Publications

 

 

Articles

 

1. Podolak, M., and A. G. W. Cameron (1974).  Models of the giant planets.    Icarus 22, 123 - 148.

 

2. Podolak, M., and A. G. W. Cameron (1974).  Possible formation of meteoric chondrules and inclusions in the precollapse Jovian protoplanetary atmosphere.  Icarus 23, 326 - 333.

 

3. Podolak, M., and A. G. W. Cameron (1975).  Further investigations of Jupiter models.  Icarus 25, 627 - 634.

 

4. Podolak, M. (1976).  Methane rich models of Uranus.  Icarus 27, 473 - 477.

 

5. Podolak, M. (1977). The abundance of water and rock in Jupiter as derived from interior models. Icarus 30, 155 - 162.

 

6. Podolak, M., and R. E. Danielson (1977).  Axel dust on Saturn and Titan.  Icarus 30, 479 - 492.

 

7. Podolak, M. (1978).  Models of Saturn's interior: Evidence for phase separation.  Icarus 33, 342 - 350.

 

8. Podolak, M., and L. P. Giver (1979).  On inhomogeneous scattering models of Titan's atmosphere.  Icarus 37, 361 - 376.

 

9. Bar-Nun, A., and M. Podolak (1979).  The photochemistry of hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of Titan.   Icarus 38, 115 - 122.

 

10. Podolak, M., and A. Bar-Nun (1979).  A constraint on the distribution of Titan's atmospheric aerosols.   Icarus 39, 272 - 276.

 

11. Podolak, M., N. Noy, and A. Bar-Nun (1979).  Photochemical aerosols in Titan's atmosphere.   Icarus 40, 193 - 198.

 

12. Noy, N., A. Bar-Nun, and M. Podolak (1979).  Acetylene photopolymers in Jupiter's stratosphere.   Icarus 40, 199 - 204.

 

13. Otterman, J., S. Ungar, Y. Kaufman, and M. Podolak (1980).  Atmospheric effects on radiometric imaging from satellites.  Remote Sensing of Environment 9, 115 - 129.

 

14. Otterman, J., Y. Kaufman, M. Podolak, and S. Ungar (1980).  Dependence of the global irradiance on aerosol properties and surface reflectivity.   Solar Energy 24, 279 - 286.

 

15. Podolak, M., and E. Podolak (1980).  A numerical study of aerosol growth in Titan's atmosphere.   Icarus 43, 74 - 83.

 

16. Noy, N., M. Podolak, and A. Bar-Nun (1981).  Photochemistry of phosphine and Jupiter's great red spot.  J. Geophys. Res. 86, 11985 - 11988.

 

17. Podolak, M., and R. Reynolds (1981).  On the structure and composition of Uranus and Neptune.   Icarus 46, 40 - 50.

 

18. Eviatar, A., and M. Podolak (1983).  Titan's gas and plasma torus.  J. Geophys. Res. 88, 833 - 840.

 

19. Podolak, M., A. Bar-Nun, N. Noy, and L. P. Giver (1984).  Inhomogeneous models of Titan's aerosol distribution.   Icarus 57, 72 - 82.

 

20. Podolak, M., and R. Reynolds (1984).  Consistency tests of cosmogonic theories from models of Uranus and Neptune.   Icarus 57, 102 - 111.

 

21. Podolak, M. (1984).  Is the polarization data consistent with constant flux models of Titan's atmosphere?   Icarus 58, 325 - 330.

 

22. Bar-Nun, A., N. Noy, and M. Podolak (1984).  An upper limit to the abundance of lightning-produced amino acids in the Jovian water clouds.  Icarus 59, 162 - 168.

 

23. Podolak, M. (1984).  The rotation of the Uranian system.   Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 313, 141 - 146.

 

24. Eviatar, A., A. Bar-Nun, and M. Podolak (1985).  Europan surface phenomena.   Icarus 61, 185 - 191.

 

25. Herman, G., and M. Podolak (1985).  Numerical simulation of comet nuclei. I. Water ice comets.   Icarus 61, 252 - 266.

 

26. Podolak, M., and G. Herman (1985).  Numerical simulation of comet nuclei. II. The effect of the dust mantle.   Icarus 61, 267 - 277.

