PTYS/LPL Faculty

Timothy Swindle

Director, Department Head
Cosmochemistry, Lunar Studies, Small Bodies, Theoretical Astrophysics
Ph.D., 1986, Washington University

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Kuiper 323

Years with LPL: 1986 to present

 

Dr. Swindle uses measurements of the noble gases in extraterrestrial materials (lunar samples and meteorites) to study the evolution of the solar system.

His research projects include using 40Ar-39Ar dating to determine the timing of impact events on the Moon and on asteroids, and studying Martian meteorites to understand the history of the Martian atmosphere and its interaction with surface materials. Past research projects have included using I-129, and its decay product Xe-129, to study the timing of the formation of the earliest solids in the solar nebula, and working on developing techniques to use instruments on spacecraft to measure ages of planetary surfaces in situ.

View LPL Evening Lecture from October 30, 2013, The Status of Searches for Martians on the 75th Anniversary of "The War of the Worlds"

Current Grants

  • Arizona Space Grant Consortium: NASA Space Grant
  • Inner Solar System Impact Processes: An Integrated Analysis Using Extraterrestrial Samples, Astronomical Observations, and Modeling: NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute

Current Spacecraft Involvement

Former Students

  • Sky Beard, 2018 (Ph.D. PTYS)
  • Kristin Block, 2011 (M.S. PTYS)
  • John Weirich, 2011 (Ph.D. PTYS)
  • Barbara Cohen, 2000 (Ph.D. PTYS)
  • Michael Burkland, 1998 (Ph.D. Physics)

Former Postdocs

  • Don Musselwhite
  • John Weirich

 

Complete publications list available from: NASA ADS Author search: T. D. Swindle

Refereed publications (NASA ADS): Calendar Years 2017 through June 2019

Niihara, T., Beard, S. P., Swindle, T. D., Schaffer, L. A., Miyamoto, H., Kring, D. A. Evidence for multiple 4.0-3.7 Ga impact events within the Apollo 16 collection 2019M&PS...54..675N

Beaty, D. W., Grady, M. M., McSween, H. Y., Sefton-Nash, E., Carrier, B. L., Altieri, F., Amelin, Y., Ammannito, E., Anand, M., Benning, L. G., Bishop, J. L., Borg, L. E., Boucher, D., Brucato, J. R., Busemann, H., Campbell, K. A., Czaja, A. D., Debaille, V., Des Marais, D. J., Dixon, M., Ehlmann, B. L., Farmer, J. D., Fernandez-Remolar, D. C., Filiberto, J., Fogarty, J., Glavin, D. P., Goreva, Y. S., Hallis, L. J., Harrington, A. D., Hausrath, E. M., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B., Humayun, M., Kleine, T., Kleinhenz, J., Mackelprang, R., Mangold, N., Mayhew, L. E., McCoy, J. T., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moser, D. E., Moynier, F., Mustard, J. F., Niles, P. B., Ori, G. G., Raulin, F., Rettberg, P., Rucker, M. A., Schmitz, N., Schwenzer, S. P., Sephton, M. A., Shaheen, R., Sharp, Z. D., Shuster, D. L., SiljeströM, S., Smith, C. L., Spry, J. A., Steele, A., Swindle, T. D., Ten Kate, I. L., Tosca, N. J., Usui, T., van Kranendonk, M. J., Wadhwa, M., Weiss, B. P., Werner, S. C., Westall, F., Wheeler, R. M., Zipfel, J., Zorzano, M. P. The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return 2019M&PS...54S...3B

International MSR Objectives, Samples Team (iMOST), Beaty, D. W., Grady, M. M., McSween, H. Y., Sefton-Nash, E., Carrier, B. L., Altieri, F., Amelin, Y., Ammannito, E., Anand, M., Benning, L. G., Bishop, J. L., Borg, L. E., Boucher, D., Brucato, J. R., Busemann, H., Campbell, K. A., Czaja, A. D., Debaille, V., Des Marais, D. J., Dixon, M., Ehlmann, B. L., Farmer, J. D., Fernandez-Remolar, D. C., Filiberto, J., Fogarty, J., Glavin, D. P., Goreva, Y. S., Hallis, L. J., Harrington, A. D., Hausrath, E. M., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B., Humanyun, M., Kleine, T., Kleinhenz, J., Mackelprang, R., Mangold, N., Mayhew, L. E., McCoy, J. T., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moser, D. E., Moynier, F., Mustard, J. F., Niles, P. B., Ori, G. G., Raulin, F., Rettberg, P., Rucker, M. A., Schmitz, N., Schwenzer, S. P., Sephton, M. A., Shaheen, R., Sharp, Z. D., Schuster, D. L., Siljestrom, S., Smith, C. L., Spry, J. A., Steele, A., Swindle, T. D., Ten Kate, I. L., Tosca, N. J., Usui, T., van Kranendonk, M. J., Wadhwa, M., Weiss, B. P., Werner, S. C., Westall, F., Wheeler, R. M., Zipfel, J., Zorzano, M. P. The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return 2019M&PS...54..667L

U. Ott, T. D. Swindle, and S. P. Schwenzer (2017) Noble gases in Martian meteorites: Budget, sources, sinks, and processes. In Volatiles in the Martian Crust (J. Filiberto and S. P. Schwenzer, eds.; Elsevier), pp. 35-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804191-8.00003-9

Beard, S. P., Swindle, T. D. Search for evidence of source event grouping among ureilites 2017M&PS...52.2343B

Swindle, T. D. Book Review: In search of stardust: Amazing micrometeorites and their terrestrial imposters, by Jon Larsen. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2017, 152 p., hardcover (ISBN-13: 978-0760352649, ISBN-10: 076035264X). 2017M&PS...52.2285S

Zega, T. J., Massani, B. B., Chang, Y. J., Domanik, K., Nebesny, K., Wallace, P., Armstrong, N. R., Corral, E., Lauretta, D. S., Swindle, T. D., Wang, W., Howe, J. Y., Hanawa, A., Inada, H.  A New Core Facility For Electron And Ion Microscopy At The University Of Arizona 2017MiMic..23S..64Z

Schmieder, M., Kring, D. A., Swindle, T. D., Bond, J. C., Moore, C. B.  The Gao-Guenie impact melt breccia—Sampling a rapidly cooled impact melt dike on an H chondrite asteroid? 2016M&PS...51.1022S

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Spring 2021 PTYS 342 -001
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Spring 2020 PTYS 342 -001 WF 11:00-12:15p.m. Kuiper 312
Spring 2019 PTYS 342 -001 WF 12:30-1:45p.m. Kuiper 312 Syllabus
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Fall 2019 PTYS 407-001 MWF 10:00-10:50a.m. Kuiper 312 Syllabus
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Spring 2018 PTYS 342 -001 WF 12:30 - 1:45p.m. Kuiper 312 Syllabus
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Last updated on September 10, 2019