Papers, etc.

Papers are at Princeton University Library.

Other References: Historical

Bishop, A.S. Project Sherwood (Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1958).

Bromberg, J.L., Fusion: Science, Politics and the Invention of a New Energy Source (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982).

Hanle, Paul A., “Astronomers, Congress, and the Large Space Telescope,” Sky & Telescope 69, 300 (1985).

Smith, Robert W., The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Technology, and Politics (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK & NY, 1989).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “History of the Space Telescope” QJRAS 20, 29-36 (1979).

Spitzer, L., Jr., “Ultraviolet Spectra of the Stars,” in Space Science Comes of Age: Perspectives in the History of the Space Sciences; Proceedings of the Symposium, Washington, DC, March 23, 24, 1981 (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1981), p. 2-13. [abstract]

Search ADS for works about Spitzer

Other References:Scientific

Bates, David R. & Lyman Spitzer, Jr., “The Density of Molecules in Interstellar Space,” Ap.J. 113, 441 (1951). [reprinted in the centennial edition Ap.J. 525C, 402 (1999) with a modern commentary by A. Dalgarno]

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Non-coherent dispersion and the formation of Fraunhofer lines,” MNRAS 96, 794-807 (1936).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “New Solutions of the Equation of Radiative Transfer,” Ap.J. 87, 1-8 (1938).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Spectra of M Supergiant Stars,” Ap.J. 90, 494-540 (1939).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “The Stability of Isolated Clusters,” MNRAS 100, 396-413 (1940).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “The Dynamics of the Interstellar Medium,” Ap.J. 93, 369-79 (1941); 94, 232-44 (1941); and 95, 329-44 (1942).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “The Temperature of Interstellar Matter,” Ap.J. 107, 6-33 (1948); 109, 337-53 (1949); and (with Malcolm P. Savedoff), 111, 593-608 (1950).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “On the Interpretation of Measured Solar Wave-lengths,” MNRAS 110, 216-19 (1950).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. & John W. Tukey, “A Theory of Interstellar Polarization,” Ap.J. 114, 187-205 (1951).

Schwarzschild, M., L. Spitzer, Jr., & R. Wildt, “On the Difference in Chemical Composition Between High- and Low-Velocity Stars,” Ap.J. 114, 398-406 (1951).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. & Jesse L. Greenstein, “A Continuous Emission from Planetary Nebulae,” Ap.J. 114, 407-20 (1951).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. & Martin Schwarzschild, “The Possible Influence of Interstellar Clouds on Stellar Velocities,” Ap.J. 114, 385-97 (1951) and 118, 106-12 (1953).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Behavior of Matter in Space,” Ap.J. 120, 1-17 (1954) [Henry Norris Russell Lecture].

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Star Formation in Magnetic Dust Clouds,” MNRAS 116, 503-14 (1956).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “On a Possible Interstellar Galactic Corona,” Ap.J. 124, 20-34 (1956).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Influence of Fluid Motions on the Decay of an External Magnetic Field,” Ap.J. 125, 525-34 (1957).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Distribution of Galactic Clusters” Ap.J. 127, 17-27 (1958).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. & Richard Härm, “Evaporation of Stars from Isolated Clusters” Ap.J. 127, 544-50 (1958).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. & Franklin R. Zabriskie, “Interstellar Research with a Spectroscopic Satellite” PASP 71, 412-20 (1959).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Space Telescopes and Componentss” Astronomical Journal 65, 242-63 (1960).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., Physics of Fully Ionized Gases (Interscience, NY, 1956, 1962).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., Kurt Dressler, & Walter L. Upson, II, “Theoretical Equivalent Widths of the Interstellar H₂ Lines,” PASP 76, 387-98 (1964).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. & William C. Saslaw, “On the Evolution of Galactic Nuclei,” Ap.J. 143, 400-19 (1966).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. & Michael E. Stone, “On the Evolution of Galactic Nuclei. II,” 147, 519-28 (1967).

Jones, R. Victor & Lyman Spitzer, Jr., “Magnetic Alignment of Interstellar Grains,” 147, 943-64 (1967).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., Diffuse Matter in Space (Interscience, NY, 1968).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Astronomical Research with a Large Orbiting Telescope,” in Singer, Fred S., ed., Manned Laboratories in Space, Proceedings of the 2nd International Orbital Laboratory Symposium, org. by the International Academy of Astronautics at the 19th International Astronautical Congress, New York, October 18th, 1968 (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1969), p.88.

