Publications Pascale Ehrenfreund

abstracts

Thesis

P. Ehrenfreund (1988) "Purification and properties of an Iminopeptidase from Streptomyces plicatus" Master Thesis, Biology/Genetics University of Vienna/Austrian Academy of Sciences

P. Ehrenfreund (1990) "Visible and infrared spectroscopic studies of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other carbon clusters" Ph.D. Thesis University of Vienna/ University Paris VII

Papers in refereed journals:

  1. A. Collier-Cameron, D.K. Duncan, P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing, K.D. Kuntz, M.V. Penston, R.D. Robinson, D.R. Soderblom (1990) "Fast Spectroscopic Variations on Rapidly-Rotating, Cool Dwarfs. III. Masses of circumstellar absorbing clouds on AB Doradus" M.N.R.A.S. 247, 415
  2. P. Ehrenfreund, F. Robert, L. d'Hendecourt, F. Behar (1991) "Comparison of interstellar and meteoritic organic matter at 3.4 micron" Astronomy and Astrophysics 252, 712
  3. P. Ehrenfreund, L. d'Hendecourt, L. Verstraete, A. Leger, W. Schmidt, D. Defourneau (1992) "Search for the 4430 Å DIB in the spectra of coronene cation and neutral ovalene" Astronomy and Astrophysics 259, 257
  4. P. Ehrenfreund, F. Robert, L. d'Hendecourt (1992) "Similarity of the infrared spectrum of an Orgueil organic polymer with interstellar organic compounds in the line of sight towards IRS 7" Advances in Space Research, Vol 12, 4, 53
  5. P. Ehrenfreund, R. Breukers, L. d'Hendecourt, J.M. Greenberg (1992) "On the possibility of detecting solid O2 in interstellar grain mantles" Astronomy and Astrophysics 260, 431
  6. P. Ehrenfreund, C. Mollay, G. Kreil (1992) "Purification and properties of an Iminopeptidase from Streptomyces plicatus" Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communication 184, 3, 1250
  7. P. Ehrenfreund, L. d'Hendecourt, C. Joblin, A. Leger (1992) "Visible absorption of coal pitch extract - implications for the diffuse interstellar bands" Astronomy and Astrophysics 266, 429
  8. P. Jenniskens, P. Ehrenfreund, X. Desert (1992) "Far UV non-linear rise extinction in relation to CH and CH+ abundances" Astronomy and Astrophysics Lett. 265, L1
  9. P. Ehrenfreund, M. Burgdorf, L. d'Hendecourt, J.M. Greenberg (1993) "On the possible detection of solid O2 and O3 in interstellar grains with ISO" Advances in Space Research 13, 12, 465
  10. O. Vilhu, T. Tsuru, A. Collier-Cameron, E. Budding, T. Banks, B. Slee, P. Ehrenfreund, and B.H. Foing (1993) "Multifrequency observations of AB Doradus. X-ray flaring and rotational modulation of a young star" Astron. Astrophys. 278, 467
  11. P. Ehrenfreund and A. Brack (invited) (1994) "A Moon-based laboratory for extraterrestrial sample analysis" Advances in Space Research 14,6, 205
  12. P. Jenniskens, P. Ehrenfreund, B. Foing (1994) "Diffuse Interstellar Bands in Orion" Astronomy and Astrophysics 281, 517
  13. B. Foing and P. Ehrenfreund (1994) "Detection of two interstellar absorption bands coincident with spectral features of C60+" Nature 369, 296
  14. P. Ehrenfreund, J.J. Boon, J. Commandeur, C. Sagan, R. Thompson, B. Khare, G. Israel (1995) "Analytical Pyrolysis experiments of Titan aerosol analogues in preparation for the Cassini-Huygens mission" Advances in Space Research 15,3,335
  15. P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing, L. d'Hendecourt, P. Jenniskens, X. Desert (1995) "Search for coronene and ovalene cations in the interstellar medium" Astronomy and Astrophysics 299, 213
  16. P. Ehrenfreund and B. H. Foing (1995) "Search for fullerenes and PAHs in the diffuse interstellar medium" Planetary and Space Science 43, 10/11, 1183
  17. P. Gerakines, W.A. Schutte and P. Ehrenfreund (1996) "Ultraviolet processing of interstellar ice analogs - I. Pure ices" Astronomy and Astrophysics 312, 289
  18. P. Ehrenfreund , P. Gerakines, W.A. Schutte, M. van Hemert, E.F. van Dishoeck (1996) "Infrared properties of isolated water ice" Astronomy and Astrophysics 312, 263
  19. P. Ehrenfreund and B. H. Foing (1996) "Resolved profiles of diffuse interstellar bands: evidence for rotational contours of gas phase molecules" Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters 307, L25
  20. P. Ehrenfreund , A. Boogert, P. Gerakines, D.J. Jansen, W.A. Schutte, A. G.G.M. Tielens, E.F. van Dishoeck (1996) "A laboratory database of solid CO and CO2 for ISO" Astronomy and Astrophysics: "First results from ISO", Vol.315, L 341
  21. L. d'Hendecourt, M. Jourdain de Muizon, E. Dartois, M. Breitfellner, P. Ehrenfreund , J. Benit, F. Boulanger, J.L. Puget H. Habing (1996) "ISO SWS observations of solid state features towards RAFGL 7009S" Astronomy and Astrophysics: "First results from ISO", Vol.315, L 365
  22. D.C.B. Whittet, W.A. Schutte, A. G.G.M. Tielens, A. Boogert, Th. de Graauw, P. Ehrenfreund , P. Gerakines, F. Helmich, T. Prusti, E.F. van Dishoeck (1996) "An ISO view of interstellar ices - First results" Astronomy and Astrophysics: "First results from ISO", Vol.315, L 357
