Kathryn Volk

PTYS/LPL Research Scientists

Kathryn Volk

Research Scientist/Associate Staff Scientist

Ph.D., 2013, University of Arizona

Orbital Dynamics, Theoretical Astrophysics

Kuiper belt objects, planetary dynamics, exoplanets

 

Complete publications list available from: Kathryn Volk

Recent refereed publications (NASA ADS): Years 2019 through May 2023

Fraser, Wesley C., Pike, Rosemary E., Marsset, Michaël, Schwamb, Megan E., Bannister, Michele T., Buchanan, Laura, Kavelaars, J. J., Benecchi, Susan D., Tan, Nicole J., Peixinho, Nuno, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett, & Volk, Kathryn 2023, The Planetary Science Journal. Col-OSSOS: The Two Types of Kuiper Belt Surfaces

Petit, Jean-Marc, Gladman, Brett, Kavelaars, J. J., Bannister, Michele T., Alexandersen, Mike, Volk, Kathryn, & Chen, Ying-Tung 2023, The Astrophysical Journal. The Hot Main Kuiper Belt Size Distribution from OSSOS

Abedin, Abedin Y., Kavelaars, J. J., Petit, Jean-Marc, Gladman, Brett, Bannister, Michele, Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gwyn, Stephen, & Volk, Kathryn 2022, The Astronomical Journal. OSSOS. XXVI. On the Lack of Catastrophic Collisions in the Present Kuiper Belt

Lisse, C. M., Steckloff, J. K., Prialnik, D., Womack, M., Harrington Pinto, O., Sarid, G., Fernandez, Y. R., Schambeau, C. A., Kareta, T., Samarasinha, N. H., Harris, W., Volk, K., Woodney, L. M., Cruikshank, D. P., & Sandford, S. A. 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1: A Rosetta Stone for Amorphous Water Ice and CO ↔ CO<SUB>2</SUB> Conversion in Centaurs and Comets?

Volk, Kathryn & Malhotra, Renu 2022, The Astrophysical Journal. Orbital Dynamics Landscape near the Most Distant Known Trans-Neptunian Objects

Crompvoets, B. L., Lawler, S. M., Volk, K., Chen, Y. -T., Gladman, B., Peltier, L., Alexandersen, M., Bannister, M. T., Gwyn, S., Kavelaars, J. J., & Petit, J. -M. 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. OSSOS XXV: Large Populations and Scattering-Sticking in the Distant Trans-Neptunian Resonances

Huang, Yukun, Gladman, Brett, & Volk, Kathryn 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Free Inclinations for Trans-Neptunian Objects in the Main Kuiper Belt

Buchanan, Laura E., Schwamb, Megan E., Fraser, Wesley C., Bannister, Michele T., Marsset, Michaël, Pike, Rosemary E., Nesvorný, David, Kavelaars, J. J., Benecchi, Susan D., Lehner, Matthew J., Wang, Shiang-Yu, Peixinho, Nuno, Volk, Kathryn, Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett, Gwyn, Stephen, & Petit, Jean-Marc 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. Col-OSSOS: Probing Ice Line/Color Transitions within the Kuiper Belt's Progenitor Populations

Alexandersen, Mike, Greenstreet, Sarah, Gladman, Brett J., Bannister, Michele T., Chen, Ying-Tung, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Kavelaars, JJ, Petit, Jean-Marc, Volk, Kathryn, Lehner, Matthew J., & Wang, Shiang-Yu 2021, The Planetary Science Journal. OSSOS. XXIII. 2013 VZ<SUB>70</SUB> and the Temporary Coorbitals of the Giant Planets

Kavelaars, J. J., Petit, Jean-Marc, Gladman, Brett, Bannister, Michele T., Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., & Volk, Kathryn 2021, The Astrophysical Journal. OSSOS Finds an Exponential Cutoff in the Size Distribution of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt

Gladman, Brett & Volk, Kathryn 2021, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Transneptunian Space

Fraser, Wesley C., Benecchi, Susan D., Kavelaars, J. J., Marsset, Michaël, Pike, Rosemary E., Bannister, Michele T., Schwamb, Megan E., Volk, Kathryn, Nesvorny, David, Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gwyn, Stephen, Lehner, Matthew J., & Wang, Shiang-Yu 2021, The Planetary Science Journal. Col-OSSOS: The Distinct Color Distribution of Single and Binary Cold Classical KBOs

Lin, Hsing Wen, Chen, Ying-Tung, Volk, Kathryn, Gladman, Brett, Murray-Clay, Ruth, Alexandersen, Mike, Bannister, Michele T., Lawler, Samantha M., Ip, Wing-Huen, Lykawka, Patryk Sofia, Kavelaars, J. J., Gwyn, Stephen D. J., & Petit, Jean-Marc 2021, Icarus. OSSOS: The eccentricity and inclination distributions of the stable Neptunian Trojans

Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K., Christiansen, Jessie L., Ciardi, David R., Crossfield, Ian J. M., Dressing, Courtney D., Livingston, John H., Volk, Kathryn, Agol, Eric, Barclay, Thomas, Barentsen, Geert, Benneke, Björn, Gorjian, Varoujan, & Kristiansen, Martti H. 2021, The Astronomical Journal. K2-138 g: Spitzer Spots a Sixth Planet for the Citizen Science System

Kareta, Theodore, Woodney, Laura M., Schambeau, Charles, Fernandez, Yanga, Pinto, Olga Harrington, Wierzchos, Kacper, Womack, M., Bus, S. J., Steckloff, Jordan, Sarid, Gal, Volk, Kathryn, Harris, Walter M., & Reddy, Vishnu 2021, The Planetary Science Journal. Contemporaneous Multiwavelength and Precovery Observations of the Active Centaur P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS)

Abedin, Abedin Y., Kavelaars, J. J., Greenstreet, Sarah, Petit, Jean-Marc, Gladman, Brett, Lawler, Samantha, Bannister, Michele, Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gwyn, Stephen, & Volk, Kathryn 2021, The Astronomical Journal. OSSOS. XXI. Collision Probabilities in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt

Ashton, Edward, Gladman, Brett, Kavelaars, J. J., Jones, R. Lynne, Krughoff, K. Simon, Alexandersen, Mike, Bannister, Michele T., Chen, Ying-Tung, Gwyn, Stephen, Petit, Jean-Marc, & Volk, Kathryn 2021, Icarus. OSSOS. XVII. An upper limit on the number of distant planetary objects in the Solar System

Steckloff, J. K., Sarid, G., Volk, K., Kareta, T., Womack, M., Harris, W., Woodney, L., & Schambeau, C. 2020, The Astrophysical Journal. P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS): An Active Centaur in Imminent Transition to the Jupiter Family

Smullen, Rachel A. & Volk, Kathryn 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Machine learning classification of Kuiper belt populations

Volk, Kathryn & Malhotra, Renu 2020, The Astronomical Journal. Dynamical Instabilities in Systems of Multiple Short-period Planets Are Likely Driven by Secular Chaos: A Case Study of Kepler-102

Szczerba, R., Hajduk, M., Pavlenko, Ya. V., Hrivnak, B. J., Kaminsky, B. M., Volk, K., Siódmiak, N., Gezer, I., Začs, L., Pych, W., & Sarna, M. 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics. Validating post-AGB candidates in the LMC and SMC using SALT spectra

Nesvorný, David, Vokrouhlický, David, Alexandersen, Mike, Bannister, Michele T., Buchanan, Laura E., Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett J., Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Kavelaars, J. J., Petit, Jean-Marc, Schwamb, Megan E., & Volk, Kathryn 2020, The Astronomical Journal. OSSOS XX: The Meaning of Kuiper Belt Colors

Marsset, Michaël, Fraser, Wesley C., Bannister, Michele T., Schwamb, Megan E., Pike, Rosemary E., Benecchi, Susan, Kavelaars, J. J., Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett J., Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Petit, Jean-Marc, & Volk, Kathryn 2020, The Planetary Science Journal. Col-OSSOS: Compositional Homogeneity of Three Kuiper Belt Binaries

Kareta, Theodore, Andrews, Jennifer, Noonan, John W., Harris, Walter M., Smith, Nathan, O'Brien, Patrick, Sharkey, Benjamin N. L., Reddy, Vishnu, Springmann, Alessondra, Lejoly, Cassandra, Volk, Kathryn, Conrad, Albert, & Veillet, Christian 2020, The Astrophysical Journal. Carbon Chain Depletion of 2I/Borisov

