List of works by Paul R. Mahaffy

A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

A Two-Step K-Ar Experiment on Mars: Dating the Diagenetic Formation of Jarosite from Amazonian Groundwaters

scholarly article

A comparison of the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn: deep atmospheric composition, cloud structure, vertical mixing, and origin

scientific article

A low-temperature origin for the planetesimals that formed Jupiter

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A new extraction technique for in situ analyses of amino and carboxylic acids on Mars by gas chromatography mass spectrometry

article published in 2006

Abiotic input of fixed nitrogen by bolide impacts to Gale crater during the Hesperian. Insights from the Mars Science Laboratory

Abundance and isotopic composition of gases in the martian atmosphere from the Curiosity rover

scientific article

Abundances and implications of volatile-bearing species from evolved gas analysis of the Rocknest aeolian deposit, Gale Crater, Mars

Alteration of the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition in the Martian surface rocks due to cosmic ray exposure

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Application of TMAH thermochemolysis to the detection of nucleobases: Application to the MOMA and SAM space experiment

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Background levels of methane in Mars’ atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

scientific article published in Science

Billion-year exposure ages in Gale crater (Mars) indicate Mount Sharp formed before the Amazonian period

scientific article

Characterization of nitrogen-incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond as a robust cold cathode material

Chemical composition measurements of the atmosphere of Jupiter with the Galileo Probe mass spectrometer

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Chemistry, mineralogy, and grain properties at Namib and High dunes, Bagnold dune field, Gale crater, Mars: A synthesis of Curiosity rover observations.

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Chlorate/Fe‐Bearing Phase Mixtures as a Possible Source of Oxygen and Chlorine Detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument in Gale Crater, Mars

scholarly article by J. V. Hogancamp et al published November 2018 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars. ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 June 2018

Composition and origin of the atmosphere of Jupiter—an update, and implications for the extrasolar giant planets

scientific article published in February 2003

Constraints on the Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars, From Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars Evolved Gas Analyses

scholarly article by Amy C. McAdam et al published November 2020 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Coordinated analyses of Antarctic sediments as Mars analog materials using reflectance spectroscopy and current flight-like instruments for CheMin, SAM and MOMA

Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars: characterization and analysis of the Rocknest sand shadow

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Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

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Detection of trace organics in Mars analog samples containing perchlorate by laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 26 January 2015

Development of a gas chromatography compatible Sample Processing System (SPS) for the in-situ analysis of refractory organic matter in martian soil: preliminary results

Development of an evolved gas-time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the Volatile Analysis by Pyrolysis of Regolith (VAPoR) instrument

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Did life exist on Mars? Search for organic and inorganic signatures, one of the goals for “SAM” (sample analysis at Mars)

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Discordant K-Ar and young exposure dates for the Windjana sandstone, Kimberley, Gale Crater, Mars

Early MAVEN Deep Dip campaign reveals thermosphere and ionosphere variability

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Effects of Global and Regional Dust Storms on the Martian Hot O Corona and Photochemical Loss

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Effects of a Solar Flare on the Martian Hot O Corona and Photochemical Escape

scholarly article by Yuni Lee et al published 25 July 2018 in Geophysical Research Letters

Erratum: Kronos: exploring the depths of Saturn with probes and remote sensing through an international mission

Evaluation of the robustness of chromatographic columns in a simulated highly radiative Jovian environment

Evidence for indigenous nitrogen in sedimentary and aeolian deposits from the Curiosity rover investigations at Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Evidence for perchlorates and the origin of chlorinated hydrocarbons detected by SAM at the Rocknest aeolian deposit in Gale Crater

scholarly article

Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune

scholarly article by Brad Sutter et al published December 2017 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Fingerprinting Non-Terran Biosignatures.

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

First Detections of Dichlorobenzene Isomers and Trichloromethylpropane from Organic Matter Indigenous to Mars Mudstone in Gale Crater, Mars: Results from the Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument Onboard the Curiosity Rover

scientific article published on 26 December 2019

Global circulation of Mars' upper atmosphere

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Higher order parametric excitation modes for spaceborne quadrupole mass spectrometers

scientific article published on 01 December 2011

Hydrogen escape from Mars is driven by seasonal and dust storm transport of water

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

In Situ Geochronology on Mars and the Development of Future Instrumentation. ⬇️

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In situ analysis of martian regolith with the SAM experiment during the first mars year of the MSL mission: Identification of organic molecules by gas chromatography from laboratory measurements

In situ measurement of atmospheric krypton and xenon on Mars with Mars Science Laboratory

scholarly article

In situ radiometric and exposure age dating of the martian surface

scientific article

Influence of Calcium Perchlorate on the Search for Organics on Mars with Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide Thermochemolysis

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

Intensive Titan exploration begins

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Ion Densities in the Nightside Ionosphere of Mars: Effects of Electron Impact Ionization

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Isotope ratios of H, C, and O in CO2 and H2O of the martian atmosphere

scientific article

Isotopic and geochemical investigation of two distinct Mars analog environments using evolved gas techniques in Svalbard, Norway

article published in 2013

Kronos: exploring the depths of Saturn with probes and remote sensing through an international mission

Large sulfur isotope fractionations in Martian sediments at Gale crater

scholarly article

Light and variable 37 Cl/ 35 Cl ratios in rocks from Gale Crater, Mars: Possible signature of perchlorate

scholarly article by K.A. Farley et al published March 2016 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Low upper limit to methane abundance on Mars

scientific article

Lunar soil hydration constrained by exospheric water liberated by meteoroid impacts

