Kuiper Belt Articles in Refereed Journals
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This list contains 110 articles.
Last update: 1999 June 1
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1999 (6 articles)

Water Ice on Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TO_66, Brown, Robert H., Cruikshank, Dale P. & Pendleton, Yvonne 1999, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 519, Issue 1, pp. L101-L104.
Infrared Kuiper Belt Constraints, Teplitz, Vigdor L., Stern, S. Alan, Anderson, John D., Rosenbaum, Doris, Scalise, Randall J. & Wentzler, Paul 1999, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 516, Issue 1, pp. 425-435.
Phoebe: Albedo Map and Photometric Properties, Simonelli, Damon P., Kay, Jennifer, Adinolfi, Daniel, Veverka, Joseph, Thomas, Peter C. & Helfenstein, Paul 1999, Icarus, Volume 138, Issue Icarus, pp. 249-258.
Compositional Surface Variety among the Centaurs, Barucci, M. A., Lazzarin, M. & Tozzi, G. P. 1999, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 117, Issue 4, pp. 1929-1932.
NOTE: The Rate of Naked-Eye Comets from 101 BC to 1970 AD, Licht, A. Lewis 1999, Icarus, Volume 137, Issue 2, pp. 355-356.
From the darkness emerging: Pluto and the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, Hollis, A. J. 1999, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.109, no.1, p.9-13

1998 (26 articles)

Pencil-Beam Surveys for Faint Trans-Neptunian Objects, Gladman, Brett, Kavelaars, J. J., Nicholson, Philip D., Loredo, Thomas J. & Burns, Joseph A. 1998, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 116, Issue 4, pp. 2042-2054.
Properties of Model Comae around Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects, Brown, Warren R. & Luu, Jane X. 1998, Icarus, Volume 135, Issue 2, pp. 415-430.
On the Existence of a Primordial Cometary Belt between Uranus and Neptune, Brunini, A. & Melita, M. D. 1998, Icarus, Volume 135, Issue 2, pp. 408-414.
A Dust Ring around epsilon Eridani: Analog to the Young Solar System, Greaves, J. S., Holland, W. S., Moriarty-Schieven, G., Jenness, T., Dent, W. R. F., Zuckerman, B., MCCarthy, C., Webb, R. A., Butner, H. M., Gear, W. K. & Walker, H. J. 1998, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 506, Issue 2, pp. L133-L137.
Planetary migration and sources of dust in the beta \:Pictoris disk, Lecavelier Des Etangs, A. 1998, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.337, p.501-511 (1998)
The Calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope Kuiper Belt Object Search: Setting the Record Straight, Cochran, Anita L., Levison, Harold F., Tamblyn, Peter, Stern, S. Alan & Duncan, Martin J. 1998, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.503, p.L89
Mid-Infrared Imaging of a Circumstellar Disk around HR 4796: Mapping the Debris of Planetary Formation, Koerner, D. W., Ressler, M. E., Werner, M. W. & Backman, D. E. 1998, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.503, p.L83
A search for bright Kuiper Belt objects, Brown, M. J. I. & Webster, R. L. 1998, Publications Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 176-178
Dynamics of the Trans-Neptune Region: Apsidal Waves in the Kuiper Belt, Ward, William R. & Hahn, Joseph M. 1998, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 116, Issue 1, pp. 489-498.
Deep Imaging of the Kuiper Belt with the Keck 10 Meter Telescope, Luu, Jane X. & Jewitt, David C. 1998, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.502, p.L91
New Insights on the Kuiper Belt, Morbidelli, A. 1998, Science, Vol. 280, Iss. 5372, p. 2071 (1998)
Neptune's Eccentricity and the Nature of the Kuiper Belt, Ward, William R. & Hahn, Joseph M. 1998, Science, Vol. 280, Iss. 5372, p. 2104 (1998)
Large Kuiper Belt Objects: The Mauna Kea 8K CCD Survey, Jewitt, David, Luu, Jane & Trujillo, Chadwick 1998, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 115, Issue 5, pp. 2125-2135.
Accretion in the Early Kuiper Belt. I. Coagulation and Velocity Evolution, Kenyon, Scott J. & Luu, Jane X. 1998, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 115, Issue 5, pp. 2136-2160.
Optical-Infrared Spectral Diversity in the Kuiper Belt, Jewitt, David & Luu, Jane 1998, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 115, Issue 4, pp. 1667-1670.
A Semiautomated Sky Survey for Slow-moving Objects Suitable for a Pluto Express Mission Encounter, Trujillo, Chadwick & Jewitt, David 1998, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 115, Issue 4, pp. 1680-1687.
BTA Observations of Objects from the Kuiper Belt, Maslennikov, K. L., Gnedin, Yu. N., Bykov, O. A., L'vov, V. N., Zharikov, S. V., & Tikhonov, N.A. 1998, Astronomy Letters, volume 24, page 180 (1998)
Two distinct populations of Kuiper-belt objects, Tegler, S. C. & Romanishin, W. 1998, Nature, vol. 392,, p. 49
Optical and Infrared Reflectance Spectrum of Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TL 66, Luu, Jane X. & Jewitt, David C. 1998, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.494, p.L117
Kuiper Belt Constraint from Pioneer 10, Anderson, John D., Lau, Eunice L., Scherer, Klaus, Rosenbaum, Doris C. & Teplitz, Vigdor L. 1998, Icarus, Volume 131, Issue 1, pp. 167-170.
Dust production by impacts of interstellar dust on Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt objects, Yamamoto, S. & Mukai, T. 1998, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.329, p.785-791 (1998)
Dust Disks around Main Sequence Stars, Backman, D. E., Fajardo-Acosta, S. B., Stencel, R. E. & Stauffer, J. R. 1998, Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 255, Issue 1/2, p. 91-101 (1997).
Heliospheric cosmic ray irradiation of Kuiper belt comets, Cooper, J. F., Christian, E. R. & Johnson, R. E. 1998, Advances in Space Research, Volume 21, Issue 11, p. 1611-1614.
Observations of distant solar system bodies , Magnusson, P., Lagerkvist, C.-I., Lagerros, J. S. V., Dahlgren, M. & Lundstrom, M. 1998, Astronomische Nachrichten, vol. 319, no. 4, p. 251.
The Astonishing Redness of Kuiper-Belt Objects, Wickramasinghe, N. C. & Hoyle, F. 1998, Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 259, Issue 2, p. 205-208 (1998).
An Overview on the Kuiper Belt and on the Origin of Jupiter-family Comets, Morbidelli, Alessandro 1998, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, v. 72, Issue 1/2, p. 129-156 (1998).