Pike, Rosemary E., Proudfoot, Benjamin C. N., Ragozzine, Darin, Alexandersen, Mike, Maggard, Steven, Bannister, Michele T., Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett J., Kavelaars, J. J., Gwyn, Stephen, & Volk, Kathryn 2020, Nature Astronomy. A dearth of small members in the Haumea family revealed by OSSOS

Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett, Volk, Kathryn, Murray-Clay, Ruth, Lehner, Matthew J., Kavelaars, J. J., Wang, Shiang-Yu, Lin, Hsing-Wen, Lykawka, Patryk Sofia, Alexandersen, Mike, Bannister, Michele T., Lawler, Samantha M., Dawson, Rebekah I., Greenstreet, Sarah, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., & Petit, Jean-Marc 2019, The Astronomical Journal. OSSOS. XVIII. Constraining Migration Models with the 2:1 Resonance Using the Outer Solar System Origins Survey

Alexandersen, Mike, Benecchi, Susan D., Chen, Ying-Tung, Eduardo, Marielle R., Thirouin, Audrey, Schwamb, Megan E., Lehner, Matthew J., Wang, Shiang-Yu, Bannister, Michele T., Gladman, Brett J., Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Kavelaars, JJ., Petit, Jean-Marc, & Volk, Kathryn 2019, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. OSSOS. XII. Variability Studies of 65 Trans-Neptunian Objects Using the Hyper Suprime-Cam

Sarid, G., Volk, K., Steckloff, J. K., Harris, W., Womack, M., & Woodney, L. M. 2019, The Astrophysical Journal. 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, A Centaur in the Gateway to the Jupiter-family Comets

Nesvorný, David, Vokrouhlický, David, Stern, Alan S., Davidsson, Björn, Bannister, Michele T., Volk, Kathryn, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett J., Kavelaars, J. J., Petit, Jean-Marc, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., & Alexandersen, Mike 2019, The Astronomical Journal. OSSOS. XIX. Testing Early Solar System Dynamical Models Using OSSOS Centaur Detections

Volk, Kathryn & Malhotra, Renu 2019, The Astronomical Journal. Not a Simple Relationship between Neptune’s Migration Speed and Kuiper Belt Inclination Excitation

Schwamb, Megan E., Fraser, Wesley C., Bannister, Michele T., Marsset, Michaël, Pike, Rosemary E., Kavelaars, J. J., Benecchi, Susan D., Lehner, Matthew J., Wang, Shiang-Yu, Thirouin, Audrey, Delsanti, Audrey, Peixinho, Nuno, Volk, Kathryn, Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., & Petit, Jean-Marc 2019, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Col-OSSOS: The Colors of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey

Van Laerhoven, Christa, Gladman, Brett, Volk, Kathryn, Kavelaars, J. J., Petit, Jean-Marc, Bannister, Michele T., Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, & Gwyn, Stephen D. J. 2019, The Astronomical Journal. OSSOS. XIV. The Plane of the Kuiper Belt

Lawler, S. M., Pike, R. E., Kaib, N., Alexandersen, M., Bannister, M. T., Chen, Y. -T., Gladman, B., Gwyn, S., Kavelaars, J. J., Petit, J. -M., & Volk, K. 2019, The Astronomical Journal. OSSOS. XIII. Fossilized Resonant Dropouts Tentatively Confirm Neptune’s Migration Was Grainy and Slow

Gładkowski, M., Szczerba, R., Sloan, G. C., Lagadec, E., & Volk, K. 2019, Astronomy and Astrophysics. 30-micron sources in galaxies with different metallicities

Marsset, Michaël, Fraser, Wesley C., Pike, Rosemary E., Bannister, Michele T., Schwamb, Megan E., Volk, Kathryn, Kavelaars, J. J., Alexandersen, Mike, Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett J., Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Lehner, Matthew J., Peixinho, Nuno, Petit, Jean-Marc, & Wang, Shiang-Yu 2019, The Astronomical Journal. Col-OSSOS: Color and Inclination Are Correlated throughout the Kuiper Belt

Cabral, Nahuel, Guilbert-Lepoutre, Aurélie, Fraser, Wesley C., Marsset, Michaël, Volk, Kathryn, Petit, Jean-Marc, Rousselot, Philippe, Alexandersen, Mike, Bannister, Michele T., Chen, Ying-Tung, Gladman, Brett, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., & Kavelaars, John J. 2019, Astronomy and Astrophysics. OSSOS. XI. No active centaurs in the Outer Solar System Origins Survey

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