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Selected Publications by I. Simonia

  1. Simonia I. Ultraviolet and Infrared Luminescence of Near-Earth Objects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 528 (1), pp.815 -820, 2024. DOI:10.1093/mnras/stad3992
  2. Simonia I. Dust Luminescence and Gas Fluorescence in the CED 201 Nebula. Astrophysics Vol. 64 (4), pp.481-489, 2021. DOI:10.1007/s10511-021-09709-9
  3. Simonia I., Nabiyev Sh. Interplanetary Nanodust as a Final Stage of Evolution of the Solid Substance of Small Bodies of the Solar System. Planetary & Space Science, vol.194, 2020, id.105096. DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2020.105096 
  4. Simonia I., Gucsik A. Photoluminescence and Cathodoluminescence of the Solid Cometary Substance. Open Astronomy, Vol. 28, (1), pp.1-12, 2019. DOI:10.1515/astro-2019-0003
  5. Simonia I. Diffuse Interstellar Bands as Absorption by Frozen Oriented Gas. Astrophysics, Vol. 62 (1), pp.79-91, 2019. DOI:10.1007/s10511-019-09566-7
  6. Simonia I. The Astronomical Significance of the Manuscript “Star book.” Scholars’ Press, 2018. The monograph, ISBN 978-620-2-31242-4.
  7. Simonia I., Cruikshank D. Organic Molecules in the Icy Bodies of Planetary Systems – Accepted Notions and New Ideas. Open Astronomy, Vol. 27 (1), pp.341-355, 2018. DOI:10.1515/astro-2018-0038
  8. Simonia I. Possible Thermoluminescence of the Solid Cometary Substance. The Astronomical Journal, 152:87, (8pp), 2016. DOI:10.3847/0004-6256/152/4/87
  9. Arnold Gucsik, Ildikó Gyollai, Hirotsugu Nishido, Kiyotaka Ninagawa, Matthew M. R. Izawa, Cornelia Jäger, Ulrich Ott, Irakli Simonia, Szaniszló Bérczi, and Masahiro Kayama. Cathodoluminescence and Raman Spectromicroscopy of Forsterite in Tagish Lake Meteorite: Implications for Astromineralogy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Spectroscopy Vol. 2016, Article ID 1751730, 8 pages  DOI:10.1155/2016/1751730
  10. Jijelava Badri, and Irakli Simonia. “Megalithic Monument of Abuli, Georgia, and Possible Astronomical Significance.” Indian Journal of Science and Technology 9, no. 31 (2016): 1-5. DOI:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i31/91741
  11. Jijelava Badri, Jarita Holbrook, Irakli Simonia. “Astronomical Context of Georgian Folklore”. Indian Journal of Science and Technology 9, no. 37 (2016): 1-8. DOI:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i37/94312
  12. Simonia I., Nabiyev Sh. Nano-metric Dust Particles as a Hardly Detectable Component of the Interplanetary Dust Cloud. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Vol. 36 (3), pp.409-419, 2015. DOI:10.1007/s12036-015-9347-8
  13. Gudipati Murthy S.; Abou Mrad Ninette, Blum Jürgen, Charnley Steven B., Chiavassa Thierry, Cordiner Martin A., Mousis Olivier, Danger Grégoire, Duvernay Fabrice, Gundlach Bastian, Hartogh Paul, Marboeuf Ulysse, Simonia Irakli, Simonia Tsitsino, Theulé Patrice, Yang Rui. Laboratory Studies Towards Understanding Comets. Space Science Reviews, Vol. 197 (1-4), pp. 101-150, 2015. DOI:10.1007/s11214-015-0192-5
  14. Simonia Irakli, Abuladze Tamar, Chkhikvadze Nestan, Samkurashvili Liana, Simonia Tsitsino, Pataridze Ketevan, Meladze George. Astronomical Manuscripts in Georgia, Ilia State University Press, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2015, ISBN 978-9941-18-225-9. 
  15. Simonia Irakli, Jijelava Badri. Astronomy in the Ancient Caucasus. Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Enthoastronomy, ISBN 978-1-4614-6140-1. 2015.
  16. Gucsik Arnold, Endo, Taro, Nishido Hirotsugu, Ninagawa Kiyotaka, Kayama Masahiro, Bérczi Szaniszló, Nagy Szabolcs, Ábrahám Péter, Kimura, Yuki, Miura Hitoshi, Gyollai, Ildikó, Simonia Irakli, Rózsa Péter, Posta József, Apai Dániel, Mihály Krisztián, Nagy Mihály, Ott Ulrich. Cathodoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy of forsterite from Kaba meteorite: An application to the study of hydrothermal alteration of parent body. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol. 48 (12), pp. 2577-2596, 2013. DOI:10.1111/maps.12238
  17. Simonia Irakli. Organic molecules of cometary substance. First International Conference on Chemical Evolution of Star Forming Regions and Origin of Life. Astrochem2012. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1543 (1), pp.99-114, 2013.