 

27. Mekler, Y., and M. Podolak (1985).  Estimation of cloud top heights from satellite imagery.   Appl. Optics 24, 2419 - 2422.

 

28. Podolak, M., R. Young, and R. Reynolds (1985).  The internal structures and relative rotation rates of Uranus and Neptune.  Icarus 62, 266 - 271.

 

29. Bar-Nun, A., and M. Podolak (1985).  The contribution by thunderstorms to the abundance of CO, C2H2, and HCN on Jupiter.   Icarus 64, 112 - 124.

 

30. Pollack, J. B., M. Podolak, P. Bodenheimer, and B. Christofferson (1986).  Planetesimal dissolution in the envelopes of the forming giant planets.   Icarus 67, 409 - 443.

 

31. Podolak, M., and R. T. Reynolds (1987).  The rotation rate of Uranus, its internal structure and the process of planetary accretion.   Icarus 70, 31 - 36.

 

32. Prialnik, D., A. Bar-Nun, and M. Podolak (1987).  Radiogenic heating of comets by 26Al and implications for their time of formation.   Astrophys. J. 319, 993 - 1002.

 

33. Podolak, M., J. B. Pollack, and R. T. Reynolds (1987).  The interaction of planetesimals with protoplanetary atmospheres.  Icarus 73, 163 - 179.

 

34. Podolak, M., and Bar-Nun, A. (1988).  Moist convection and the abundances of lightning produced CO, C2H2 and HCN on Jupiter.   Icarus 75, 566 - 570.

 

35. Mekler, Y., and Podolak, M. (1989).  Spectrophotometric observations of Comet Austin (1982g).   Earth, Moon, and Planets 44, 39 - 46.

 

36. Podolak, M., Bunch, T. E., Cassen, P., Reynolds, R. T. and Chang, S. (1990).  Processing of refractory meteorite inclusions (CAIs) in parent body atmospheres.   Icarus 84, 254 - 260.

 

37. Mekler, Y., D. Prialnik, and M. Podolak (1990).  Evaporation from a porous cometary nucleus.    Astrophys. J. 356, 682 - 686.

 

38. Eviatar, A., Podolak, M., and Richardson, J. (1990).  Molecular and atomic hydrogen from Titan in the outer Kronian magnetosphere.   J. Geophys. Res. 95, 21,007 - 21,016.

 

39. Podolak, M., R. T. Reynolds, and R. Young (1990).  Post Voyager comparisons of the interiors of Uranus and Neptune.   Geophys. Res. Let. 17, 1737 - 1740.

 

40. Bunch, T. E., P. Cassen, M. Podolak, R. Reynolds, S. Chang, P. Schultz, D. Brownlee, and J. Lissauer (1991).  Are some chondrules formed by impact processes? Observations and experiments.   Icarus 91, 76 - 92.

 

41. Podolak, M., D. Prialnik, T. E. Bunch, P. Cassen, and R. Reynolds (1993).  Secondary processing of chondrules and refractory inclusions (CAIs) by gasdynamic heating.   Icarus 104, 97 - 109.

 

42. Prialnik, D., U. Egozi, A. Bar - Nun, M. Podolak, and Y. Greenzweig (1993).  On pore size and fracture in gas - laden comet nuclei.   Icarus 106, 499 - 507.

 

43. Mekler, Y. and M. Podolak (1994). Formation of amorphous ice in the protoplanetary nebula.  Planet. and Space Sci. 42, 865-870.

 

44. Podolak, M., A. Weizman, and M. Marley (1995).  Comparative models of Uranus and Neptune.  Planet. and Space Sci. 43, 1517-1522.

 

45. Marley, M.S., P. Gomez, and M. Podolak (1995).  Monte Carlo interior models for Uranus and Neptune.  J. Geophys. Res. 100, 23,349-23,353.

 

46. Prialnik, D. and M. Podolak (1995).  Radioactive heating of porous icy bodies.  Icarus 117, 420-430.

 

47. Weizman, A., D. Prialnik, and M. Podolak (1996).  Constraints of the structure and composition of Mars from thermal evolution models.  J. Geophys. Res.101, 2235-2245.