  23. E.F. van Dishoeck, F. Helmich, T. de Graauw, J. H. Black, A. Boogert, P. Ehrenfreund , P. Gerakines, J. Lacy, T. Millar, W. Schutte, A. Tielens, D. Whittet, D. Boxhoorn, D. Kester, K. Leech, P. Roelfsema, A. Salama, B. Vanderbussche (1996) "A search for interstellar gas-phase CO2" Astronomy and Astrophysics: "First results from ISO", Vol.315, L 349
  24. W. Schutte, A.G.G.M Tielens, D. Whittet, A. Boogert, P. Ehrenfreund , T. de Graauw, T. Prusti, E.F. van Dishoeck, P. Wesselius (1996) "The 6.0 and 6.8 micron absorption features in the spectrum of NGC 7538:IRS 9" Astronomy and Astrophysics: "First results from ISO", Vol.315, L 333
  25. T. de Graauw, D. Whittet, P. Gerakines, O. Bauer, D. Beintema, A. Boogert, D. Boxhoorn, J. Chiar, P. Ehrenfreund, P. Feuchtgruber, F. Helmich, A. Heras, R. Huygen, R. Kester, D. Kunze, F. Lahuis, K. Leech, D. Lutz, P. Morris, T. Prusti, P. Roelfsema, A. Salama, S. Schaeidt, W. Schutte, H. Spoon, A. Tielens, E. Valentijn, B. VandenBusche, E. van Dishoeck, P. Wesselius, E. Wieprecht, C. Wright (1996) "SWS observations of solid CO2 in molecular clouds" Astronomy and Astrophysics: "First results from ISO", Vol.315, L 345
  26. A. Boogert, W. Schutte, A Tielens, D.C.B. Whittet, F. Helmich, P. Ehrenfreund, P. Wesselius, Th. de Graauw, T. Prusti (1996) "Solid methane toward deeply embedded protostars" Astronomy and Astrophysics: "First results from ISO", Vol.315, L 377
  27. B. Foing and P. Ehrenfreund (1997) "New evidences for interstellar C60+" Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters 317, L59
  28. P. Ehrenfreund, J. Cami, E. Dartois and B. Foing (1997) "Diffuse Interstellar Bands towards BD+63 1964. A new reference target" Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters 318, L28
  29. L. d'Hendecourt and P. Ehrenfreund (1997) (invited review) "Spectroscopic properties of PAHs and Astrophysical implications" Advances in Space Research 19/7, 1023
  30. P. Ehrenfreund and B. H. Foing (1997) (invited review) "Fullerenes in space" Advances in Space Research, 19/7, 1033
  31. J. Cami, P. Sonnentrucker, P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing (1997) "Diffuse interstellar bands in single clouds: new families and constraints on the carriers" Astronomy and Astrophysics 326, 822
  32. P. Ehrenfreund , L. d'Hendecourt, E. Dartois, M. Jourdain de Muizon, M. Breitfellner, J.L. Puget, H. Habing (1997) "ISO observations of interstellar ices and implications for comets" Icarus 130, 1
  33. P. Sonnentrucker, J. Cami, P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing (1997) "The diffuse bands at 5797, 6379 and 6613 Ang. Ionization properties of the carriers" Astronomy and Astrophysics 327, 1215
  34. P. Ehrenfreund , A. Boogert, P. Gerakines, A. G.G.M. Tielens, E.F. van Dishoeck (1997) "Infrared spectroscopy of interstellar apolar ice analogs" Astronomy and Astrophysics 328, 649
  35. P. Ehrenfreund and E.F. van Dishoeck (1998) "The search for solid O2 and N2 with ISO" Advances in Space Research 21,1/2, p. 15
  36. M. Jourdain de Muizon, L. d'Hendecourt, P. Ehrenfreund , E. Dartois, H. Habing, J.L. Puget, M. Breitfellner, (1998) "ISO observations of interstellar ices" Advances in Space Research 21, 1/2, p. 11
  37. D.C.B. Whittet, P. Gerakines, A. G.G.M. Tielens, A.J. Adamson, A. Boogert, J.E. Chiar, Th. de Graauw, P. Ehrenfreund , T. Prusti, W.A. Schutte, B. Vandenbussche, E.F. van Dishoeck (1998) "Detection of abundant CO2 ice in the quiescent dark cloud medium toward ELIAS 16" Astrophysical Journal Letters 498, L159
  38. W. Riedler, K. Torkar, F. Ruedenauer, M. Fehringer, R. Schmidt, H. Arends, R. Grard, E. Jessberger, R. Kassing, H. Alleyne, P. Ehrenfreund, A. Levasseur-Regourd, Ch. Koeberl, O. Havnes, W. Kloeck, E. Zinner and M. Rott (1998) "The MIDAS experiment for the Rosetta Mission" Advances in Space Research 21, 11, 1547
  39. P. Ehrenfreund, E.F. van Dishoeck, M. Burgdorf, J. Cami, P. van Hoof, A. G.G.M. Tielens, W.A. Schutte and W.F. Thi (1998) "Evolution of Southern Star-Forming regions" Astrophysics and Space Science 255, 83
  40. P. Ehrenfreund , E. Dartois, K. Demyk, L. d'Hendecourt (1998) "Ice segregation toward massive protostars" Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters 339, L17
  41. P. Ehrenfreund , A. Boogert, P. Gerakines, A. G.G.M. Tielens (1998) "Apolar ices" Faraday Discussion 109, Chemistry and Physics of Molecules and Grains in Space, The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 463
  42. M. Spaans & P. Ehrenfreund (1999) "The Interstellar Medium - a general introduction" in: Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research, eds. P. Ehrenfreund, K. Krafft, H. Kochan, V. Pirronello, Kluwer Academic Publisher, p. 1
  43. E. Dartois, W. Schutte, T. Geballe, K. Demyk, P. Ehrenfreund and L. d'Hendecourt (1999) "Methanol: the second most abundant ice species towards the high mass protostars RAFGL7009S and W33A" Astronomy and Astrophysics 342, L32