  18. Gucsik Arnold, Hirotsugu Nishido, Kiyotaka Ninagawa, Ulrich Ott, Akira Tsuchiyama, Masahiro Kayama, Irakli Simonia, Irakli Jean-Paul Boudou. “Cathodoluminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Micro- and Nanodiamonds: An Implication for Laboratory Astrophysics.” Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18, no. 6 (2012): 1285-91. DOI:10.1017/s143192761201330x
  19. Simonia I. Organic Molecules of Cometary Substance. First international Conference on Chemical Evolution of Star Forming Regions and Origin of Life. Astrochem 2012. AIP conference proceedings 1543 (1), 99-114, 2013.  DOI:10.1063/1.4812604
  20. Simonia I., Simonia T.  Substances of the Ancient Cosmology. The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI. Proceedings of a conference held October 18-23, 2009 in Venezia, Italy. Edited by Enrico Maria Corsini. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 441. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, pp.409 -413, 2011.
  21. Simonia Irakli. Organic component of cometary ice. Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 332 (1), pp.91-98, 2011. DOI:10.1007/s10509-010-0486-8
  22. Simonia Irakli. Frozen Hydrocarbons in Comets. The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 141 (2), article id. 56, 6 pp. 2011. DOI:10.1088/0004-6256/141/2/56
  23. Simonia Irakli, Ruggles Clive, Bakhtadze Nodar. An astronomical investigation of the seventeen hundred year old Nekresi fire temple. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 12 (3), pp. 235 – 239, 2009. 
  24. Simonia I.; Ruggles C.; Chagunava R. Ethnographic and literary reflections on ancient Georgian astronomical heritage. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 11 (3), pp. 213 – 218, 2008.
  25. Simonia I. On the possible luminescence nature of unidentified cometary emissions. Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 312 (1-2), pp. 27-33, 2007.  DOI:10.1007/s10509-007-9608-3
  26. Simonia Irakli. “On the Nature of Unidentified Cometary Emission Lines.” Solar System Research 41, no. 2 (2007): 129-31.  DOI:10.1134/S0038094607020050
  27. Simonia Irakli. “Luminescence of Cosmic Dust: A Result of the Interaction of Radiation with Solid Matter.” Astrophysics 50, no. 4 (2007): 548-51. DOI:10.1007/s10511-007-0051-5
  28. Simonia I. A., Mikailov Kh. M. Photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence by cosmic dust. Astronomy Reports, Vol. 50 (12), pp. 960-964, 2006. DOI:10.1134/S106377290612002x
  29. Simonia I., Simonia Ts. Metal Artifacts as a Mirror of Ancient Georgian Astronomical World View. In Current Studies in Archaeoastronomy: Conversations Across Time and Space; Selected Papers from the Fifth Oxford International Conference at Santa Fe, 1996, edited by John W. Fountain and Rolf M. Sinclair, pp.435-440. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2005.
  30. Simonia I. Frozen Hydrocarbon Particles of Cometary Halos as Carriers of Unidentified Emissions. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 26, pp. 421 – 427, 2005. DOI:10.1007/BF02702447
  31. Simonia I. A. Frozen Hydrocarbon Particles as a Luminescent Dust Component of Nebular Matter. Astrophysics, Vol. 48 (3), pp. 374-380, 2005.  DOI:10.1007/s10511-005-0036-1
  32. Simonia I. A. Luminescence of Dust in the Nebula CED 201. Astrophysics, Vol. 47 (4), pp. 530 – 537, 2004. DOI:10.1023/B:ASYS.0000049792.59266.33
  33. Simonia I. Old Georgian Astronomical Manuscripts. The Journal of Astronomical Data, Vol. 10, pp. 121- 233, 2004.
  34. Simonia I. A. Unidentified Cometary Emission Lines as the Photoluminescence of Frozen Hydrocarbon Particles. Astronomy Letters, Vol. 30 (12), pp.863-868, 2004. DOI:10.1134/1.1833438
  35. Simonia I., Simonia Ts. Triton Surface Evolution. Astronomical and astrophysical Transactions, vol. 22(1), pp. 55-58, 2003. DOI:10.1080/1055679021000001076
  36. Simonia I. Little Known Aspects of the History of Georgian Astronomy. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol., 4, (1), pp. 59-73, 2001.
  37. Simonia I. Luminescence of Cometary Hydrocarbons. Comments on Modern Physics (Comments on Astrophysics), Number 1, Vol.1, Part E, pp. 25-30, 1999, USA.
  38. Simonia I. A., Churyumov K. I. On the Gas Outflow Rate in the Neutral Comas of Six Bright Comets. Proceedings of the international seminar in memory of professors of Kyiv university S.K. Vsekhsvyatskij and A. Ph. Bogorodskiy “Solar System, Small Bodies, Solar Physics, Relativistic Astrophysics,” Kyiv, 14-17 November 1994. Ed. Churyumov K. I., Kyiv, pp. 45-50, 1998.