Research

• Su, K.Y.L., Rieke, G.H., Malhotra, R., et al., Asteroid belts in debris disk twins: Vega and Fomalhaut, ApJ, 763:118(14pp) (2013).
• Petrovich, C., Malhotra, R., Tremaine, S., Planets Near Mean-Motion Resonances, ApJ, in press (2013).
• Volk, K., Malhotra, R., Do Centaurs preserve their source inclinations?, Icarus, 224:66-73 (2013).
• Malhotra, R., Orbital resonances in planetary systems. To appear in volume 6.119.55 CELESTIAL MECHANICS of the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems by UNESCO. Preprint (Sep 2012)
• Volk, K., Malhotra, R., The effect of orbital evolution on the Haumea (2003 EL61) collisional family, Icarus, 221:106-115 (2012).
• Belbruno, E., A. Moro-Martin, R. Malhotra, D. Savransky, Chaotic Exchange of Solid Material between Planetary Systems: Implications for Lithopanspermia, Astrobiology, doi:10.1089/ast.2012.0825 (2012). Preprint
• Katz, B., Dong, S., Malhotra, R., Long-Term Cycling of Kozai-Lidov Cycles: Extreme Eccentricities and Inclinations Excited by a Distant Eccentric Perturber, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 181101 (2011) . Preprint
• Volk, K., Malhotra, R., Inclination mixing in the classical Kuiper Belt, ApJ, v. 736(1), article id. 11 (2011).. Preprint
• Minton, D.A., Malhotra, R., Secular resonance sweeping of the main asteroid belt during planet migration, ApJ, 732, 53 (2011). Preprint
• Malhotra, R., Strom, R.G., Comment on "Constraints on the Source of Lunar Cataclysm Impactors?" (Cuk et al, 2010, Icarus, 207:590-594), Icarus, 216:359-362. Preprint
• Ito, T., Malhotra, R., Asymmetric impacts of near-Earth asteroids on the Moon, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 519, A63 (2010). Preprint
• Moro-Martin, A., Malhotra, R., Bryden, G., Rieke, G.H., Su, K.Y.L., Beichman, C.A., Lawler, S.M., 2010, Locating planetesimal belts in the multiple-planet systems HD 128311, HD 202206, HD 82943 and HR 8799, ApJ, 717:1123-1139 (2010).
• Minton, D.A., Malhotra, R., Dynamical erosion of the asteroid belt and implications for large impacts in the inner solar system, Icarus, 207:744-757 (2010).
• Su, K.Y.L., G.H. Rieke, K.R. Stapelfeldt, R. Malhotra, et al., The Debris Disk Around HR 8799, ApJ, 705:314-327 (2009).
• Bailey, B.L., Malhotra, R., Two dynamical classes of Centaurs, Icarus, 203, 155-163 (2009).
• Tiscareno, M.S., Malhotra, R., Chaotic diffusion of resonant Kuiper Belt objects, AJ, 138, 827-837 (2009).
• Minton, D.A., Malhotra, R., A record of planet migration in the main asteroid belt, Nature, 457:1109-111 (2009).
• Volk, K., Malhotra, R., The Scattered Disk as the source of the Jupiter family comets, ApJ, 687:714-725 (2008).
• Malhotra, R., Minton, D.A., Prospects for the habitability of OGLE-2006-BLG-109L, ApJ-Letters, 683:L67-L70 (2008).
• Moro-Martin, A., Wyatt, M.C., Malhotra, R., Trilling, D.E., Extra-Solar Kuiper Belt Dust Disks, in "The solar system beyond Neptune", edited by A. Barucci, H. Boehnhardt, D. Cruikshank, A. Morbidelli, The University of Arizona Press (2008).
• Moro-Martin, A., Malhotra, R., et al., The dust, planetesimals and planets of HD 38529, ApJ, 668:1165-1173 (2007).
• Minton, D.A., Malhotra, R., Assessing the massive young Sun hypothesis to solve the warm young Earth puzzle, ApJ, 660:1700-1706 (2007).
• Moro-Martin, A., et al., Are Debris Disks and Massive Planets Correlated?, ApJ, 658:1312-1321 (2007).
• Ito, T., Malhotra, R., Dynamical transport of asteroid fragments from the nu6 resonance, Advances in Space Research, 38(4), 817-825 (2006). Preprint
• Pascucci, I., et al., Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Upper Limits to the Gas Mass in Disks Around Sun-like Stars, ApJ, 651:1177-1193 (2006).
• Moro-Martin, A., Wolf, S., Malhotra, R., Signatures of planets in spatially unresolved debris disks, ApJ, 621:1079-1097 (2005).
• Kim, J.S., et al., Formation and evolution of planetary systems: cold outer disks associated with sun-like stars, ApJ, 632:659-669 (2005).
• Moro-Martin, A., Malhotra, R., Dust outflows and inner gaps generated by massive planets in debris disks, ApJ, 633:1150-1167 (2005).
• Hahn, J.M., Malhotra, R., Neptune's Migration into a Stirred-Up Kuiper Belt: A Detailed Comparison of Simulations to Observations, AJ, 130:2392-2414 (2005).
• Strom, R.G., Malhotra, R., Ito, T., Yoshida, F., Kring, D.A., The origin of planetary impactors in the inner solar system, Science 309, 1847-1850 (2005). Preprint
• Kortenkamp, S.J., Malhotra, R., Michtchenko, T., Survival of Trojan-Type Companions of Neptune During Primordial Planet Migration, Icarus, 167:347-359 (2004). Preprint
• Michtchenko, T., Malhotra, R., Secular Dynamics of the Three-Body Problem: Application to the upsilon Andromedae Planetary System, Icarus, 168:237-248 (2004). Preprint
• Meyer, M., et al., The formation and evolution of planetary systems: First results from a Spitzer Legacy Science Program, ApJS, 154, 422--427 (2004).
