Publications

A common isotopic reservoir for amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOAs) and calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) revealed by Ti and Cr isotopic compositions | Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 2023
Z.A. Torrano, C. M. O’D. Alexander, R.W. Carlson, J. Render, G.A. Brennecka, E.S. Bullock
cosmochemistry

A History of Mild Shocks Experienced by the Regolith Particles on Hydrated Asteroid Ryugu | Nature Astronomy, 2023
N. Tomioka, A. Yamaguchi, M. Ito, M. Uesugi, N. Imae, N. Shirai, T. Ohigashi, M. Kimura, M.-C. Liu, and 31 coauthors
cosmochemistry

Abundant Presolar Grains and Primordial Organics Preserved in Carbon-rich Exogenous Clasts in Asteroid Ryugu | Science Advances, 2023
A. Nguyen and Hayabusa2 initial analysis team including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry

Calcium-aluminum-rich Inclusions in Non-carbonaceous Chondrites: Abundances, Sizes, and Mineralogy | Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, 2023
E. T. Dunham, A. Sheikh, D. Opara, N. Matsuda, M.-C. Liu, and K. D. McKeegan
cosmochemistry

Carbonate Record of Temporal Change in Oxygen Fugacity and Gaseous Species in Asteroid Ryugu | Nature Geosciences, 2023
W. Fujiya and Hayabusa2 initial analysis team including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry

Chronology of alkali anorthosite 14304 clast “b” records basin forming impact at ~3.95 Ga | Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 2023
T.S. Kruijer et al.
cosmochemistry

Contribution of Ryugu-like Material to Earth’s Volatile Inventory by Cu and Zn Isotopic Analysis | Nature Astronomy, 2023
M. Paquet and 123 coauthors including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry

Early Fluid Activity on Ryugu Inferred by Isotopic Analyses of Carbonates and Magnetite | Nature Astronomy, 2023
K. A. McCain, N. Matsuda, M.-C. Liu, et al.
cosmochemistry

Gallium isotopic constraints for the origin of the Earth-Moon system | Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023
J. Render, J. Wimpenny, L. Borg
cosmochemistry

High-speed Focal Plane Wave Front Sensing with an Optical Chopper | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2023
B.L. Gerard, D. Dillon, S. Cetre, and R. Jensen-Clem
adaptive optics, optical astronomy and cosmology

Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Hydrous Minerals in Asteroid Ryugu | The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023
L. Piani and Hayabusa2 initial analysis team including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry

Impact of point spread function higher moments error on weak gravitational lensing–II: A comprehensive study | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023
T. Zhang, H. Almoubayyed, R. Mandelbaum, J.E. Meyers, M. Jarvis, A. Kannawadi, M.A. Schmitz, A. Guinot, and LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration
optical astronomy and cosmology

Insight into Multi-step Geological Evolution of C-type Asteroids from Ryugu Particles | Nature Astronomy, 2023
A. Yamaguchi, N. Tomioka, M. Ito, N. Shirai, M. Kimura, R. C. Greenwood, M.-C. Liu, and 27 coauthors
cosmochemistry

Lithium and Boron Isotopic Compositions of Olivine in Chondrules from Carbonaceous and Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites: Implications for the Origin of Solar 11B/10B ratio | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023
M.-C. Liu, M. Chaussidon, N. Matsuda
cosmochemistry

Magmatic Evolution I: Initial Differentiation of the Moon | Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2023
A.M. Gaffney et al.
cosmochemistry

Neodymium-142 Deficits and Samarium Neutron Stratigraphy of C-type Asteroid (162173) Ryugu | Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, 2023
Z. A. Torrano and Hayabusa2 initital analysis team including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry

Oxygen Isotope Evidence from Ryugu Samples for Early Water Delivery to Earth by CI Chondrites | Nature Astronomy, 2023
R. C. Greenwood and 41 coauthors including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry

Quantifying the effect of late bombardment on terrestrial zircons | Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023
J. Reimink, C. Crow, D. Moser, B. Jacobsen, A. Bauer, T. Chacko
cosmochemistry

The Evolving Chronology of Moon Formation | Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2023
L.E. Borg, R.W. Carlson
cosmochemistry

The Formation and Aqueous Alteration of CM2 Chondrites and Their Relationship to CO3 Chondrites: A Fresh Isotopic (O, Cd, Cr, Si, Te, Ti, and Zn) Perspective from the Winchcombe CM2 Fall | Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, 2023
R. C. Greenwood, R. M. Findlay, R. C. J. Steele, K. M. M. Shaw, E. Morton, P. S. Savage, M. E. Murphy, M. Rehkampler, I. A. Franchi, T. Elliott, M. D. Suttle, A. J. King, M. Anand, J. Malley, K. T. Howard, X. Zhao, D. Johnson, M.-C. Liu, K. A. McCain, N. R. Stephan
cosmochemistry

The Magnesium Isotope Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid Ryugu | The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023
M. Bizzarro and Hayabusa2 initial analysis team including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry

The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid Ryugu with Implications for the Nature of the Parent Planetesimal | The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
H. Tang and Hayabusa2 initial analysis team including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry

Titanium and chromium isotopic compositions of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions: Implications for the sources of isotopic anomalies and the formation of distinct isotopic reservoirs in the early Solar System | Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 2023
Z.A. Torrano, G.A. Brennecka, C.M. Mercer, S.J. Romaniello, V.K. Rai, R.R. Hines, M. Wadhwa
cosmochemistry

Water Circulation in Ryugu Asteroid Affected the Distribution of Nucleosynthetic Isotope Anomalies in Returned Sample | Science Advances, 2023
T. Yokoyama and Hayabusa2 initial analysis team including M.-C. Liu
cosmochemistry