Refereed Publications

N. Kulkarni, P. Lubin, Q. Zhang (2018). Relativistic Spacecraft Propelled by Directed Energy, AJ, 155, 155 (arXiv:1710.10732).

Q. Zhang (2018). Prospects for Backtracing 1I/ʻOumuamua and Future Interstellar Objects, ApJL, 851, L13 (arXiv:1712.08059).

Q.-Z. Ye, Q. Zhang, M. S. P. Kelley, P. G. Brown (2017). 1I/2017 U1 (ʻOumuamua) is Hot: Imaging, Spectroscopy and Search of Meteor Activity, ApJL, 851, L5 (arXiv:1711.02320).

P. Lubin, G. B. Hughes, et al. (2016). Directed energy missions for planetary defense, ASR, 58, 1093 (arXiv:1604.03511).

Q. Zhang, K. J. Walsh, C. Melis, G. B. Hughes, PM Lubin (2016). Orbital Simulations on Deflecting Near-Earth Objects by Directed Energy, PASP, 128, 045001 (arXiv:1601.03690).

Selected Conference Proceedings & Presentations

Q. Zhang, P. M. Lubin, G. B. Hughes (2017). Long-period comet impact risk mitigation with Earth-based laser arrays, Proc. SPIE, 10401, 1040104 (SPIE Optics + Photonics: Aug 2017; San Diego, CA).

Q. Zhang, P. M. Lubin, G. B. Hughes (2016). Simulations of directed energy comet deflection, Proc. SPIE, 9981, 998108 (SPIE Optics + Photonics: Aug 2016; San Diego, CA).

Q. Zhang, P. M. Lubin, G. B. Hughes, C. Melis, K. J. Walsh (2015). Orbital simulations of laser-propelled spacecraft, Proc. SPIE, 9616, 961608 (SPIE Optics + Photonics: Aug 2015; San Diego, CA).

Q. Zhang, K. J. Walsh, C. Melis, G. B. Hughes, P. M. Lubin (2015). Orbital simulations on the deflection of near Earth objects by directed energy, Proc. SPIE, 9616, 961604 (SPIE Optics + Photonics: Aug 2015; San Diego, CA).

Q. Zhang, K. J. Walsh, C. Melis, G. B. Hughes, P. M. Lubin (2015). Orbital Simulations for Directed Energy Deflection of Near-Earth Asteroids, Procedia Engineering, 103, 671 (Hypervelocity Impact Symposium: Apr 2015; Boulder, CO).