1997 (20 articles)

Collisional Erosion in the Primordial Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt and the Generation of the 30-50 AU Kuiper Gap, Stern, S. Alan & Colwell, Joshua E. 1997, Astrophysical Journal v.490, p.879
An Analysis of the Statistics of the Hubble Space Telescope Kuiper Belt Object Search, Brown, Michael E., Kulkarni, Shrinivas R. & Liggett, Timothy J. 1997, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.490, p.L119
Quasi-Stationary States of Dust Flows under Poynting-Robertson Drag: New Analytical and Numerical Solutions, Gor'Kavyi, Nikolai N., Ozernoy, Leonid M., Mather, John C. & Taidakova, Tanya 1997, Astrophysical Journal v.488, p.268
Surface reflectance properties of distant Solar system bodies, Green, S. F., MCBride, N., O Ceallaigh, D. P., Fitzsimmons, A., Williams, I. P. & Irwin, M. J. 1997, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 290, Issue 1, pp. 186-192.
Photometry of the trans-neptunian object 1993 SC., Tegler, S.C., Romanishin, W., Stone, A., Tryka, K., Fink, U. & Fevig, R. 1997, Astronomical Journal v.114, p. 1230-1233 (1997)
Occultations by Kuiper belt objects, Brown, M. J. I. & Webster, R. L. 1997, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 289, Issue 4, pp. 783-786.
NOTE: Neptune Scattered Planetesimals Could Have Sculpted the Primordial Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt, Morbidelli, Alessandro & Valsecchi, Giovanni B. 1997, Icarus, Volume 128, Issue 2, pp. 464-468.
Accretion in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt: Forming 100-1000 KM Radius Bodies at 30 AU and Beyond., Stern, S. Alan & Colwell, Joshua E. 1997, The Astronomical Journal, v. 114, p. 841.
On dynamical scattering of Kuiper Belt Objects in 2:3 resonance with Neptune into short-period comets., Ip, W.-H. & Fernandez, J.A. 1997, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.324, p.778-784
From the Kuiper Belt to Jupiter-Family Comets: The Spatial Distribution of Ecliptic Comets, Levison, Harold F. & Duncan, Martin J. 1997, Icarus, Volume 127, Issue 1, pp. 13-32.
Chaotic Diffusion and the Origin of Comets from the 2/3 Resonance in the Kuiper Belt, Morbidelli, Alessandro 1997, Icarus, Vol. 127, p. 1-12 (1997)
Trapping of Methanol, Hydrogen Cyanide, and n-Hexane in Water Ice, above Its Transformation Temperature to the Crystalline Form, Notesco, G. & Bar-Nun, A. 1997, Icarus, Volume 126, Issue 2, pp. 336-341.
The Extraordinary Colors of Trans-Neptunian Objects 1994 TB and 1993 SC, Tegler, S. C. & Romanishin, W. 1997, Icarus, Volume 126, Issue 1, pp. 212-217.
The thermal emission of Kuiper Belt objects, Thomas, N., Fitzsimmons, A. & Ip, W. 1997, Planetary and Space Science, v. 45, p. 295-309.
CCD Photometry of the Centaur 1995 GO, Brown, Warren R. & Luu, Jane X. 1997, Icarus, Volume 126, Issue 1, pp. 218-224.
Kuiper Belt searches from the Palomar 5-m telescope., Gladman, B. & Kavelaars, J.J. 1997, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.317, p.L35-L38
Collisional Evolution of Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects, Davis, D. R. & Farinella, P. 1997, Icarus, Volume 125, Issue 1, pp. 50-60.
Optical and Infrared Photometry of Kuiper Belt Object 1993SC, Davies, John K., MCBride, Neil & Green, Simon F. 1997, Icarus, Volume 125, Issue 1, pp. 61-66.
Surface composition of Kuiper Belt object 1993 SC, Brown, R. H., Cruikshank, D. P., Pendleton, Y. J. & Veeder, G. J. 1997, Science, vol. 276, p. 937-939 (1997).
Determination of the Composition and State of Icy Surfaces in the Outer Solar System, Brown, Robert H. & Cruikshank, Dale P. 1997, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Volume 25, pp. 243.

