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PUBLICATIONS 



The following papers by staff members of the Astrophysical Obser- 

 vatory appeared in various journals. 



AvEETT, E. H., AND Kbook, M. The temperature distribution in a stellar atmos- 

 phere. Astrophys. Journ., vol. 137, pp. 874-881, 19G3. 



• . A rapidly convergent iterative procedure for the calculation of the 



temperature-pressure relation in a stellar atmosphere. Journ. Quant. 

 Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, vol. 3, pp. 107-113, 1063. 



AvRETT, E. H., AND LoESER, R. A Simple and accurate method for the evaluation 

 of the Milne integrals. Journ. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, vol. 3, pp. 

 201-209, 1963. 



Bills, D. G. ; Cakleton, N. P. ; and Oldenbebg, O. The half-life of the meta- 

 stable level A' of the nitrogen molecule. In Advances in Molecular Spec- 

 troscopy, pp. 197-200, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1962. 



Bkiggs, R. B. Steady-state space distribution of meteoric particles under the 

 operation of the Poynting-Robertson effect. Astron. Journ., vol. 67, No. 10, 

 1962. 



Caeleton, N. P. The relation of the recent atmospheric dust measurements of 

 Volz and Goody to the problem of meteoric influx. Journ. Atmos. Sci., vol. 19, 

 pp. 424-^26, 1962. 



. See also Bills, Carleton, and Oldenberg. 



Cableton, N. p., and Megill, L. R. Electron energy distribution in slightly 

 ionized air under the influence of electric and magnetic fields. Phys. Rev., 

 vol. 126, pp. 2089-2099, 1962. 



Cableton, N.P., and Oldenberg, O. Lifetime of the lowest excited level of N. 

 Journ. Chcm. Phys., vol. 36, pp. 3460-3463, 1962. 



Cableton, N. P., and Papliolios, C. Measured variation on the electronic transi- 

 tion moment of the Vegard-Kaplan bands in Na. Joum. Quant. Spectrosc. 

 Radiat. Transfer, vol. 2, pp. 241-244, 1962. 



Colombo, G. The magnetic torque acting on artificial satellites. In Proceedings 

 of Conference on Gyrodynamics, I.U.T.A.M., Celerina, 1963. 



. See also Shapiro, Lautman, and Colombo. 



Colombo, G., and Lautman, D. A. On some singular orbits of an Earth-Moon 

 satellite with a high-area mass ratio (abstract). Astron. Journ., vol. 67, p. 

 573, 1962. 



Colombo, G, ; Latjtman, D. A. ; and Munfobd, C. On the libration orbits of 

 a particle near the triangular points on the semirestricted three-body 

 problem (abstract) . Astron. Journ., vol, 68, pp. 159-162, 1963. 



Cook, A. F. A proposed criterion for the mode of ablation of stone meteors. 

 Smithsonian Contr. Astrophys., vol. 4, pp. 131-136, 1963. 



Cook, A. F. ; Jacchia, L. G, ; and McCrosky, R. E. Luminous efficiency of iron 

 and stone meteors. Smithsonian Contr. Astrophys., vol. 7, pp. 200-220, 

 1903. 



DeFelice, J. See Tilles, Fireman, and DeFelice; Fireman, Fazio, and De- 

 Felice; Fireman, DeFelice, and Tilles. 



DuTHiE, J. G. ; Hafner, E. M. ; Kaplon, M. F. ; and Fazio, G. G. Gamma rays 

 at high altitude. Phys. Rev. Letters, vol. 10, p. 364, 1963. 



DuTHiE, J. G. ; Hafner, E. M. ; Kaplon, M. F. ; Fazio, G. G. ; and Savedopf, M. P. 

 Primary y-rays (abstract). Amer. Phys. Soc, series II, vol. 8, p. 7, 1963. 



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