  44. W. Schutte, A. Boogert, A. Tielens, D. Whittet, P. Gerakines, J. Chiar, P. Ehrenfreund, J.M. Greenberg, E. van Dishoeck, T. de Graauw (1999) "Weak ice absorption features at 7.24 and 7.41 micron in the spectrum of the obscured young stellar object W 33A" Astronomy and Astrophysics 343, 966
  45. P. Ehrenfreund (1999) "Molecules on a Space Odyssey" Science 283, 1123
  46. C. Catala, J.F. Donati, T. Bohm, J. Landstreet, H. Henrichs, Y. Unruh, J. Hao, A. Collier-Cameron, C. Johns-Krull, L. Kaper, T. Simon, B. Foing, H. Cao, P. Ehrenfreund, A. Hatzes, L. Huang, J. De Jong, T. Kennelly, E. ten Kulve, C. Mulliss, J. Neff, J. Oliveira, C. Schrijvers, E. Stempels, J. Telting, N. Walton, D. Yang (1999) "Short -term spectroscopic variability in the pre-main sequence Herbig Ae star AB Aur during the MUSICOS 96 campaign" Astronomy and Astrophysics 345, 884
  47. P. Sonnentrucker, B.H. Foing, M. Breitfellner, P. Ehrenfreund (1999) "Distribution of gas, dust and 6613 Ang DIB carriers in the Perseus OB2 association" Astronomy and Astrophysics 346, 936
  48. O. Kerkhof, W.A. Schutte, P. Ehrenfreund (1999) "The infrared band strength of CH3OH, NH3and CH4 in laboratory simulations and astrophysical ice mixtures" Astronomy and Astrophysics 346, 990
  49. B. Vandenbussche, P. Ehrenfreund, A. Boogert, E. F. van Dishoeck, W. A. Schutte, P. Gerakines, J. Chiar, A.G.G.M. Tielens, J. Keane, D. C.B. Whittet, M. Breitfellner, M. Burgdorf (1999) "Constraints on the abundance of solid O2 in dense clouds from ISO-SWS observations" Astronomy and Astrophysics 346, L57
  50. J. Krelowski, P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing, T. P. Snow, T. Weselak, O'Tuairisg, G. Galazutdinov and F.A. Musaev (1999) "On the relation between diffuse interstellar bands and simple molecular species" Astronomy and Astrophysics 347, 235
  51. P. Gerakines, D. Whittet, P. Ehrenfreund, A. Boogert, A. Tielens, W. Schutte, J. Chiar, E. van Dishoeck, T. Prusti, F. Helmich, T. de Graauw (1999) "ISO-SWS observations of solid carbon dioxide in molecular clouds" Astrophysical Journal 522, 357
  52. P. Ehrenfreund, O. Kerkhof, W. Schutte, A. Boogert, P. Gerakines, E. Dartois, L. d'Hendecourt, A. Tielens, E. van Dishoeck, D. Whittet (1999) "Laboratory studies of thermally processed H2O-CH3OH-CO2 ice mixtures and their astrophysical implications" Astronomy and Astrophysics 350, 240
  53. P. Sonnentrucker, B.H. Foing, P. Ehrenfreund (1999) "Evidence for large organic molecules in the diffuse medium using optical high resolution spectroscopy" Advances in Space Research Vol. 24/4, 449
  54. P. Sonnentrucker, P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing, (1999) "New estimates of ionization potentials of four DIB molecular carriers" Advances in Space Research Vol. 24/4, 519
  55. E. Dartois, K. Demyk, L. d'Hendecourt, P. Ehrenfreund (1999) "Carbon dioxide-methanol intermolecular complexes in interstellar grain mantles" Astronomy and Astrophysics 351, 1066
  56. A. Boogert, P. Ehrenfreund, P. Gerakines, A. Tielens, D. Whittet, W. Schutte, E. van Dishoeck, T. de Graauw, L. Decin, T. Prusti (2000) "ISO-SWS observations of interstellar solid 13CO2 : heated ice and the galactic 12C/ 13C abundance ratio" Astronomy and Astrophysics 353, 349
  57. S. O'Tuairisg, J. Cami, B.H. Foing, P. Sonnentrucker and P. Ehrenfreund (2000) "A deep echelle survey and new analysis of diffuse interstellar bands" Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 142, 225
  58. P. Ehrenfreund (2000) "An ISO view on interstellar and cometary ice chemistry" in : Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials, Space Sciences Series of ISSI No.8, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dortrecht, 233 and Space Sciences Reviews 90, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dortrecht, 233 (1999)
  59. P. Ehrenfreund and W. Schutte (2000) "ISO observations of interstellar ices: Implications for the pristinity of comets" Advances in Space Research 25, No. 11, 2177
  60. E. Gibb, D.C.B. Whittet, W.A. Schutte, A.C.A. Boogert, J.E. Chiar, P. Ehrenfreund, P.A. Gerakines, J.V. Keane, A.G.G.M. Tielens, E.F. van Dishoeck and O. Kerkhof (2000) "An inventory of interstellar ices toward the embedded protostar W33A" Astrophysical Journal 536, 347
  61. G.A. Galazutdinov, J. Krelowski, F.A. Musaev, P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing (2000) "On the identification of the C60+ interstellar features" MNRAS 317, 750
  62. P. Ehrenfreund, S.B. Charnley (2000) "Organic molecules in the ISM, comets and meteorites": A voyage from dark clouds to the early Earth" Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 38, 427
  63. S.B. Charnley, P. Ehrenfreund, Y-J. Kuan (2001) "Spectroscopic diagnostic of organic chemistry in the protostellar environment" Spectrochimica Acta Part A 57, 685