• Bernstein, G.M., D.E. Trilling, R.L. Allen, M.E. Brown, M. Holman, R. Malhotra, The Size Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Bodies, AJ 128:1364-1390 (2004). Erratum.
• Yoshida, F., et al, Photometric observation of a very young family-member asteroid (832) Karin, Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan 56, 1105-1113, (2004). Preprint
• Moro-Martin, A. Malhotra, R., Dynamical models of Kuiper Belt Dust in the inner and outer Solar system, AJ, 125:2255-2265 (2003).
• Tiscareno, M., Malhotra, R., The dynamics of known Centaurs, AJ, 126:3122-3131 (2003).
• Allen, R.L., Bernstein, G.M., Malhotra, R., Observational Limits on a Distant Cold Kuiper Belt, AJ, 124, 2949-2954 (2002).
• Malhotra, R., A dynamical mechanism for establishing apsidal resonance, ApJ, 575:L33-L36 (2002).
• Moro-Martin, A., Malhotra, R., A Study of the Dynamics of Dust from the Kuiper Belt: Spatial Distribution and Spectral Energy Distribution, AJ, 124:2305-2321 (2002).
• Allen, R.L., Bernstein, G.M., Malhotra, R., The edge of the Solar system, ApJ 549:L241-L244 (2001).
• Malhotra, R., Duncan, M., Levison, H., Dynamics of the Kuiper Belt, in Protostars and Planets IV , University of Arizona Press-Tucson, p. 1231-1254 (2000). Preprint
• Malhotra, R., Holman, M., Ito, T., Chaos and stability in the Solar system, PNAS, 98(22):12342-12343 (2001).
• Stepinski, T.F., Malhotra, R., Black, D.C., The Upsilon Andromedae System: Models and Stability, ApJ 545:1044-1053 (2000).
• Malhotra, R., Migrating Planets, Scientific American 281(3):56-63 (1999). pdf
• Hahn, J.M., Malhotra, R., Orbital evolution of planets embedded in a massive planetesimal disk, AJ 117:3041-3053 (1999).
• Malhotra, R., Chaotic planet formation, Nature 402:599-600 (1999).
• Showman, A., Malhotra, R., The Galilean Satellites, Science 286:77 (1999).
• Malhotra, R., Orbital resonances and chaos in the Solar system, in Solar System Formation and Evolution, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ASP Conference Series vol. 149 (1998). Preprint
• Malhotra, R., Williams, J., The heliocentric motion of Pluto, in Pluto and Charon, D.J. Tholen, S.A. Stern, eds., Arizona Space Science Series, Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson (1997).
• Liou, J.C., Malhotra, R., Depletion of the outer asteroid belt, Science 275:375-377 (1997).
• Showman, A., D.J. Stevenson, R. Malhotra, Coupled orbital and thermal evolution of Ganymede, Icarus 129:367-383 (1997).
• Showman, A., Malhotra, R., Tidal evolution into the Laplace resonance and the resurfacing of Ganymede, Icarus 127:93-111 (1997).
• Malhotra, R., The phase space structure in the Kuiper Belt, AJ 111:504-516 (1996).
• Malhotra, R., Implications of the Kuiper Belt structure for the Solar System, Invited review at the "Asteroids, Comets Meteors Conference, Versailles, France, July 1996.
• Malhotra, R., The origin of Pluto's orbit: implications for the Solar system beyond Neptune, AJ 110:420-429 (1995).
• Malhotra, R., Dynamical model of pulsar-planet systems, in Millisecond Pulsars -- A Decade of Surprise, M. Tavani, D. Backer & A. Fruchter, eds. Pub.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. p. 399-410 (1995).
• Malhotra, R., Nonlinear Resonances in the Solar System, Physica D 77:289-304 (1994)
• Malhotra, R., A mapping method for the gravitational few-body problem with dissipation, Cel. Mech. & Dyn. Astron. 60:373-385 (1994).
• Malhotra, R., The origin of Pluto's peculiar orbit, Nature 365:819-821 (1993).
• Malhotra, R., Orbital resonances in the Solar Nebula: strengths and weaknesses, Icarus 106:264-73 (1993).
• Malhotra, R., Orbital dynamics of PSR1257+12 and its two planetary companions, ASP Conf. Proc. # 36 (1993)
• Malhotra, R., Three-body effects in the planetary system of PSR1257+12, ApJ 407:266-275 (1993).
• Malhotra, R., D. Black, A. Eck, A. Jackson, Resonant orbital evolution of the putative planetary system of PSR1257+12, Nature 356:583-35 (1992).
• Malhotra, R., Tidal origin of the Laplace resonance and the resurfacing of Ganymede, Icarus 94:399-412 (1991).
• Malhotra, R., Capture probabilities for secondary resonances, Icarus 87:249--264 (1990). Erratum
• Malhotra, R., S.F. Dermott, The role of secondary resonances in the orbital history of Miranda, Icarus 85:444--480 (1990).
• Dermott, S.F., P.D. Nicholson, R. Gomes, R. Malhotra, Modelling the IRAS Solar System dust bands, Advances in Space Research 10(3):171--180 (1990).
• Malhotra, R., K. Fox, C.D. Murray, P.D.~Nicholson, Secular perturbations of the Uranian satellites: Theory and practice, Astron. & Astrophys. 221:348--358 (1989).
• Dermott, S.F., Malhotra, R., Murray, C.D., Dynamics of the Saturnian and Uranian satellites: A chaotic route to melting Miranda? Icarus 76:295-334 (1988). pdf