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Inelastic dissipation in a freely rotating body: application to cosmic dust alignment by Lazarian, A., Efroimsky, Michael

“…Motivated by a recent study by Lazarian and Draine, which showed that a high degree of grain alignment of the paramagnetic dust is achievable if the rates of…”
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Inelastic dissipation in wobbling asteroids and comets by Efroimsky, Michael, Lazarian, A.

“…Asteroids and comets dissipate energy when they rotate about any axis different from the axis of the maximal moment of inertia. We show that the most efficient…”
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The Origins Billions Star Survey : Galactic explorer by JOHNSTON, K. J, DORLAND, B, HILTON, J, KAPLAN, G, MONET, D, MUNN, J, PIER, J, VRBA, F, SEIDELMANN, K, SEAGER, S, PRAVDO, S, COSTE, K, GAUME, R, DANNER, R, GRILLMAIR, C, STAUFFER, J, BOSS, A, CURRIE, D, DANCHI, W, GOULD, A, KOPEIKIN, S, MAJEWSKI, S, MAKAROV, V, HENNESSY, G, MCMILLAN, R, PETERSON, D. M, SHAYA, E, UNWIN, S, OLLING, R, ZACHARIAS, N, BEHR, B, EFROIMSKY, M, HAJIAN, A, HARRIS, H

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Cross Section Alignment of Oblate Grains by Lazarian, A., Efroimsky, M.

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Mechanical Alignment of Prolate Cosmic-Dust Grains: Cross Section Alignment by Lazarian, A.M, Efroimsky, M, Ozik, J

“…Abstract only…”
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Long-term evolution of orbits about a precessing oblate planet. 2. The case of variable precession by Efroimsky, Michael

“…We continue the study undertaken in Efroimsky [Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron. 91, 75-108 (2005a)] where we explored the influence of spin-axis variations of an…”
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The Serret-Andoyer formalism in rigid-body dynamics: I. Symmetries and perturbations by Gurfil, P., Elipe, A., Tangren, W., Efroimsky, M.

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Mechanical Alignment of Suprathermal Paramagnetic Cosmic-Dust Granules: The Cross Section Mechanism by Efroimsky, Michael

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Relaxation of wobbling asteroids and comets—theoretical problems, perspectives of experimental observation by Efroimsky, Michael

“…A body dissipates energy when it freely rotates about any axis different from principal. This entails relaxation, i.e., decrease of the rotational energy, with…”
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Euler, Jacobi, and missions to comets and asteroids by Efroimsky, Michael

“…Whenever a freely spinning body is found in a complex rotational state, this means that either the body experienced some interaction within its relaxation-time…”
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Initial Results from the USNO Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrograph by Hajian, Arsen R, Behr, Bradford B, Cenko, Andrew T, Olling, Robert P, Mozurkewich, David, Armstrong, J. Thomas, Pohl, Brian, Petrossian, Sevan, Knuth, Kevin H, Hindsley, Robert B, Murison, Marc, Efroimsky, Michael, Dantowitz, Ronald, Kozubal, Marek, Currie, Douglas G, Nordgren, Tyler E, Tycner, Christopher, McMillan, Robert S

“…We have designed and constructed a "dispersed Fourier transform spectrometer" (dFTS), consisting of a conventional FTS followed by a grating spectrometer. By…”
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TheOrigins Billions Star Survey: Galactic Explorer by Johnston, K. J., Dorland, B., Gaume, R., Hennessy, G., Olling, R., Zacharias, N., Behr, B., Efroimsky, M., Hajian, A., Harris, H., Hilton, J., Kaplan, G., Monet, D., Munn, J., Pier, J., Vrba, F., Seidelmann, K., Seager, S., Pravdo, S., Coste, K., Danner, R., Grillmair, C., Stauffer, J., Boss, A., Currie, D., Danchi, W., Gould, A., Kopeikin, S., Majewski, S., Makarov, V., McMillan, R., Peterson, D. M., Shaya, E., Unwin, S.

“…TheOrigins Billions Star Surveyis a mission concept addressing the astrophysics of extrasolar planets, Galactic structure, the Galactic halo and tidal streams,…”
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Inelastic dissipation in wobbling asteroids and comets by Efroimsky, Michael, Lazarian, A.

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Inelastic Dissipation in a Freely Rotating Body. Application to Cosmic-Dust Alignment by Lazarian, A, Efroimsky, M

“…Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.303:673-685,1999 Motivated by a recent study by Lazarian and Draine, which showed that a high degree of grain alignment of the…”
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Weak gravitation waves in vacuum and in media: Taking nonlinearity into account by Efroimsky, M

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A Proposal for a Renewed Research Emphasis in Astrophysical and Celestial Dynamics by Scheeres, D. J, Statler, T. S, Alfriend, K. T, Armitage, P, Burns, J, Efroimsky, M, Harris, A. W, Kopeikin, S, Murison, M, Nicholson, P, Peale, S, Seidelmann, P. K, Yeomans, D. K

“…Given the impressive investment by the nation in observational Astronomy and Astrophysics facilities coming on line now and in the near future, we advocate for…”
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