  64. P. Ehrenfreund, O. Botta, D. Glavin, G. Cooper, G. Kminek, J. Bada (2001) "Extraterrestrial amino acids in Orgueil and Ivuna: Tracing the parent body of CI type carbonaceous chondrites" PNAS 98/5, 2138
  65. P. Ehrenfreund, M. Bernstein, J. Dworkin, S. Sandford, L. Allamandola, (2001) " The Photostability of Amino Acids in Space" J.Astrophysical Journal Letters 550, L95
  66. J. Keane, A. Boogert, A. Tielens, P. Ehrenfreund, W. Schutte (2001) "Bands of solid CO2 in the 2-3 mu m spectrum of S 140:IRS1" A&A 375, 43
  67. S.B. Charnley, S. Rodgers, P. Ehrenfreund (2001) "Gas-grain chemical models of star-forming molecular clouds as constrained by ISO and SWAS observations" A&A 378, 1024
  68. S.J. Adelman, T.P. Snow, E.L. Wood, I.I. Evans, C. Sneden, P. Ehrenfreund & B.H. Foing (2001) "An elemental abundance analysis of the mercury manganese star HD 29647" MNRAS 328, 1144-1150
  69. P. Ehrenfreund, L. d'Hendecourt, S.B. Charnley, R. Ruiterkamp (2001) "Energetic and thermal processing of interstellar ices" Journal Geophysical Research Vol. 106, E12, p.33291-33302
  70. R. Ruiterkamp, T. Halasinski, F. Salama, B. Foing, L.J. Allamandola, W. Schmidt, P. Ehrenfreund (2002) "Spectroscopy of large PAHs", A&A 390, 1153
  71. P. Ehrenfreund, J. Cami, J. Jimenez-Vincente, B.H. Foing, L. Kaper, A. van der Meer, N. Cox, L. d'Hendecourt, J.P. Maier, F. Salama, P. Sarre, T.P. Snow, P. Sonnentrucker (2002) "Detection of diffuse interstellar bands in the Magellanic Clouds", ApJ Lett. 576, L117
  72. P. Ehrenfreund, W. Irvine, L. Becker, J. Blank, J. Brucato, L. Colangeli, S. Derenne, D. Despois, A. Dutrey, H. Fraaije, A. Lazcano, T. Owen, F. Robert (2002) "Astrophysical and astrochemical insights into the origin of life", Reports on Progress in Physics 65, 10, 1427
  73. P. Ehrenfreund, S. D. Rodgers, S.B. Charnley (2002) "Physico-chemistry of comets: Models and Laboratory Experiments", Earth Moon and Planets 89, 221
  74. S.B. Charnley, S. D. Rodgers, P. Ehrenfreund (2002) "Chemical Processes in Cometary Comae", Earth Moon and Planets 90, 349
  75. L. Schriver-Mazzuoli, J. Coanga, A. Schriver, P. Ehrenfreund (2002) "Infrared spectra of (CH3)2O and (CH3)2O + H2O at low temperatures", Vibrational Spectroscopy 30, 245
  76. P. Ehrenfreund (2002) "Composition of comets and interstellar dust", Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 12, as presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU - 2000, ed. H. Rickman. San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 229-232
  77. Z. Kisiel, O. Desyatnyk, L. Pszezolkowski, S.B. Charnley, P. Ehrenfreund (2003) "Rotational spectra of quinoline and of isoquinoline: spectroscopic constants and electric dipole moments", J. Mol. Spectr. 217, 115-122
  78. P. Ehrenfreund, H. Fraser, J. Blum, J. Cartwright, J. Garcia-Ruiz, E. Hadamcik, A.C..Levasseur-Regourd, S. Price, F. Prodi, A. Sarkissian (ESA Topical Team on Physico-chemistry in space) (2003) "Physics and chemistry of icy particles in the universe: answers from microgravity", Planetary & Space Science 51, 473-494
  79. I.L. ten Kate, R. Ruiterkamp, O. Botta, B. Lehmann, C. Gomez-Hernandez, N. Boudin, B.H. Foing, P. Ehrenfreund (2003) "Complex organics on Mars", Int. Journal of Astrobiology 1/4, 387-399
  80. S. Rodgers, H. Butner, S. Charnley, P. Ehrenfreund (2003) "The HNC/HCN ratio in comets: observations of C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang)", Adv. Space Research 31, 2577-2582
  81. Z. Peeters, O. Botta, R. Ruiterkamp, S.B. Charnley, P. Ehrenfreund, (2003) "The Astrobiology of Nucleobases", ApJ Letters 593, L129-L132
  82. Y. Kuan, C. Yan, S.B. Charnley, Z. Kisiel, P. Ehrenfreund, H. Kuang (2003) "A Search for Interstellar Pyrimidine", MNRAS 345, 650-656
  83. S. Charnley, P. Ehrenfreund, T. Millar, A. Boogert, A. Markwick, H. Butner, R. Ruiterkamp, S. Rodgers (2004) "Observations test for grain chemistry: posterior isotopic labelling", MNRAS 347, 157
  84. Y. Unruh, J. Donati, A. Collier-Cameron, C. Catala, H.F. Herichs, C.M. Johns-Krull, B. Foing, J. Hao, J. Cao, J.D. Landstreet, H.C. Stempels, J.A. de Jong, J. Telting, N. Walton, P. Ehrenfreund, A. Hatzes, J. E. Neff, T. Boehm, T. Simon, L. Kaper, K. G. Strassmeier, Th. Granzer (2004) "Multisite observations of SU Aurigae", MNRAS 348, 1301-1320
  85. Y. Kuan, S.B. Charnley, H. Huang, Z. Kisiel, P. Ehrenfreund, W. Tseng, C. Yan (2004) "Searches for interstellar molecules of potential prebiotic importance", Special Issue: Space Life Sciences: Steps Toward Origin(s) of Life – Eds: M.P. Bernstein, M. Kress, R. Navarro-Gonzalez, F. Raulin, Advances in Space research 33/1, 31-39
  86. A. Schriver, J.M. Coanga, L. Schriver-Mazzuoli, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "FTIR studies of ultraviolet photo-dissociation at 10K of Dimethyl-ether in argon and nitrogen matrices, in the solid phase and in amorphous water ice", Chem. Phys. Lett., in press