 

48. Podolak, M. and D. Prialnik (1996).  On the structure and evolution of comet P/Wirtanen. Planet. and Sp. Sci., 44, 655-664.

 

49. Pollack, J. B., O. Hubickyj, P. Bodenheimer, J. J. Lissauer, M. Podolak, and Y. Greenzweig, (1996).  Formation of the giant planets by concurrent solid and gas accretion.   Icarus 124, 62-85.

 

50. Elperin, T., N. Kleeorin, M. Podolak, and I. Rogachevskii (1997).  A mechanism for the formation of aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere of Titan.  Planet. Space Sci. 45, 923-929.

 

51. Weizman, A., D. Prialnik, and M. Podolak (1997).  Phase transitions and melting in Mars. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 9205-9209.

 

52. Shoshani, Y., E. Heifetz, D. Prialnik, and M. Podolak (1997).  A model for the changing pore structure and dust grain size distribution in a porous comet.  Icarus, 126, 342-350.

 

53. Podolak, M., and Y. Mekler (1997).  Dirty ice grains in the protoplanetary nebula.  Planet. Space Sci., 45, 1401-1406.

 

54. Shoshany, Y., M. Podolak, D. Prialnik, and B. Berkowitz (1999).  A monte carlo model for the flow of dust in a porous comet nucleus, Icarus, 137, 348-354.

 

55. Prialnik, D. and M. Podolak (1999).  Changes in the structure of comet nuclei due to radioactive heating.  Space Sci. Rev., 90, 169-178.

 

56. Podolak, M., J. I. Podolak, and M. Marley (2000).  Further investigation of random models of Uranus and Neptune, Planet. and Sp. Sci., 48, 143-151.

 

57. Weizman, A., D. J. Stevenson, D. Prialnik, and M. Podolak (2001).  Modeling the volcanism on Mars, Icarus, 150, 195-205.

 

58. Shoshany, Y., D. Prialnik, and M. Podolak (2002).  Monte Carlo modeling of the thermal conductivity of porous cometary ice.  Icarus, 157, 219-227.

 

59. Podolak, M., Y. Mekler, and D. Prialnik (2002).  Is the D/H ratio in the comet coma equal to the D/H ratio in the comet nucleus? Icarus, 160, 208-211.

 

60. Cohen, M., D. Prialnik, and M. Podolak (2003).  A quasi-3D model for the evolution of shape and temperature distribution of comet nuclei-application to Comet 46P/Wirtanen.  New Astronomy, 8, 179-189.

 

61. Podolak, M. (2003).  The contribution of small grains to the opacity of protoplanetary atmospheres.  Icarus, 165, 428-437.

 

62. Podolak, M. (2003).  The origin of the solar system. Nakladem Polskiej Akademii Umiejetnosci, 8, 11-23.

 

63. Podolak, M., Y. Mekler, and D. Prialnik (2004).  Comment on "Is the D/H Ratio in the Comet Coma Equal to the D/H Ratio in the Comet Nucleus?" by M. Podolak, Y. Mekler, and D. Prialnik – rebuttal.  Icarus, 168, 221-222.

 

64. Podolak, M. (2004).  Dust opacity and the contraction of protoplanetary amospheres.  Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica (Serie de Conferencias), 22, 104-107.

 

65. Podolak, M., and S. Zucker (2004).  A note on the snowline in protostellar accretion disks.  Meteoritics and Planet. Sci., 39, 1859-1868.

 

66. Beer, E. H., M. Podolak, and D. Prialnik (2006).  The contribution of icy grains to the activity of comets. Part I. Grain lifetime and distribution.  Icarus, 180, 473-486.

 

67. Lecar, M., M. Podolak, D. Sasselov, and E. Chiang (2006).  On the location of the snow line in a protoplanetary disk.  Astrophys. J., 640, 1115-1118.

 

68. Helled, R., M. Podolak, and A. Kovetz (2006).  Planetesimal capture in the disk instability model.  Icarus, 185, 64-75.

 

69. Iaroslavitz, E., and M. Podolak (2007).  Atmospheric mass deposition by captured planetesimals.  Icarus, 187, 600-610.

 

70. Beer, E., D. Prialnik, and M. Podolak (2008).  The contribution of grains to the activity of comets II.  The brightness of the coma.  Icarus, 195, 340-347.

 

71. Helled, R., M. Podolak, and A. Kovetz (2008).  Grain sedimentation in a giant gaseous protoplanet.  Icarus, 195, 863-870.

 

72. Movshovitz, N. and M. Podolak (2008).  Grain opacity in protoplanetary atmospheres.  Icarus, 194, 368-378.

 

73. Levi, A. and M. Podolak (2009).  Corona-like atmospheric escape from KBO’s I. Gas dynamics.  Icarus, 202, 681-693.

 

74. Levi, A. and M. Podolak (2009).  Corona-like atmospheric escape from KBO’s II. The behavior of aerosols.  Icarus to appear.

 

 

 

Chapters in Books

 

 

1. Podolak, M. (1982).  The origin of Uranus: Compositional considerations. In Uranus and the Outer Planets.  Proceedings of the IAU/RAS Colloquium #60 (G. Hunt, ed.)  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 93 - 109.

 

2. Podolak, M., and R. T. Reynolds (1985).  What have we learned from modeling giant planet interiors?  In Protostars and Planets II (D. Black and M. Matthews, eds.) University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 847 - 872.

 

3. Podolak, M., W. B. Hubbard, and D. J. Stevenson (1991). Models of Uranus' interior and magnetic field.  In Uranus (J. Bergstralh, D. Miner, and M. Matthews, eds.) University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 29 - 64.

 

4. Podolak, M., W. B. Hubbard, and J. B. Pollack (1993). Gaseous accretion and the formation of giant planets.  In Protostars and Planets III (G. Levy, J. I. Lunine, and M. Matthews, eds.) University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 1109-1147.

 

5. Hubbard, W. B., M. Podolak, and D. J. Stevenson (1994).  The interior of Neptune.  In Neptune and Triton (D. Cruickshank, ed.) University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 109-138.

 

6. Podolak, M. and D. Prialnik (1996).  26Al and liquid water environments in comets.  In Comets and the Origin of Life (P. Thomas, C. H. Chyba, and C. P. McKay, eds.) Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 259-272.

 

7. Podolak, M. and W. B. Hubbard (1998).  Ice in the outer planets.  In Ice in the Solar System (B. Schmitt, C. deBergh, and C. Festou, eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 735-748.

 

8. Prialnik, D. and M. Podolak (1999).  Changes in the structure of comet nuclei due to radioactive heating.  In Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials (K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, and W. Huebner, eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 169-180.

 

9. Podolak, M., and D. Prialnik (2000).  Conditions for the production of liquid water in comet nuclei.  In Bioastronomy ’99: a New Era in Bioastronomy (G. A. Lemarchand, K. J. Meech, eds.) Sheridan Books, Chelsea, pp. 231-234.

 

10. Brosch, N., L. S. Schijvarg, M. Podolak, and M. R. Rosenkrantz (2001).  Meteor observations from Israel. In: Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2001 Conference, 6 - 10 August 2001, Kiruna, Sweden. (B. Warmbein, ed.). ESA SP-495, ESA Publications Division, Noordwijk. pp. 165 - 173

 

11. Podolak, M. (2003).  The snowline in protostellar disks.  In Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets. (D. Deming and S. Seager, eds.) ASP Conference Series, vol. 294, San Francisco, pp. 295-298.

 

12. Prialnik, D., J. Benkhoff, and M. Podolak (2005).  Modeling the structure and activity of comet nuclei.  In Comets II.  (M. C. Festou, H. U. Keller, and H. A. Weaver, eds.), University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 359-390.

 

13. Podolak, M. and D. Prialnik (2006).  The conditions for liquid water in cometary nuclei.  In Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life (P. J. Thomas, R. D. Hicks, C. F. Chyba, and C. P. McKay, eds.) Springer Berlin, pp. 303-314.

 

14. Movshovitz, N. and M. Podolak (2008).  Collisions between small dust particles reduce the formation time of giant planets.  In Extreme Solar Systems (D. Fischer, F. A. Rasio, S. E. Thorsett, and A. Wolszczan, eds.) Am. Astron. Soc. Pacific, San Francisco, pp. 257-258.