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

MAVEN Observations of Ionospheric Irregularities at Mars

scholarly article

MAVEN observations of the response of Mars to an interplanetary coronal mass ejection

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MHD model results of solar wind interaction with Mars and comparison with MAVEN plasma observations

scholarly article by Y. J. Ma et al published 5 November 2015 in Geophysical Research Letters

Magnesium sulfate as a key mineral for the detection of organic molecules on Mars using pyrolysis

scholarly article by P. François et al published January 2016 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Major Volatiles Evolved From Eolian Materials in Gale Crater

scholarly article by Jennifer C. Stern et al published 12 October 2018 in Geophysical Research Letters

Mars Extant Life: What's Next? Conference Report ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation

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Mars Trace Gas Fluxes: Critical Strategies and Implications for the Upcoming Decade

scientific article

Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater

scientific article (publication date: 16 December 2014)

Mars' atmospheric history derived from upper-atmosphere measurements of 38Ar/36Ar.

scientific article published on March 2017

Mars's Dayside Upper Ionospheric Composition Is Affected by Magnetic Field Conditions

scientific article published on 12 April 2019

Metallic ions in the upper atmosphere of Mars from the passage of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) ⬇️

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Methane and related trace species on Mars: Origin, loss, implications for life, and habitability

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Microfabricated silicon leak for sampling planetary atmospheres with a mass spectrometer

scientific article published on June 2007

Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity

scholarly article by Elizabeth B. Rampe et al published May 2020 in Geochemistry

Mitigation of the impact of terrestrial contamination on organic measurements from the Mars Science Laboratory

scientific article

Noble gas abundance and isotope ratios in the atmosphere of Jupiter from the Galileo Probe Mass Spectrometer

scientific article published in 2000

On the Altitude Patterns of Photo‐Chemical‐Equilibrium in the Martian Ionosphere: A Special Role for Electron Temperature

Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published in Science

Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

Perchlorate formation on Mars through surface radiolysis-initiated atmospheric chemistry: A potential mechanism

scientific article (publication date: August 2016)

Performance of the SAM gas chromatographic columns under simulated flight operating conditions for the analysis of chlorohydrocarbons on Mars

scientific article published on 21 April 2019

Photochemical escape of oxygen from Mars: First results from MAVEN in situ data

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Planning for a Mars in situ sample preparation and distribution (SPAD) system

scientific article published in January 2004

Primordial argon isotope fractionation in the atmosphere of Mars measured by the SAM instrument on Curiosity and implications for atmospheric loss

scientific article

Recovery of Fatty Acids from Mineralogic Mars Analogs by TMAH Thermochemolysis for the Sample Analysis at Mars Wet Chemistry Experiment on the Curiosity Rover

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Seasonal Variability of Deuterium in the Upper Atmosphere of Mars

Seasonal Variations in Atmospheric Composition as Measured in Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

journal article from 'Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets' published in 2019

Significant Space Weather Impact on the Escape of Hydrogen From Mars

scholarly article by Majd Mayyasi et al published 4 September 2018 in Geophysical Research Letters

Sources of Ionospheric Variability at Mars

Structure and composition of the neutral upper atmosphere of Mars from the MAVEN NGIMS investigation

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Sublimation extraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: A new technique for future in situ analyses of purines and pyrimidines on Mars

Sulfur-bearing phases detected by evolved gas analysis of the Rocknest aeolian deposit, Gale Crater, Mars

TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission ⬇️

journal article

The Galileo probe mass spectrometer: composition of Jupiter's atmosphere

scientific article

The Mars Science Laboratory Organic Check Material

scholarly article published in 2012

The Methane Diurnal Variation and Microseepage Flux at Gale Crater, Mars as Constrained by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Curiosity Observations

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

The Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission

The Neutral Mass Spectrometer on the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer Mission

article by Paul R. Mahaffy et al published 24 April 2014 in Space Science Reviews

The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite

article

The composition of the Jovian atmosphere as determined by the Galileo probe mass spectrometer

scientific article published on September 1998

The imprint of atmospheric evolution in the D/H of Hesperian clay minerals on Mars

scientific article (publication date: 16 December 2014)

The influence of mineralogy on recovering organic acids from Mars analogue materials using the “one-pot” derivatization experiment on the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite

scholarly article by F. Stalport et al published July 2012 in Planetary and Space Science

The nitrate/(per)chlorate relationship on Mars

scholarly article

The sustainability of habitability on terrestrial planets: Insights, questions, and needed measurements from Mars for understanding the evolution of Earth-like worlds

TiME - The Titan Mare Explorer

Unique capabilities of AC frequency scanning and its implementation on a Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer linear ion trap.

scientific article published on 26 May 2017

Unique, non-Earthlike, meteoritic ion behavior in upper atmosphere of Mars ⬇️

scholarly article

Variability of helium, neon, and argon in the lunar exosphere as observed by the LADEE NMS instrument

scholarly article by M. Benna et al published 28 May 2015 in Geophysical Research Letters

Variations of the Martian plasma environment during the ICME passage on 8 March 2015: A time-dependent MHD study

scholarly article

Volatile Analysis by Pyrolysis of Regolith for planetary resource exploration

Volatile Detections in Gale Crater Sediment and Sedimentary Rock

scientific article

Volatile and Isotopic Imprints of Ancient Mars

scientific article published in 2015

Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

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Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of martian fines with the Mars Curiosity rover

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