  87. D. H. Wooden, S. B. Charnley, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "Composition and Evolution of Molecular Clouds", COMETS II, eds. M. Festou, H.U.Keller, H. Weaver, Univ. Arizona Press, in press
  88. P. Ehrenfreund, S.B. Charnley, D.H. Wooden (2004) "From ISM material to comet particles and molecules", COMETS II, eds. M. Festou, H.U.Keller, H. Weaver, Univ. Arizona Press, in press
  89. A. Boogert and P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "Interstellar ices", Astrophysics of Dust, ASP Conference Series, eds. A. Witt, B.T. Draine and G.C. Clayton, in press
  90. A. Schriver, J.M. Coanga, L. Schriver-Mazzuoli, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "Vibrational spectra between 10 and 170 K and UV photochemistry at 11 K of (CH2)2O thin films and (CH2)2O in amorphous water ice", Chem. Phys. Lett., submitted
  91. N. Cox, L. Kaper, M. Mokiem and P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "VLT/UVES spectroscopy of the heavily reddened HMXB 4U 1907+09(7): An O supergiant spectrum including strong diffuse interstellar bands", Astronomy and Astrophysics, submitted
  92. R. Ruiterkamp, N. Cox, M. Spaans, L. Kaper, F. Salama, B. H. Foing, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "The PAH charge state distribution in diffuse and translucent clouds: Implications for DIB carriers", Astronomy and Astrophysics, revised
  93. N. Cox, L. Kaper, M. Mokiem (2004) "VLT/UVES spectroscopy of the heavily reddened HMXB 4U 1907+09(7)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, revised
  94. N. Cox, L. Kaper, M.R. Mokiem, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "Strong diffuse interstellar bands in the line of sight towards HMXB 4U19007+09(7)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, revised
  95. J. Sollerman, N.L.J. Cox, S. Mattila, P. Ehrenfreund, L. Kaper, B. Leibundgut, P. Lundqvist, E. Baron (2004) "Diffuse interstellar bands in NGC 1448", Astronomy and Astrophysics, revised
  96. R. Ruiterkamp, Z. Peeters, M. Moore, R. Hudson, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "Comparison between UV and proton irradiation of benzene", Astronomy and Astrophysics, submitted
  97. R. Ruiterkamp, M. Moore, R. Hudson, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "Comparison between UV and proton irradiation of benzene in oxygen rich ices", Astronomy and Astrophysics, submitted
  98. R. Ruiterkamp, T. Halasinski, F. Salama, B. H. Foing, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "C84: a prototype of large fullerenes. Laboratory spectroscopy and astronomical search", Astronomy and Astrophysics, submitted
  99. N.L.J. Cox, M. Cordiner, J. Cami, P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing, P. Sarre, L. Kaper (2004) "DIBs in the LMC: where do they reside? Insights on the environmental conditions of DIB carrier formation", Astronomy and Astrophysics, submitted
  100. O. Botta, Z. Martins, P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "Relative Amino Acid Composition of CM1 Carbonaceous Chondrites", Geophysica & Geochemica Acta, submitted
  101. A. Skelley, J. Scherer, A. Aubrey, R. Ivester, P. Ehrenfreund, F. Grunthaner, J. Bada, R. Mathies (2004) "Development and Evaluation of a Microdevice for amino acid biomarker detection and analysis on Mars", PNAS, submitted

Invited reviews and conference papers:

  1. A. Leger, L. d'Hendecourt, L. Verstraete, P. Ehrenfreund (1989) "An almost total disjunction between emission and absorption dust features - what does it tell us ?" Proceedings of the 22nd Eslab Symposium on "Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomy" Salamanca, ESA SP-290, 189
  2. A. Leger, L. d'Hendecourt, L. Verstraete, P. Ehrenfreund (1990) "Small grains and large aromatic hydrocarbons" Proceedings of the NATO Colloquium"Chemistry in Space", Erice 1989 ed. by J.M. Greenberg & V. Pirronello, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 211
  3. P. Ehrenfreund, L. d'Hendecourt (1990) "Spectroscopic studies of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and PAH mixtures in the infrared and visible" Proceedings of the NATO Colloquium"Chemistry in Space", Erice 1989 ed. by J.M. Greenberg & V. Pirronello, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 443
  4. B.H. Foing, A. Collier-Cameron, P. Ehrenfreund, E. Houdebine (1990) "Circumstellar magnetic activity, flares and mass ejections in young stars" Proceedings of the 24th Eslab Symposium on "Formation of Stars and Planets and the Evolution of the Solar System", Friedrichshafen, ESA-SP 315, 53
  5. P. Ehrenfreund, F. Robert, L. d'Hendecourt (1990) "Infrared spectroscopy of a carbon extract from the Orgueil meteorite" Proceedings of the 24th Eslab Symposium on "Formation of Stars and Planets and the Evolution of the Solar System", Friedrichshafen, ESA-SP 315, 77
  6. A. Leger, L. d'Hendecourt, L. Verstraete, P. Ehrenfreund (1990) "Composition of the dust in the interstellar medium. Interpretation" ed. F. Sanchez & M. Vazquez, Cambridge University Press, 357
