in Carbon Stars Speck, A.K., & Barlow, M.J., 1997, Astrophysics & Space Science , 251, 115-121. Also in "Dust & Molecules in Evolved Stars": Conference Proceedings (.pdf file) back to top
1996 Observations of the 11µm Silicon Carbide Feature in Carbon Star Shells Speck, A.K., Barlow, M.J., & Skinner, C.J., 1996, In "From Stardust to Planetesimals: Contributed Papers" Eds M.E.Kress, A.G.G.M. Tielens and Y.J. Pendleton, NASA Conf. Publ. 3343, California, pg61. Observations of the 11µm Silicon Carbide Feature in Carbon Star Shells Speck, A.K., Barlow, M.J., Skinner, C.J. The Carbon Star Phenomenon, IAU Symposium No. 177, edited by R.F. Wing, p. 578 back to top

AAS abstracts

2006 The 3µm water ice/vapour feature of (post-)AGB stars Dijkstra, C., Justtanont, K., Dominik, C., Waters, L. B. F. M., Matsuura, M., Speck, A. K., Cami, J., Yamamura, I. 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #182.18 (poster) Tracing the mass-loss histories of (post-)AGB stars: ISOPHOT imaging Mchunu, B. M., Speck, A. K. Meixner, M. 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #182.17 (poster) SiO2 Around O-rich AGB Stars - Mineralogy & The "13µm" Feature DePew, K. D., Speck, A. K., Dijkstra, C., Hofmeister, A. M. 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #182.16 (poster) Spitzer/MIPS Infrared Imaging of the Extremely Extended Circumstellar Dust Shell of HD 161796 Speck, A. K., Ueta, T., Stencel, R., MIRIAD Collaboration 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #182.15 (poster) Radiative Transfer Modeling of the Extended Dust Shell of AFGL 618 Tartar, J., Speck, A., Meixner, M., Nenkova, M., Elitzur, M. 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #182.14 (poster) The Carbon Star Dust Sequence: Evolution of the Silicon Carbide Dust Circumstellar Outflows of Carbon Stars Thompson, G. D., Speck, A. K., Dijkstra, C. 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #182.07 (poster) An Investigation of the Dust Shells Around Carbon Stars Using Radiative Transfer Modeling Corman, A. B., Speck, A. K. 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #182.05 (poster) HST study of the molecular gas in planetary nebulae Hamacher, D., Eyermann, S., Speck, A. K., Meixner, M. 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #08.08 (poster)
2005 Mineralogy of Dust in the Outflows of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars Speck, A.K. 2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #28.02 (oral) Submillimeter Imaging of Fossil Dust Shells around Post-AGB Stars Wilson, K., Speck, A., Lis, D., Meixner, M. 2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #08.04 (poster) Water Ice Growth Around Evolved Stars: Infrared Spectra Dijkstra, C., Dominik, C., de Koter, A., Bouwman, J. 2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #08.02 (poster) Modeling Periodic Mass-loss Changes in the Fossil Shells around Post-AGB Stars Tartar, J., Speck, A., Meixner, M., Elitzur, M. 2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #06.06 (poster) The Nature and Evolution of Silicon Carbide in the Outflows of Carbon Stars Thompson, G. D., Speck, A. K., Hofmeister, A. M. 2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #06.05 (poster) Dust around evolved stars in the Magellanic Clouds Reid, B., Speck, A., Dijkstra, R. 2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #06.03 (poster)
2004 The Evolution of Molecular Hydrogen in Planetary Nebulae Eyermann, S. E., Speck, A. K. 2004, American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #138.11 (poster) Water Ice Growth Around Evolved Stars: Infrared Spectra Dijkstra, C., Dominik, C., de Koter, A., Bouwman, J. 2004, American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #58.06 (poster) Astromineralogy of Intermediate Mass Evolved Stars in the Magellanic Clouds Reid, R. B., Speck, A. K. 2004, American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #58.03 (poster) Stardust: observational evidence of mass-loss processes in the history of the Egg Nebula. Tartar, J. B., Speck, A. K., Elitzur, M., Meixner, M., Nenkova, M. 2004, American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #58.02 (poster) Silicon carbide: a case study in the astrophysics of stardust Speck, A. K. 2004, American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #58.01 (poster)
2003 The carrier of the 13µm feature in the spectra of O-rich AGB stars Mora, M., Speck, A. K. 2003, American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #137.02 (poster) Processing of presolar grains around post-AGB stars: SiC as the carrier of the ``21''µm feature Hofmeister, A. M., Speck, A. K. 2003, American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #49.09 (poster) Episodic Mass Loss on the Timescale of Thermal Pulses: Radiative Transfer Modeling Miller, B. A., Speck, A. K., Meixner, M. 2003, American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #49.08 (poster) Observational Evidence for Presolar Grains around Oxygen-rich Evolved Stars Speck, A. K., Hofmeister, A. M. 2003, American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #49.06 (poster)
2002 Near-IR and BIMA CO Observations of the Red Rectangle Doering, R., Meixner, M., Fong, D., Zalucha, A., Maxham, A., Speck, A. K. 2002, American Astronomical Society Meeting 201, #89.05 (poster) The Dust Ring of LBV Candidate HD 168625 O'Hara, T. B., Meixner, M., Speck, A. K., Ueta, T., Bobrowsky, M. 2002, American Astronomical Society Meeting 201, #89.05 (poster)
2001 Two Types of Proto-Planetary Nebulae?: Model Calculations Meixner, M., Ueta, T., Bobrowsky, M, Speck, A. K. 2001, American Astronomical Society Meeting 199, #136.09 (poster) Infrared Imaging of the Nebula Around Luminous Blue Variable IRAS 18184-1623 O'Hara, T. B., Meixner, M., Speck, A. K., Ueta, T., Bobrowsky, M. 2001, American Astronomical Society Meeting 199, #135.21 (poster) Large-scale extended emission around the Helix Nebula Speck, A. K., Meixner, M., Fong, D., McCullough, P. R., Moser, D. E., Ueta, T. 2001, American Astronomical Society Meeting 199, #39.01 (oral)
Ph.D. Theses Angela Speck 1998 back to top
Masters' Theses Kyle DePew 2006 back to top

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