The Origin of the Moon Within a Terrestrial Synestia

Inefficient volatile loss from the Moon-forming disk: Reconciling the giant impact hypothesis and a wet Moon

(2018) Miki Nakajima et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Coupled orbital-thermal evolution of the early Earth-Moon system with a fast-spinning Earth

(2017) ZhenLiang Tian et al.   ICARUS

The isotopic nature of the Earth’s accreting material through time

(2017) Nicolas Dauphas   NATURE

A multiple-impact origin for the Moon

(2017) Raluca Rufu et al.   Nature Geoscience

Tungsten-182 heterogeneity in modern ocean island basalts

(2017) Andrea Mundl et al.   SCIENCE

Speciation and dissolution of hydrogen in the proto-lunar disk

(2016) Kaveh Pahlevan et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

GRAIL, LLR, and LOLA constraints on the interior structure of the Moon

(2016) Isamu Matsuyama et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Magneto-rotational instability in the protolunar disk

(2016) Augusto Carballido et al.   ICARUS

Tidal dissipation in the lunar magma ocean and its effect on the early evolution of the Earth–Moon system

(2016) Erinna M.A. Chen et al.   ICARUS

Potassium isotopic evidence for a high-energy giant impact origin of the Moon

(2016) Kun Wang et al.   NATURE

Tidal evolution of the Moon from a high-obliquity, high-angular-momentum Earth

(2016) Matija Ćuk et al.   NATURE

Preservation of Earth-forming events in the tungsten isotopic composition of modern flood basalts

(2016) H. Rizo et al.   SCIENCE

Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact

(2016) E. D. Young et al.   SCIENCE

Melting and mixing states of the Earth's mantle after the Moon-forming impact

(2015) Miki Nakajima et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Water in the Moon's interior: Truth and consequences

(2015) Erik H. Hauri et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Evolution of the protolunar disk: Dynamics, cooling timescale and implantation of volatiles onto the Earth

(2015) Sébastien Charnoz et al.   ICARUS

Early evolution of the Earth–Moon system with a fast-spinning Earth

(2015) Jack Wisdom et al.   ICARUS

Tungsten isotopic evidence for disproportional late accretion to the Earth and Moon

(2015) Mathieu Touboul et al.   NATURE

Collisionless encounters and the origin of the lunar inclination

(2015) Kaveh Pahlevan et al.   NATURE

Lunar tungsten isotopic evidence for the late veneer

(2015) Thomas S. Kruijer et al.   NATURE

Lunar volatile depletion due to incomplete accretion within an impact-generated disk

(2015) Robin M. Canup et al.   Nature Geoscience

Growing the terrestrial planets from the gradual accumulation of submeter-sized objects

(2015) Harold F. Levison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact Origin of the Moon?

(2014) Erik Asphaug   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

THEORY AND SIMULATIONS OF ROTATING CONVECTION

(2014) Adrian J. Barker et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Evidence for multiple magma ocean outgassing and atmospheric loss episodes from mantle noble gases

(2014) Jonathan M. Tucker et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The Moon re-examined

(2014) Stuart Ross Taylor   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Investigation of the initial state of the Moon-forming disk: Bridging SPH simulations and hydrostatic models

(2014) Miki Nakajima et al.   ICARUS

On the evolution of the protolunar disc

(2014) W. R. Ward   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

New approaches to the Moon's isotopic crisis

(2014) H. J. Melosh   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Accretion of the Moon from non-canonical discs

(2014) J. Salmon et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Geochemical arguments for an Earth-like Moon-forming impactor

(2014) N. Dauphas et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Evaporative fractionation of volatile stable isotopes and their bearing on the origin of the Moon

(2014) J. M. D. Day et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

CHEMISTRY OF IMPACT-GENERATED SILICATE MELT-VAPOR DEBRIS DISKS

(2013) Channon Visscher et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Heterogeneities from the first 100 million years recorded in deep mantle noble gases from the Northern Lau Back-arc Basin