  7. L. d'Hendecourt, A. Leger, L. Verstraete, P. Ehrenfreund (1991) "Spectroscopy of PAH molecules" Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", ed. E. Bussoletti and G. Strazulla, Varenna, 91
  8. P. Ehrenfreund, L. d'Hendecourt, L. Verstraete, A. Leger, W. Schmidt (1992) "Search for the 4430 Ang DIB in the spectrum of coronene" Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 150, Sao Paulo,"Astrochemistry of cosmic phenomena", 135
  9. P. Ehrenfreund, F. Robert, L. d'Hendecourt, F. Behar (1992) "Interstellar and meteoritic organic matter at 3.4 micron" Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 150, Sao Paulo,"Astrochemistry of cosmic phenomena", 423
  10. P. Ehrenfreund, R. Breukers, L. d'Hendecourt, J.M. Greenberg (1992) "On the possible detection of solid O2 in interstellar grains" Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 150, Sao Paulo,"Astrochemistry of cosmic phenomena", 189
  11. P. Ehrenfreund and P. Jenniskens (1995) "The environment dependence of diffuse interstellar bands" Proceedings of the Meeting: Diffuse Interstellar Bands", Boulder, May 1994, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 105
  12. B.H. Foing and P. Ehrenfreund (1995) (invited review) "Diffuse interstellar bands in the near-infrared - a dedicated search for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fullerene cations" Proceedings of the Meeting: Diffuse Interstellar Bands", Boulder, May 1994, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 65
  13. P. Ehrenfreund and B.H. Foing (1995) (invited) "Diffuse interstellar bands and large carbon molecules" Proceedings of the Meeting: "First Franco-British Meeting on the Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium", Lille, July 1995 CCP7 Newsletters, October 1995, 18
  14. L. d'Hendecourt and P. Ehrenfreund (1996) (invited review) "Solid state infrared features: a diagnostic for chemical interactions between interstellar gas and grains" in: The Role of Dust in the Formation of Stars, ESO, eds. U. Kaeufl, R. Siebenmorgen, Springer Verlag, 301
  15. P. Ehrenfreund , W.A. Schutte, P. Gerakines (1996) "Infrared properties of isolated water ice" in: The Role of Dust in the Formation of Stars, ESO, eds. U. Kaeufl, R. Siebenmorgen, Springer Verlag, 309
  16. P. Ehrenfreund, A. Boogert, P. Gerakines, W. Schutte, W.F. Thi, A.G.G.M. Tielens, B. Vandenbussche, E.F. van Dishoeck and D.C.B. Whittet (1997) (invited review) "Ices in star-forming regions: Highlights from ISO, laboratory and theory" ESA Conference Proceedings: ISOPEAKS, First ISO Workshop on Analytical Spectroscopy, Madrid, Spain, October 6-8 1997, p. 3
  17. E.F. van Dishoeck, F. Helmich, W.A. Schutte, P. Ehrenfreund, F. Lahuis, A. Boogert, A.G.G.M. Tielens, P. Gerakines and D.C.B. Whittet (1998) (invited review) "ISO observations of gas and dust chemistry in star-forming regions" ASP Conference Proceedings, Star formation with ISO, eds. J. Yun and R. Liseau, ASPC 132,54
  18. Y. Unruh, J.F. Donati, L. Balona, T. Bohm, H. Cao, C. Catala, A. Collier-Cameron, P. Ehrenfreund, B. Foing, T. Granzer, J. Hao, A. Hatzes, H. Henrichs, C. Johns-Krull, J. De Jong, T. Kennelly, J. Landstreet, N. Morrison, C. Mullis, J. Neff, J. Oliveira, C. Schrijvers, T. Simon, E. Stempels, K. Strassmeier, J. Telting, N. Walton (1998) "MUSICOS Observations of SU Aur" ASP Conference Proceedings, The Tenth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, eds. R. Donahue and J. Bookbinder, ASPC 154, 2064
  19. J. Oliveira, B. Foing, Ph. Gondoin, E. Stempels, P. Sonnentrucker, R. Le Poole, P. Ehrenfreund, J. De Jong, C. Schrijvers, H. Henrichs (1998) "Circumstellar Variations and Microflaring in FK Comae Berenices: Time resolved Balmer Line Spectroscopy" ASP Conference Proceedings, The Tenth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, eds. R. Donahue and J. Bookbinder, ASPC 154, 1524
  20. J. Cami, P. Ehrenfreund, B.H. Foing (1998) "Observational constraints on the carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands" in: Formation and Evolution of Solids in space, ed. J.M. Greenberg, Erice 1998, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 167
  21. A. Brack, P. Ehrenfreund, V. Otroshchenko, F. Raulin (1999) "From interstellar chemistry to terrestrial life: Exposure experiments in Earth orbit" The 2nd European Symposium on the Utilisation of the International Space Station , ESA Publication SP-433, 455
  22. P. Ehrenfreund (1999) "Comparison of ices and silicates in comets and in the interstellar medium" (invited review) in: Solid State Astrophysics: The ISO Revolution, EDP Sciences, Springer Verlag, 231
  23. P. Ehrenfreund and A. Tielens (1999) "ISO observations and laboratory studies of interstellar ices in star-forming regions" in: The Physics and Chemistry of the interstellar medium, 3rd Cologne-Zermatt Symposium, eds. V. Ossenkopf, J. Stutzki, G. Winnewisser, GCA Verlag Herdecke, p. 363.