Bahcall, John N. & Lyman Spitzer, Jr., “Absorption Lines Produced by Galactic Halos,” 156, L63-L65 (1969).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Equipartition and the Formation of Compact Nuclei in Spherical Stellar Systems” Ap.J., 158, L139-L143 (1969).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., & Michael H. Hart, “Random Gravitational Encounters and the Evolution of Spherical Systems ,” Ap.J., 164, 399-409 (1971) and 166 483-511 (1971).

Purcell, Edward M. & Lyman Spitzer, Jr., “Orientation of Rotating Grains,” Ap.J. 167, 31-62 (1971).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., & Stuart L. Shapiro, “Random Gravitational Encounters and the Evolution of Spherical Systems. III.,” Ap.J. 173, 529-47 (1972)

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., & Trinh X. Thuan, “Random Gravitational Encounters and the Evolution of Spherical Systems. IV.,” Ap.J. 175, 31-61 (1972)

Ostriker, Jeremiah P., Lyman Spitzer, Jr., & Roger A. Chevalier, “On the Evolution of Globular Clusters,” Ap.J. 176, L51-L56 (1972)

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., William D. Cochran, & Alan Hirshfeld, “Column Densities of Interstellar Molecular Hydrogen,” Ap.J. Supp., 28,373-89 (1974)

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. & Edward B. Jenkins, “Ultraviolet Studies of the Interstellar Gas,” Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 13, 127-64 (1975).

Tremaine, Scott D., J.P. Ostriker, & Lyman Spitzer, Jr., “The formation of the nuclei of galaxies. I. M31,” Ap.J. 196, 407-11 (1975).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., & Winifred A. Morton, “Components in Interstellar Molecular Hydrogen,” Ap.J. 204, 731-49 (1976).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Hydrogen Molecules in Interstellar Space,” QJRAS 17, 97 (1976).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium (Wiley, NY, 1978, 1998).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., Searching Between the Stars (Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, CT, 1982) .

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1987).

Bohlin, R.C., et al, “A Survey of Ultraviolet Interstellar Absorption Lines,” Ap.J. Supp. 51, 277-308 (1983).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Dynamics of Globular Clusters,” Science 225, 465-72 (1984).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Spectroscopy with Copernicus and the Edwin P. Hubble Observatory,” Vistas in Astronomy 29, pt. 2, 143-50 (1986).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Theories of the Hot Interstellar Gas,” Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 28, 71-83 (1990).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “The First Known Report Concerning the Astronomical Importance of an Extraterrestrial Telescope,” Astronomical Quarterly 7, 3, 129 (1990) [reprint of an unpublished paper from 1946].

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Highly Ionized Interstellar Atoms—Heated, Cooled, or Mixed?” Ap.J., 458, L29-L32 (1996).

Trapero, Joaquín, D.E. Welty, L.M. Hobbs, J.T. Lauroesch, D.C. Morton, L. Spitzer, & D.G. York, “High-Velocity Gas in GHRS Spectra of Three OB Stars,” Ap.J. 468, 290-305 (1996).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., & Jeremiah P. Ostriker, eds., Dreams, Stars, and Electrons: Selected Writings of Lyman Spitzer, Jr. (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1997) .

Fitzpatrick, Edward L. & Lyman Spitzer, Jr., “Composition of Interstellar Clouds in the Disk and Halo. IV. HD 215733,” Ap.J. 475, 623-41 (1997). [abstract]

Welty, Daniel E., L.M. Hobbs, James T. Lauroesch, Donald C. Morton, Lyman Spitzer, & Donald G. York, “The Diffuse Interstellar Clouds toward 23 Orionis,” Ap. J. Supp. 124, 465-501 (1999).

Other Works: Popularizations, Fiction, etc.

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “The Formation of Stars,” Physics Today 1, no. 5, 6-11 (1948).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “The Formation of Stars,” ASP Leaflets 5, 336 (1949).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “The Space Telescope,” American Scientist 66, 426-31 (1978). [abstract]

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., K.S. de Boer, & B.D. Savage, “Hot Gas Halos around Galaxies,” Sky & Telescope 60, 189 (1980).

Bahcall, John N. & Lyman Spitzer, Jr., “The Space Telescope,” Scientific American 247, 40-51 (1982).

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr., “Interstellar Matter and the Birth and Death of Stars,” Mercury 12, 5, 142 (1983).