 CURRENT STUDENTS Youngmin JeongAhn (PTYS) Sarah Morrison (PTYS) Kathryn Volk (PTYS) FORMER STUDENTS David Minton, 2009 (PTYS) Amaya Moro-Martin, 2004 (Astronomy) Matthew Tiscareno, 2004 (PTYS) Kathryn Volk, 2013 (Planetary Sciences) FORMER POSTDOC(S) Stephen Kortenkamp Joseph Hahn | Renu Malhotra ProfessorPlanetary Dynamics Ph.D., 1988, Cornell University Kuiper #515 626-5899  Years with LPL: 2000 to present RESEARCH INTERESTS Prof. Malhotra's research spans orbital dynamics in the solar system and in exo-solar planetary systems. Current topics of research are: the orbital migration history of the giant planets, chaos and stability in the Kuiper belt, dynamics of near-Earth and main belt asteroids, the meteoritic bombardment history of the terrestrial planets, and architectures of exo-solar planetary systems. More about Dr. Malhotra CV for Dr. Malhotra (PDF) CURRENT GRANTS
ADS PUBLICATIONS SEARCH NASA ADS Author search: Renu Malhotra SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Volk, K., Malhotra, R. The effect of orbital evolution on the Haumea (2003 EL61) collisional family 2012Icar..221..106V Belbruno, E., et al. Chaotic Exchange of Solid Material Between Planetary Systems: Implications for Lithopanspermia 2012AsBio..12..754B Malhotra, R., Strom, R. G. "Constraints on the source of lunar cataclysm impactors" 2011Icar..216..359M Katz, B., Dong, S., Malhotra, R. Long-Term Cycling of Kozai-Lidov Cycles: Extreme Eccentricities and Inclinations Excited by a Distant Eccentric Perturber 2011PhRvL.107r1101K Volk, K., Malhotra, R. Inclination Mixing in the Classical Kuiper Belt 2011ApJ...736...11V Minton, D. A., Malhotra, R. Secular Resonance Sweeping of the Main steroid Belt During Planet Migration 2011ApJ...732...53M Ito, T., Malhotra, R. Asymmetric impacts of near-Earth asteroids on the Moon 2010A&A...519A..63I Moro-Martín, A., et al. Locating Planetesimal Belts in the Multiple-planet Systems HD 128311, HD 202206, HD 82943, and HR 8799 2010ApJ...717.1123M Minton, D. A., Malhotra, R. Dynamical erosion of the asteroid belt and implications for large impacts in the inner Solar System 2010Icar..207..744M Su, K. Y. L., et al. The Debris Disk Around HR 8799 2009ApJ...705..314S Bailey, B. L., Malhotra, R. Two dynamical classes of Centaurs 2009Icar..203..155B Tiscareno, M. S., Malhotra, R. Chaotic Diffusion of Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects 2009AJ....138..827T Minton, D. A., Malhotra, R. A record of planet migration in the main asteroid belt 2009Natur.457.1109M Volk, K., Malhotra, R. The Scattered Disk as the Source of the Jupiter Family Comets 2008ApJ...687..714V Malhotra, R., Minton, D. A. Prospects for the Habitability of OGLE-2006-BLG-109L 2008ApJ...683L..67M Moro-Mart¡N, A., et al. Extrasolar Kuiper Belt Dust Disks 2008ssbn.book..465M Moro-Martín, A., et al. The Dust, Planetesimals, and Planets of HD 38529 2007ApJ...668.1165M Minton, D. A., Malhotra, R. Assessing the Massive Young Sun Hypothesis to Solve the Warm Young Earth Puzzle 2007ApJ...660.1700M Moro-Martín, A., et al. Are Debris Disks and Massive Planets Correlated? 2007ApJ...658.1312M Moro-Martin, A., Malhotra, R., Wolf, S. Signatures of Planets in Debris Disks 2007ESASP.643..113M Meyer, M. R., et al. The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Placing Our Solar System in Context with Spitzer 2006PASP..118.1690M Pascucci, I., et al. Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Upper Limits to the Gas Mass in Disks around Sun-like Stars 2006ApJ...651.1177P Bernstein, G. M., et al. Erratum: ``The Size Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Bodies'' (AJ, 128, 1364 [2004]) 2006AJ....131.2364B Ito, T., et al. Size Distribution of Asteroids and Old Terrestrial Craters: Implications for Asteroidal Dynamics During LHB 2006aogs....3..337I Ito, T., Malhotra, R. Dynamical transport of asteroid fragments from the ν6 resonance 2006AdSpR..38..817I Moro-Martín, A., Malhotra, R. Dust Outflows and Inner Gaps Generated by Massive Planets in Debris Disks 2005ApJ...633.1150M Hahn, J. M., Malhotra, R. Neptune's Migration into a Stirred-Up Kuiper Belt: A Detailed Comparison of Simulations to Observations 2005AJ....130.2392H Kim, J. S., et al. Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Cold Outer Disks Associated with Sun-like Stars 2005ApJ...632..659K Strom, R. G., et al. The Origin of Planetary Impactors in the Inner Solar System 2005Sci...309.1847S Strom, R. G., et al. The Origin of Impactors During the Inner Solar System Cataclysm 2005M&PSA..40.5070S Moro-Martín, A., Wolf, S., Malhotra, R. Signatures of Planets in Spatially Unresolved Debris Disks 2005ApJ...621.1079M Yoshida, F., et al. Photometric Observations of a Very Young Family-Member Asteroid (832) Karin 2004PASJ...56.1105Y Meyer, M. R., et al. The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: First Results from a Spitzer Legacy Science Program 2004ApJS..154..422M Bernstein, G. M., et al. The Size Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Bodies 2004AJ....128.1364B Michtchenko, T. A., Malhotra, R. Secular dynamics of the three-body problem: application to the v Andromedae planetary system 2004Icar..168..237M Kortenkamp, S. J., Malhotra, R., Michtchenko, T. Survival of Trojan-type companions of Neptune during primordial planet migration 2004Icar..167..347K Tiscareno, M. S., Malhotra, R. The Dynamics of Known Centaurs 2003AJ....126.3122T Moro-Martín, A., Malhotra, R. Dynamical Models of Kuiper Belt Dust in the Inner and Outer Solar System 2003AJ....125.2255M Allen, R. L., Bernstein, G. M., Malhotra, R. Observational Limits on a Distant Cold Kuiper Belt 2002AJ....124.2949A Moro-Martín, A., Malhotra, R. A Study of the Dynamics of Dust from the Kuiper Belt: Spatial Distribution and Spectral Energy Distribution 2002AJ....124.2305M Malhotra, R. A Dynamical Mechanism for Establishing Apsidal Resonance 2002ApJ...575L..33M Allen, R. L., Bernstein, G. M., Malhotra, R. The Edge of the Solar System 2001ApJ...549L.241A Stepinski, T. F., Malhotra, R., Black, D. C. The υ Andromedae System: Models and Stability 2000ApJ...545.1044S Malhotra, R., Duncan, M. J., Levison, H. F. Dynamics of the Kuiper Belt 2000prpl.conf.1231M Malhotra, R. Astrophysics: Chaotic planet formation 1999Natur.402..599M Showman, A. P., Malhotra, R. The Galilean satellites. 1999Sci...296...77S Malhotra, R. Migrating planets. 1999SciAm.281c..46M Hahn, J. M., Malhotra, R. Orbital Evolution of Planets Embedded in a Planetesimal Disk 1999AJ....117.3041H Malhotra, R. Migrating planets. 1999SciAm.281c..56M Showman, A. P., Stevenson, D. J., Malhotra, R. Coupled Orbital and Thermal Evolution of Ganymede 1997Icar..129..367S Showman, A. P., Malhotra, R. Tidal Evolution into the Laplace Resonance and the Resurfacing of Ganymede 1997Icar..127...93S Liou, J. C., Malhotra, R. Depletion of the outer asteroid belt 1997Sci...275..375L Malhotra, R. The Phase Space Structure Near Neptune Resonances in the Kuiper Belt 1996AJ....111..504M Malhotra, R. The Origin of Pluto's Orbit: Implications for the Solar System Beyond Neptune 1995AJ....110..420M Malhotra, R. A mapping method for the gravitational few-body problem with dissipation 1994CeMDA..60..373M Malhotra, R. Nonlinear resonances in the solar system 1994PhyD...77..289M Malhotra, R. Orbital resonances in the solar nebula - Strengths and weaknesses 1993Icar..106..264M Malhotra, R. The origin of Pluto's peculiar orbit 1993Natur.365..819M Malhotra, R. Three-body effects in the PSR 1257+12 planetary system 1993ApJ...407..266M Malhotra, R., et al. Resonant orbital evolution in the putative planetary system of PSR1257 + 12 1992Natur.356..583M Malhotra, R. Erratum: "Capture probabilities for secondary resonances" [Icarus, Vol. 87, No. 2, p. 249 - 264 (Oct 1990)]. 1991Icar...94..524M Malhotra, R. Tidal origin of the Laplace resonance and the resurfacing of Ganymede 1991Icar...94..399M Malhotra, R. Capture probabilities for secondary resonances 1990Icar...87..249M Malhotra, R., Dermott, S. F. The role of secondary resonances in the orbital history of Miranda 1990Icar...85..444M Dermott, S. F., et al. Modelling the IRAS solar system dust bands 1990AdSpR..10..171D Malhotra, R., et al. Secular perturbations of the Uranian satellites - Theory and practice 1989A&A...221..348M Dermott, S. F., Malhotra, R., Murray, C. D. Dynamics of the Uranian and Saturnian satellite systems - A chaotic route to melting Miranda? 1988Icar...76..295D Malhotra, R. Some aspects of the dynamics of orbit-orbit resonances in the Uranian satellite system 1988PhDT........10M |