1996 (9 articles)

Kuiper Belt Dust Grains as a Source of Interplanetary Dust Particles, Liou, Jer-Chyi, Zook, Herbert A. & Dermott, Stanley F. 1996, Icarus, Volume 124, Issue 2, pp. 429-440.
Color Diversity Among the Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects, Luu, Jane & Jewitt, David 1996, Astronomical Journal v.112, p.2310
The Mauna Kea-Cerro-Tololo (MKCT) Kuiper Belt and Centaur Survey, Jewitt, David, Luu, Jane & Chen, Jun 1996, Astronomical Journal v.112, p.1225
On the Collisional Environment, Accretion Time Scales, and Architecture of the Massive, Primordial Kuiper Belt., Stern, S. Alan 1996, Astronomical Journal v.112, p.1203
Short-period comets: Primordial bodies or collisional fragments?, Farinella, P. & Davis, D.R. 1996, SCIENCE Volume 273, p. 938-941
Reflection Spectrum of the Kuiper Belt Object 1993 SC, Luu, Jane X. & Jewitt, David C. 1996, Astronomical Journal v.111, p.499
The Phase Space Structure Near Neptune Resonances in the Kuiper Belt, Malhotra, Renu 1996, Astronomical Journal v.111, p.504
Chiron and the Centaurs: Escapees from the Kuiper Belt, Stern, A. & Campins, H. 1996, Nature, vol. 382, p. 507-510 (1996).
Kenneth Essex Edgeworth-Victorian polymath and founder of the Kuiper Belt?, Macfarland, J. 1996, Vistas Astron., vol. 40, p. 343-354 (1996).

1995 (11 articles)

