Tidal pull of the Earth strips the proto-Moon of its volatiles

Potassium isotopic composition of the Moon

(2020) Zhen Tian et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Alkaline Exospheres of Exoplanet Systems: Evaporative Transmission Spectra

(2020) Andrea Gebek et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The Cl isotope composition and halogen contents of Apollo-return samples

(2020) Anthony Gargano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Near-equilibrium isotope fractionation during planetesimal evaporation

(2019) E.D. Young et al.   ICARUS

Linking the evolution of terrestrial interiors and an early outgassed atmosphere to astrophysical observations

(2019) Dan J. Bower et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Implications of K, Cu and Zn isotopes for the formation of tektites

(2019) Yun Jiang et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Evaporation of moderately volatile elements from silicate melts: experiments and theory

(2019) Paolo A. Sossi et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

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

The Origin of the Moon Within a Terrestrial Synestia

(2018) Simon J. Lock et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Volatile loss following cooling and accretion of the Moon revealed by chromium isotopes

(2018) Paolo A. Sossi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vaporization and thermodynamics of forsterite-rich olivine and some implications for silicate atmospheres of hot rocky exoplanets

(2017) Gustavo C.C. Costa et al.   ICARUS

The relative influence of H2 O and CO2 on the primitive surface conditions and evolution of rocky planets

(2017) A. Salvador et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

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

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

(2015) Sébastien Charnoz et al.   ICARUS

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

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

Extensive volatile loss during formation and differentiation of the Moon

(2015) Chizu Kato et al.   Nature Communications

The chlorine isotope fingerprint of the lunar magma ocean

(2015) J. W. Boyce et al.   Science Advances

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

(2014) Miki Nakajima et al.   ICARUS

CHEMISTRY OF IMPACT-GENERATED SILICATE MELT-VAPOR DEBRIS DISKS

(2013) Channon Visscher et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Emergence of two types of terrestrial planet on solidification of magma ocean

(2013) Keiko Hamano et al.   NATURE

Thermal evolution of an early magma ocean in interaction with the atmosphere

(2013) T. Lebrun et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

LUNAR ACCRETION FROM A ROCHE-INTERIOR FLUID DISK

(2012) Julien Salmon et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Zinc isotopic evidence for the origin of the Moon

(2012) Randal C. Paniello et al.   NATURE

ON THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE PROTOLUNAR DISK

(2011) William R. Ward   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The lunar magma ocean: Reconciling the solidification process with lunar petrology and geochronology

(2011) Linda T. Elkins-Tanton et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Dust size distributions in coagulation/fragmentation equilibrium: numerical solutions and analytical fits

(2010) T. Birnstiel et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Coupled thermal–orbital evolution of the early Moon

(2010) Jennifer Meyer et al.   ICARUS

Viscosity of MgSiO3 Liquid at Earth's Mantle Conditions: Implications for an Early Magma Ocean

(2010) B. B. Karki et al.   SCIENCE

Control of alkali-metal oxide activity in molten silicates

(2008) R. Mathieu et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS