Papers, etc.

Papers from 1952-93 are in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. There is an oral history interview at the AIP Center for History of Physics.

Other References: Historical

Croswell, Ken, The Universe at Midnight: Observations Illuminating the Cosmos ( Free Press, 2001).

Hargittai, Balazs & István Hargittai, Candid Science V (Imperial College Press, London, 2005) [contains interview with Rubin].

Rubin, Vera, Interview, Astronomy, June 2003.

Rubin, Vera C., “A Brief History of Dark Matter,” in Mario Livio, ed., The Dark Universe: Matter, Energy and Gravity, Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, Held in Baltimore, Maryland, April 2-5, 2001 (Cambridge University Press, 2001), pp. 1-13 [excerpts].

Rubin, Vera, “Seeing Dark Matter in the Andromeda Galaxy,” Physics Today 59, 12, 8-9 (Dec 2006).

Trefil, James & Margaret Hindle Hazen, Good Seeing: A Century of Science at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902-2002 (Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2001).

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Other References: Scientific

Rubin, Vera Cooper, “Differential Rotation of the Inner Metagalaxy,” Astronomical Journal 56, 47-48 (1951).

Rubin, Vera Cooper, “Fluctuations in the Space Distribution of the Galaxies,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 40, 541-49 (1954).

Rubin, Vera C., “Structure and Evolution of the Galactic System,” Physics Today 13, 12, 32-35 (1960) [reprinted in *].

Rubin, Vera C., et al, “Kinematic Studies of Early-type Stars. I. Photometric Survey, Space Motions, and Comparison with Radio Observations,” Astronomical Journal 67, 491-531 (1962).

Burbidge, E. Margaret, G.R. Burbidge; D.J. Crampin V.C. Rubin & K.H. Prendergast, “The Rotation and Mass of NGC 6503,” Ap.J. 139, 539-44 (1964).

Burbidge, E. Margaret, G.R. Burbidge, V.C. Rubin, & K. H. Prendergast, “Motions in Barred Spirals. VI. The Velocity Field of NGC 613,” Ap.J. 140, 85-93 (1964).

Burbidge, E Margaret, G.R. Burbidge, & Vera C. Rubin, “A Study of the Velocity Field in M82 and its Bearing on Explosive Phenomena in that Galaxy,” Ap.J. 140, 942-68 (1964).

Rubin, Vera C., “Radial Velocities of Distant OB Stars in the Anticenter Region of the Galaxy,” Ap.J. 142, 934-42 (1965).

Ford, W. Kent, Jr. & Vera C. Rubin, “Low-Dispersion Image Tube Spectra in the Red: 3C, 33, 48, Ton 256, and an Infrared Star,” Ap.J. 142, 1303-07 (1965).

Ford, W. Kent, Jr. & Vera C. Rubin, “Quasi-Stellar Objects with Small Redshifts: 1217+02, 3c 249.1, and 3c 263,” Ap.J. 145, 357-60 (1966).

Rubin, Vera C. & W. Kent Ford, Jr., “Rotation of the Andromeda Nebula from a Spectroscopic Survey of Emission Regions,” Ap.J. 159, 379-404 (1970).

Ford, W. Kent, Jr, Vera C. Rubin, & Morton S. Roberts, “A Comparison of 21-cm Radial Velocities and Optical Radial Velocities of Galaxies,” Ap.J. 76, 22-24 (1971).

Rubin, Vera C., W. Kent Ford, Jr., Norbert Thonnard, Morton S. Roberts, & John A. Graham, “Motion of the Galaxy and the Local Group Determined from the Velocity Anisotropy of Distant Sc I Galaxies. I. The Data Ap.J. 81, 687-718 (1976).

Rubin, Vera C., Norbert Thonnard, W. Kent Ford, Jr., & Morton S. Roberts, “Motion of the Galaxy and the Local Group Determined from the Velocity Anisotropy of Distant Sc I Galaxies. II. The Analysis for the Motion,” Ap.J. 81, 719-37 (1976).

Rubin, Vera C., W. Kent Ford, Jr., & Norbert Thonnard, “Rotational Properties of 21 Sc Galaxies with a Large Range of Luminosities and Radii, from NGC 4605 (R = 4kpc) to UGC 2885 (R= 122kpc ),” Ap.J. 238, 471-87 (1980).

Rubin, Vera C., David Burstein, & Norbert Thonnard, “A New Relation for Estimating the Intrinsic Luminosities of Spiral Galaxies,” Ap.J. 242, L149-L152 (1980).

Burstein, David, Vera C. Rubin, Norbert Thonnard, & W. Kent Ford, Jr., “The Distribution of Mass in Sc Galaxies,” Ap.J. 253, 70-85 (1982).

Schweizer, François, Bradley C. Whitmore, & Vera C. Rubin, “Colliding and Merging Galaxies. II. S0 Galaxies with Polar Rings,” Astronomical Journal, 88, 909-25 (1983).

Rubin, Vera C., “The Rotation of Spiral Galaxies,” Science 220, 1339-44 (1983).

Rubin, Vera C., David Burstein, W. Kent Ford, Jr., & Norbert Thonnard, “Rotation Velocities of 16 Sa Galaxies and a Comparison of Sa, Sb, and Sc Rotation Properties,” Ap.J. 289, 81-104 (1985).

Rubin, V.C., “Dark Matter in the Universe,” in Highlights of Astronomy. Volume 7 - Proceedings of the Nineteenth IAU General Assembly, Delhi, India, November 19-28, 1985 (D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 1986), p. 27-38 [abstract].

Rubin, Vera C., “Constraints on the Dark Matter from Optical Rotation Curves,” in J. Kormendy & G.R. Knapp, eds., Dark Matter in the Universe; Proceedings of the IAU Symposium, Princeton, NJ, June 24-28, 1985 (D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 1987), pp. 63-65.

Rubin, Vera C., “What's the Matter in Spiral Galaxies?” in Stuart L. Shapiro & Saul A. Teukolsky, eds., Highlights of Modern Astrophysics: Concepts and Controversies (Wiley-Interscience, NY, 1986), pp. 269ff.

Rubin, Vera C. & George V. Coyne, eds., Large-scale Motions in the Universe: A Vatican Study Week (Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, 1988) [abstract].

Rubin, Vera C., Bradley C. Whitmore, & W. Kent Ford, Jr., “Rotation Curves for Spiral Galaxies in Clusters. I. Data, Global Properties, and a Comparison with Field Galaxies,” Ap.J. 333, 522-41 (1988).

Rubin, Vera C., J.A. Graham, & Jeffrey D.P. Kenney, “Cospatial Counterrotating Stellar Disks in the Virgo E7/S0 Galaxy NGC 4550,” Ap.J. 394, L9-L12 (1992).

Rubin, Vera C., “Galaxy Dynamics and the Mass Density of the Universe,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 90, 4814-21 (1993).

Rubin, Vera C., “A Century of Galaxy Spectroscopy,” Ap.J. 451, 419-28 (1995) [1995 Henry Norris Russell Lecture, reprinted in *].

Rubin, Vera C., “One Hundred Years of Rotating Galaxies,” PASP 112, 747 (2000) [Millennium Essay].

Sofue, Yoshiaki & Vera Rubin, “Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies,” Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 39, 137-74 (2001).

de Blok, W.J.G., Stacy S. McGaugh, Albert Bosma, & Vera C. Rubin, “Mass Density Profiles of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies,” Ap.J. 552, L23-L26 (2001).

McGaugh, Stacy S., Vera C. Rubin, & W.J.G. de Blok, “High-Resolution Rotation Curves of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. I. Data,” Astronomical Journal 122, 2381-95 (2001).

de Blok, W.J.G., Stacy S. McGaugh, & Vera C. Rubin, “High-Resolution Rotation Curves of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. II. Mass Models,” Astronomical Journal 122, 2396-2427 (2001).

Hunter, Deidre A., Vera C. Rubin, Rob A. Swaters, Linda S. Sparke, & Stephen E. Levine, “The Stellar and Gas Kinematics of Several Irregular Galaxies,” Ap.J. 580, 194-212 (2002).

Swaters, Rob A., & Vera C. Rubin, “Stellar Motions in the Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 4650A,” Ap.J. 587, L23-L26 (2003).

Hunter, Deidre A., Vera C. Rubin, Rob A. Swaters, Linda S. Sparke, & & Stephen E. Levine, “The Stellar Velocity Dispersion in the Inner 1.3 Disk Scale Lengths of the Irregular Galaxy NGC 4449,” Ap.J. 634, 281 (2005).

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Other Works: Popularizations, Fiction, etc.

Rubin, Vera C., “Dynamics of the Andromeda Nebula,” Sci. Amer. 228, 6, 30-36 (1973) [reprinted in *].

Rubin, Vera C., “The Astrophysical Zoo - UGC 2885 - the Largest Known Spiral Galaxy,” Mercury 9, 78-79 (1980) [reprinted in *].

Rubin, Vera C., “Stars, Galaxies, Cosmos: The Past Decade, the Next Decade,” Science 209, 63-71 (1980) [reprinted in *].

Rubin, Vera, “Women’s Work: Women in Modern Astronomy.” Science 86, 7, 58-65 (1986) [reprinted in *].

Rubin, Vera C., “NCG 4550: A Two-way Galaxy,” Mercury 22, 4, 109 & 126 (1993) [reprinted in *].

*Rubin, Vera C., Bright Galaxies, Dark Matters (Amer. Inst. Phys. Press, Woodbury, NY, 1997).

Rubin, Vera C., “Stars, Galaxies, Cosmos: The Past Decade, the Next Decade,” Science 209, 64-71 (1980).

Rubin, Vera C., “Dark Matter in the Universe,” Sci. Am. Special Issue: Cosmos 9, 1, 106 (1998).

Rubin, Vera C., “Siting a Supernova,” Sky & Telescope 108, 3, 12 (2004)

Rubin, Vera C., “A Puzzling Polar-Ring Galaxy,” Sky & Telescope 109, 5, 26 (2005)

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