The resonant structure of the Kuiper belt and the dynamics of the first five trans-Neptunian objects, Morbidelli, A., Thomas, F. & Moons, M. 1995, Icarus, vol. 118, pp. 322--340.
The Discovery of Halley-sized Kuiper Belt Objects Using the Hubble Space Telescope, Cochran, Anita L., Levison, Harold F., Stern, S. Alan & Duncan, Martin J. 1995, Astrophysical Journal v.455, p.342
A Search for Slow-Moving Objects and the Luminosity Function of the Kuiper Belt, Irwin, Mike, Tremaine, Scott & Zytkow, Anna N. 1995, Astronomical Journal v.110, p.3082
The Dynamical Structure of the Kuiper Belt, Duncan, Martin J., Levison, Harold F. & Budd, Stuart Mark 1995, Astronomical Journal v.110, p.3073
Model of a Kuiper Belt Small Grain Population and Resulting Far-Infrared Emission, Backman, D. E., Dasgupta, A. & Stencel, R. E. 1995, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.450, p.L35
KUIPER BELT FOUND, 1995, ASTR.SOC.SO.AFRICA. MON.NOTES V. 54, NO.7&8/AUG, P. 52, 1995
The slow-moving objects 1993 SB and 1993 SC., Williams, I. P., O'Ceallaigh, D. P., Fitzsimmons, A. & Marsden, B. G. 1995, Icarus, vol. 116, p. 180-185 (1995).
High-precision timing observations of the millisecond pulsar PSR 1937+21 at Nancay., Cognard, I., Bourgois, G., Lestrade, J.-F., Biraud, F., Aubry, D., Darchy, B. & Drouhin, J.-P. 1995, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.296, p.169
Jet-like features near the Nucleus of Chiron, Elliot, J. L., Olkin, C. B., Dunham, E. W., Ford, C. H., Gilmore, D. K., Kurtz, D., Lazzaro, D., Rank, D. M., Temi, P., Bandyopadhyay, R. M., Barroso, J., Barrucci, A., Bosh, A. S., Buie, M. W., Bus, S. J., Dahn, C. C., Foryta, D. W., Hubbard, W. B., Lopes, D. F. & Marcialis, R. L. 1995, Nature, vol. 373, p. 46
Kuiper Belt: collisional production of dust around main-sequence stars., Jewitt, D. & Luu, J. 1995, Astrophys. Space Sci., 223, 164-165 (1995)
The Kuiper Belt, Weissman, Paul R. 1995, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 33, 1995, pp. 327-358.

1994 (5 articles)

The impactor flux in the Pluto-Charon system, Weissman, Paul R. & Stern, S. Alan 1994, Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 111, no. 2, p. 378-386
The organic surface of 5145 Pholus: Constraints set by scattering theory, Wilson, P.D., Sagan, C. & Thompson, W.R. 1994, ICARUS, vol. 107, no. 2, p. 288-303
SIRTF: Capabilities for the study of planetary systems, Cruikshank, D. P., Werner, M. W. & Backman, D. E. 1994, Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 212, nos. 1-2, p. 407-415
Possible consequences of absence of Jupiters in planetary systems, Wetherill, George W. 1994, Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 212, nos. 1-2, p. 23-32
The transfer of comets from parabolic orbits to short-period orbits: Numerical studies, Fernandez, J.A. & Gallardo, T. 1994, Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 281, no. 3, p. 911-922

1993 (10 articles)

Some requirements of a colliding comet source of gamma ray bursts, White, R. Stephen 1993, Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 208, no. 2, p. 301-311
Submillimeter studies of main-sequence stars, Zuckerman, B. & Becklin, E. E. 1993, Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 414, no. 2, p. 793-802.
FROZEN MYSTERIES, Weissman, P. 1993, NATURE, vol. 364, 574-576. Editorial. Report of the ACM 93 meeting.
Dynamical stability in the outer solar system and the delivery of short period comets, Holman, M.J. & Wisdom, J. 1993, Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 105, no. 5, p. 1987-1999.
PLANET X: A MYTH EXPOSED, Quinlan, G.D. 1993, NATURE, vol. 363, 18-19. Editorial.
Planet X - No dynamical evidence in the optical observations, Standish, E.M. 1993, Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 105, no. 5, p. 2000-2006.
Discovery of the candidate Kuiper belt object 1992 QB1, Jewitt, D. & Luu, J. 1993, Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 362, no. 6422, p. 730-732.
OCCULTATIONS BY COMETS, Gadsden, M. 1993, ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. QUARTERLY JOURNAL, vol. 34, 103-105. Letter.
The gravitational sculpting of the Kuiper belt, Levison, H.F. & Duncan, M.J. 1993, Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 406, no. 1, p. L35-L38.
COMETARY BELT WAS HOME OF HALLEY'S COMET, 1993, NEW SCIENTIST, vol. 138(1875) 15. Article.