  24. E. van Dishoeck, J.H. Black, A. Boogert, A. Boonman, P. Ehrenfreund, P. Gerakines, Th. de Graauw, F.P. Helmich, J. Keane, F. Lahuis, W. Schutte, A. Tielens, D. Whittet, C. Wright, M. van den Ancker, G.A. Blake, M. Creech-Eakman, L.B.F.M. Waters, P. Wesselius (1999) "ISO spectroscopy of young stellar objects" in: The Universe seen by ISO, ESA Publication SP-427, p. 437
  25. L. d'Hendecourt, M. Jourdain de Muizon E. Dartois, K. Demyk, P. Ehrenfreund, A. Heras (1999) "ISO -SWS Observations of protostars: The relevance of laboratory ice simulations" in: The Universe seen by ISO, ESA Publication SP-427, p. 589
  26. P. Mahaffy, M. A'Hearn, S. Atreya, A. Bar-Nun, P. Bruston, M. Cabane, G. Carignan, P. Coll, J. Crifo, P. Ehrenfreund, D. Harpold, S. Gorevan, G. Israel, W. Kasprzak, M. Mumma, H. Niemann, T. Owen, F. Raulin, W. Riedler, W. Schutte, R. Sternberg, G. Strazzulla (1999) " The Champollion Cometary Molecular Analysis Experiment" Pergamon Press for the Committee on Space Research, 349
  27. E. Kennelly, T. Brown, P. Ehrenfreund, B. Foing, J. Hao, S. Horner, S. Korzennik, P. Nisenson, R. Noyes, P. Sonnentrucker (1999) "Doppler Imaging of Stellar Oscillations: Multi-Site Observations of Epsilon Cephei" IAU Colloquium 170, ASP Conference Series Vol. 185, eds. J. Hearnshaw & C. Scarfe, p. 264
  28. K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, W.F. Huebner , A.C. Levasseur-Regourd (2000) "Cometary Materials: Progress toward understanding the composition in the outer Solar Nebula" in : Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials, Space Sciences Series of ISSI No.8, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dortrecht, 373
  29. P. Ehrenfreund and W.A. Schutte (2000) "Infrared observations of interstellar ices" (invited review) ASP Conference Proceedings, IAU 197 "Astrochemistry: From Molecular Clouds to Planetary Systems", eds. Y.C. Minh & E.F. van Dishoeck, 135
  30. G. Munoz, V. Mennella, R. Ruiterkamp, W. A. Schutte, J.M. Greenberg, P. Ehrenfreund (2000) "UV photolysis of carbon based materials under simulated dense and diffuse cloud circumstances" Astron. Soc. of the Pacific 196, 333
  31. P. Ehrenfreund, P. Sonnentrucker, S. O'Tuairisg, J. Cami and B.H. Foing (2001) "The diffuse interstellar bands and organic molecules in space" (invited review) Proceedings of the Workshop: The Bridge between the Big Bang and Biology, Stromboli, September 1999, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy, President Bureau, ed. F. Giovannelli, Special Volume, p. 150
  32. P. Ehrenfreund, K. Menten (2001) "From Molecular Clouds to the Origin of life" Lecture Notes in Physics: Astrobiology: The Quest for the conditions of life, eds. G. Horneck, C. Baumstark-Khan, Springer Verlag, p. 7-24
  33. P. Ehrenfreund & S.B. Charnley (2001) "From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology" Proc. First European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Frascati, ESA-SP-496, p. 35-42
  34. R. Ruiterkamp, P. Ehrenfreund, B. Foing, F. Salama (2001) "Organics Experiments on the International Space Station" ESA SP-496, 137
  35. E. van Dishoeck, E. Dartois, W. Thi, L. d'Hendecourt, A. Tielens, P. Ehrenfreund, W. Schutte, K. Pontoppidan, K. Demyk, J. Keane, A. Boogert (2002) " Ices in Star-forming regions: First results from VLT-ISAAC", Proceedings of the ESO Workshop: The Origins of stars and planets: The VLT View, Garching, 238
  36. O. Botta, D.P. Glavin, E. Pierazzo, P. Ehrenfreund, J.L. Bada (2002) "Exogeneous material delivery to Earth-like planets and moons", ESLAB, ESA-SP 514, 173
  37. I.L. ten Kate, R. Ruiterkamp, O. Botta, B. Lehmann, C. Gomez-Hernandez, N. Boudin, B.H. Foing, P. Ehrenfreund (2002) "Laboratory studies on complex organic molecules on Mars - Part I Rationale", ESLAB, ESA-SP 514, 293
  38. I.L. ten Kate, R. Ruiterkamp, O. Botta, B. Lehmann, C. Gomez-Hernandez, N. Boudin, B.H. Foing, P. Ehrenfreund (2002) "Laboratory studies on complex organic molecules on Mars - Part 2-3 - Experimental set-up and current status", 2nd European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology Graz, ESA-SP 518, 81
  39. N. Cox, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Cami, J. Jimenez-Vincente, B.H. Foing, L. Kaper, A. van der Meer, L. d'Hendecourt, J.P. Maier, F. Salama, P. Sarre, T.P. Snow, P. Sonnentrucker (2002) "Complex carbon chemistry and the diffuse interstellar bands in the Magellanic clouds", 2nd European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology Graz, ESA-SP 518, 447
  40. P. Ehrenfreund, W. Irvine, L. Becker, J. Blank, J. Brucato, L. Colangeli, S. Derenne, D. Despois, A. Dutrey, H. Fraaije, A. Lazcano, T. Owen, F. Robert (2002) "Astrophysical and astrochemical insights into the origin of life", 2nd European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology Graz, ESA-SP 518, 9
  41. R. Ruiterkamp, T. Halasinski, F. Salama, B. Foing, L. Allamandola, W. Schmidt,
    P. Ehrenfreund (2002) "Laboratory Calibration Studies in Support of an ISS Exposure Experiment and Comparison to the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, NASA/CP-2002-211863, 149-152
  42. P. Ehrenfreund & H. Fraser (2003) "Ice chemistry in space", in Solid state Astrochemistry, NATO ASI Series, eds. V. Pirronello & J. Krelowski, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p 317-356
  43. P. Lundquist, S. Mattila, J. Sollerblom, E. Baron, P. Ehrenfreund, C. Fransson, B. Leibundgut, K. Nomoto (2003) "High resolution studies of nearby Type Ia supernovae", IAU Coll. 192, eds. J.M. Marcaide, K. W. Weiler
  44. S.B. Charnley, P. Ehrenfreund, Y. Kuan (2003) "Molecules in Space", Physics World, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd, October 2003, 35-38
  45. P. Ehrenfreund and H.J. Cleaves (2003) "Origin of Life", Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets, 22-25 April 2003, Heidelberg, Germany. Eds: M. Fridlund & T. Henning, ESA Publications Division, ESA-SP 539, 195-203
  46. P. Ehrenfreund, N. Cox, J. Cami, B.H. Foing, L. Kaper, L. d’Hendecourt, J.P. Maier, F. Salama, P. Sarre, T.P. Snow, P. Sonnentrucker (2004) "Diffuse interstellar bands and carbon chemistry in the Magellanic Clouds" XXVth General Assembly of the IAU 2003, ed. T. Millar San Francisco CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, in press
  47. P. Ehrenfreund and O. Botta (2004) "Cometary chemistry: constraints from observations and laboratory simulations" XXVth General Assembly of the IAU - 2003, eds. W. Huebner, U. Keller, P. Ehrenfreund, San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, in press
  48. J. Oro, A. Lazcano, and P. Ehrenfreund (2004) "Comets and the origin and evolution of life", in Comets and the origin and evolution of life, Springer Verlag eds. Thomas, P. J., Chyba, C. F., McKay, C. P., in press

Books

  1. Editor: P. Ehrenfreund, K. Krafft, H. Kochan, V. Pirronello "Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research" (685 pages) Kluwer Academic Publisher, Astrophysics and Space Science Library ASSL, 1999
  2. Guest-Editor: P. Ehrenfreund, K. Krafft, H. Kochan, V. Pirronello "Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research" Earth, Moon and Planets Vol. 80, 1/3, Special Issue, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998
  3. Editor: P. Ehrenfreund and F. Robert "New Insights into complex organics in space" Advances in Space Research 24/4, COSPAR 1998, Elsevier, 1999
  4. Guest-Editor: P. Ehrenfreund and H. Kochan "Laboratory Studies and Observations on Dust, Ices and Organics in the Solar System" Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C, Solar-Terrestrial and Planetary Science, Vol. 24, 579, 1999
  5. Editor: K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, W. Huebner "Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials" Space Science Reviews 90,1-2, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999
  6. Editor: K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, W. Huebner "Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials" (411 pages) Space Sciences Series of ISSI No.8, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000
  7. Guest-Editor: P. Ehrenfreund and H. Kochan "Laboratory investigations supporting planetary space missions" Planetary and Space Science Vol. 48, Elsevier, 2000
  8. Co-Editor: P. Ehrenfreund, O. Angerer, B. Battrick "Exo-/Astrobiology", First European Workshop, Frascati May 2001, ESA-SP 496, 2001 (444 pages)
  9. Editor: P. Ehrenfreund et al. "Astrobiology: Future Perspectives" Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, 2004

Recent reviews and publications in press

  1. Pascale Ehrenfreund & Helen Fraser (2003) "Ice chemistry in space" in Solid state Astrochemistry, NATO ASI Series, eds. V. Pirronello & J. Krelowski, Kluwer Academic Publishers, in press [ps.gz (4MB)/pdf (2MB)]
  2. P. Ehrenfreund, W. Irvine, L. Becker, J. Blank, J. Brucato, L. Colangeli, S. Derenne, D. Despois, A. Dutrey, H. Fraaije, A. Lazcano, T. Owen, F. Robert (2002) "Astrophysical and astrochemical insights into the origin of life", Reports on Progress in Physics 65, 10, 1427[pdf(1MB) /ps.gz(1MB)]
  3. Pascale Ehrenfreund, Daniel Glavin, Oliver Botta, George Cooper and Jeffrey L. Bada (2001) " Extraterrestrial amino acids in Orgueil and Ivuna: Tracing the parent body of CI type carbonaceous chondrites" PNAS 98, pp. 2138-2141 [pdf(0.9MB)]
  4. P. Ehrenfreund & S.B. Charnley (2001) "From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology" Proc. First European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Frascati, ESA-SP-496, p. 35-42[ps(2 MB)/pdf(0.9MB)]
  5. Pascale Ehrenfreund & Karl Menten (2001) "From Molecular Clouds to the Origin of life" Lecture Notes in Physics: Astrobiology: The Quest for the conditions of life, Springer Verlag, eds. G. Horneck & C. Baumstark-Khan, p.7 [ps(8.9 MB)/pdf(1.3MB)]
  6. Pascale Ehrenfreund, Louis d'Hendecourt,Steven B. Charnley, R. Ruiterkamp (2001) "Energetic and thermal processing of interstellar ices" Journal Geophysical Research Vol. 106, No.E12, p. 33291-33302 [ps(1.3MB)/pdf (0.8MB) ]
  7. Steven B. Charnley, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Y.J. Kuan (2001) "Spectroscopic diagnostic of organic chemistry in the protostellar environment" Spectrochimica Acta Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Vol. 57/4, pp 685-704 [ps.gz (1.7MB)/pdf (0.5MB) ]
  8. P. Ehrenfreund, P. Sonnentrucker, S. O'Tuairisg, J. Cami and B.H. Foing (2001) "The diffuse interstellar bands and organic molecules in space" (invited review), Proceedings of the Workshop: The Bridge between the Big Bang and Biology, Stromboli 1999, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche of Italy, ed. F. Giovannelli, Special Volume, p. 150 [ps (0.6MB)/pdf (0.3MB) ]
  9. Pascale Ehrenfreund and Steven B. Charnley (2000) "Organic molecules in the interstellar medium, comets and meteorites: A Voyage from dark clouds to the early Earth" Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics Vol 38, pp. 427-483 [ps.gz (1.9MB)/pdf (1.7MB) ]
  10. Pascale Ehrenfreund & Willem A. Schutte (2000) "Infrared Observations of Interstellar Ices" Astro.Soc. of the Pac., p.135-197: Astrochemistry Molecular Clouds to Planetary Systems eds. Y.C. Minh & E.F. van Dishoeck [ps (0.2MB)/pdf (0.2MB)]
  11. Marco Spaans & Pascale Ehrenfreund (1999) "The Interstellar Medium: a General Introduction" in: Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research, eds. P. Ehrenfreund, K. Krafft, H. Kochan, V. Pirronello, Kluwer Acad. Publisher, p.1 [ps (1.5MB)/pdf (0.5MB)]