Dr. Robert C. Reedy
Research Professor
Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-277-0030
Fax: 505-277-3577
Email: rreedy /at/ unm /dot/ edu
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1969
My research involves the use of the products of cosmic-ray interactions to study matter and radiation in the solar system. Cosmic-ray-produced nuclides are used to study the recent histories of interplanetary energetic particles and of lunar samples, meteorites, and terrestrial-surface samples. Gamma rays and neutrons are used to determine the elemental composition of the top meter of Mars and other planetary bodies.
Recent Publications
Evans, L. G., Reedy, R. C., Starr, R. D., Kerry, K. E., and Boynton, W. V. (2007) Analysis of gamma ray spectra measured by Mars Odyssey. Journal of Geophysical Research 112:E03S04, doi:10.1029/2005JE002657. Click for PDF reprint
Kim, K. J., Drake, D. M., Reedy, R. C., Williams, R. M. S., and Boynton, W. V. (2007) Theoretical fluxes of gamma rays from the Martian surface. Journal of Geophysical Research 112:E03S09, doi:10.1029/2005JE002655. Click for PDF reprint
Kelly, N. J., Boynton, W. V., Kerry, K., Hamara, D., Janes, D., Reedy, R. C., Kim, K. J., and Haberle, R. M. (2007) Seasonal polar carbon dioxide frost on Mars: CO2 mass and columnar thickness distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research 112: E03S07, doi:10.1029/2006JE002678. Click for PDF reprint
Karunatillake, S., Squyres, S. W., Taylor, G. J., Keller, J. M., Gasnault, O., Evans, L. G., Reedy, R. C., Starr, R, Boynton, W. V., Janes, D. M., Kerry, K. E., Dohm, J. M., Sprague, A. L., Hahn, B. C., and Hamara, D. (2007) Composition of northern low-albedo regions of Mars: Insights from the Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer. Journal of Geophysical Research 112: E03S05, doi:10.1029/2006JE002675. Click for PDF reprint
Kim, K. J., Graham, I. J., Masarik, J., and Reedy, R. C. (2007) Numerical simulations with the MCNPX and LAHET Code Systems compared with direct measurement of neutron fluxes in terrestrial environments. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physical Research B 259: 642-645, doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2007.03.002. Click for PDF reprint