1992 (6 articles)

SIRTF - Capabilities for planetary science, Cruikshank, D. P., Werner, M. W. & Backman, D. E. 1992, (Planetary studies; Proceedings of Symposium 4 and the Topical Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission B /Meetings B7 and B8/ of the COSPAR 28th Plenary Meeting, The Hague, Netherlands, June 25-July 6, 1990. A92-45276 19-91) Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 12, no. 11, Nov. 1992, p. 187-193.
The origin of Neptune, Kaula, William M. & Newman, William I. 1992, (Planetary studies; Proceedings of Symposium 4 and the Topical Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission B /Meetings B7 and B8/ of the COSPAR 28th Plenary Meeting, The Hague, Netherlands, June 25-July 6, 1990. A92-45276 19-91) Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 12, no. 11, Nov. 1992, p. 3-10.
1992QB1 - A LONG SHOT AT THE KUIPER BELT, 1992, NATURE V.359, NO.6397/OCT22, P. 673, 1992
Hunting for comets and planets, Dyson, Freeman J. 1992, Royal Astronomical Society, Quarterly Journal (ISSN 0035-8738), vol. 33, no. 2, June 1992, p. 45-57.
Origin of Oort cloud comets in the interstellar space, Valtonen, Mauri J., Zheng, Jia-Qing & Mikkola, Seppo 1992, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (ISSN 0923-2958), vol. 54, no. 1-3, p. 37-48.
The search for extra-solar planetary systems, Paresce, Francesco 1992, (Life sciences and space research XXIV/3/ - Planetary biology and origins of life; Proceedings of the Topical Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission F /Meetings F7, F1, F8 and F9/ and Evening Session 1 of the COSPAR 28th Plenary Meeting, The Hague, Netherlands, June 25-July 6, 1990. A92-20933 07-55) Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 12, no. 4, 1992, p. 157-167.

1991 (5 articles)

The long-term dynamical behavior of small bodies in the Kuiper belt, Levison, Harold F. 1991, Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 102, Aug. 1991, p. 787-794.
Dynamical limits on dark mass in the outer solar system, Hogg, David W., Quinlan, Gerald D. & Tremaine, Scott 1991, Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 101, June 1991, p. 2274-2286. NSERC-supported research.
On the number of planets in the outer solar system - Evidence of a substantial population of 1000-km bodies, Stern, S.A. 1991, Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 90, April 1991, p. 271-281.
The angular momentum of the Oort cloud, Weissman, P.R. 1991, Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 89, Jan. 1991, p. 190-193.
Near-parabolic cometary flux in the outer solar system, Yabushita, S. & Tsujii, T. 1991, Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 248, Jan. 1, 1991, p. 34-39.

1990 (5 articles)

On the fates of minor bodies in the outer solar system, Gladman, Brett & Duncan, Martin 1990, Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 100, Nov. 1990, p. 1680-1693. Research supported by NSERC and Queen's University.
Planetary perturbations and the origins of short-period comets, Quinn, T., Tremaine, S. & Duncan, M. 1990, Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 355, June 1, 1990, p. 667-679. Research supported by the University of Toronto.
Evolution and detectability of comet clouds during post-main-sequence stellar evolution, Stern, S.A., Shull, J.M. & Brandt, J.C. 1990, Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 345, May 24, 1990, p. 305-308. Research supported by NASA.
SOURCE OF SHORT-PERIOD COMETS, Stewart, G.R. 1990, NATURE, vol. 343, 17-18. Article.
External perturbations on distant planetary orbits and objects in the Kuiper disk, Stern, S.A. 1990, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (ISSN 0923-2958), vol. 47, no. 3, 1989-1990, p. 267-273.

1989 (2 articles)

Constraints on impact rates in the Pluto-Charon system and the population of the Kuiper comet belt, Weissman, Paul R., Dobrovolskis, Anthony R. & Stern, S. Alan 1989, Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, Nov. 1989, p. 1241-1244.
Dynamical processes of macro-accretion of Uranus and Neptune - A first look, Ip, W.-H. 1989, Icarus , vol. 80, July 1989, p. 167-178.

1988 (2 articles)

A two-part search for slow-moving objects, Luu, J.X. & Jewitt, D. 1988, Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 95, April 1988, p. 1256-1262. NSF-supported research.
Numerical studies of the possible evolution of Pluto's orbit and the bodies of the trans-Neptune belt, Ipatov, S. I. 1988, Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel , vol. 4, Nov.-Dec. 1988, p. 73-78. In Russian.

1984 (1 article)

Exploring beyond the planets - The Pioneer 10 and 11 missions, Dyal, P. & Fimmel, R. O. 1984, British Interplanetary Society, Journal (Solar System Exploration) , vol. 37, Oct. 1984, p. 469-479.

1979 (2 articles)

The satellites of Neptune and the origin of Pluto, Harrington, R. S. & Van Flandern, T. C. 1979, Icarus, vol. 39, July 1979, p. 131-136.
Origin of slow moving object Kowal, Smith, R.C. 1978, Nature, vol. 272, Mar. 16, 1978, p. 229, 230.

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Kuiper Belt Articles in Refereed Journals(sorted by date)