(2013) Maria K. Pető et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Rapid growth of gas-giant cores by pebble accretion

(2012) M. Lambrechts et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

LUNAR ACCRETION FROM A ROCHE-INTERIOR FLUID DISK

(2012) Julien Salmon et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

VAPORIZATION OF THE EARTH: APPLICATION TO EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES

(2012) Laura Schaefer et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

COLLISIONS BETWEEN GRAVITY-DOMINATED BODIES. II. THE DIVERSITY OF IMPACT OUTCOMES DURING THE END STAGE OF PLANET FORMATION

(2012) Sarah T. Stewart et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Heterogeneous upper mantle Ne, Ar and Xe isotopic compositions and a possible Dupal noble gas signature recorded in basalts from the Southwest Indian Ridge

(2012) R. Parai et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The heavy noble gas composition of the depleted MORB mantle (DMM) and its implications for the preservation of heterogeneities in the mantle

(2012) Jonathan M. Tucker et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

A hit-and-run giant impact scenario

(2012) Andreas Reufer et al.   ICARUS

Shock vaporization of silica and the thermodynamics of planetary impact events

(2012) R. G. Kraus et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Zinc isotopic evidence for the origin of the Moon

(2012) Randal C. Paniello et al.   NATURE

Early differentiation and volatile accretion recorded in deep-mantle neon and xenon

(2012) Sujoy Mukhopadhyay   NATURE

The proto-Earth as a significant source of lunar material

(2012) Junjun Zhang et al.   Nature Geoscience

Forming a Moon with an Earth-like Composition via a Giant Impact

(2012) R. M. Canup   SCIENCE

Making the Moon from a Fast-Spinning Earth: A Giant Impact Followed by Resonant Despinning

(2012) M. Cuk et al.   SCIENCE

The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL

(2012) M. A. Wieczorek et al.   SCIENCE

ON THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE PROTOLUNAR DISK

(2011) William R. Ward   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

COLLISIONS BETWEEN GRAVITY-DOMINATED BODIES. I. OUTCOME REGIMES AND SCALING LAWS

(2011) Zoë M. Leinhardt et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A low mass for Mars from Jupiter’s early gas-driven migration

(2011) Kevin J. Walsh et al.   NATURE

Very preliminary reference Moon model

(2011) Raphaël F. Garcia et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

High Pre-Eruptive Water Contents Preserved in Lunar Melt Inclusions

(2011) E. H. Hauri et al.   SCIENCE

Seismic Detection of the Lunar Core

(2011) R. C. Weber et al.   SCIENCE

Radioactive Elements on Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the Planet's Formation and Evolution

(2011) P. N. Peplowski et al.   SCIENCE

FORMATION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS FROM PROTOPLANETS UNDER A REALISTIC ACCRETION CONDITION

(2010) Eiichiro Kokubo et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

The Chlorine Isotope Composition of the Moon and Implications for an Anhydrous Mantle

(2010) Z. D. Sharp et al.   SCIENCE

FORMATION OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS FROM A NARROW ANNULUS

(2009) Brad M. S. Hansen   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The deep wind structure of the giant planets: Results from an anelastic general circulation model

(2009) Yohai Kaspi et al.   ICARUS

Building the terrestrial planets: Constrained accretion in the inner Solar System

(2009) Sean N. Raymond et al.   ICARUS

Fluid Mechanics in Disks Around Young Stars

(2008) Karim Shariff   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

The GRAINS thermodynamic and kinetic code for modeling nebular condensation

(2008) Michail I. Petaev   CALPHAD-COMPUTER COUPLING OF PHASE DIAGRAMS AND THERMOCHEMISTRY

Lunar-forming collisions with pre-impact rotation

(2008) R CANUP   ICARUS

Volatile content of lunar volcanic glasses and the presence of water in the Moon’s interior

(2008) Alberto E. Saal et al.   NATURE

Accretion of the Earth

(2008) R. M Canup   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES