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2009

Stothers, R.B., 2009: On the period and amplitude changes in Polaris and other short-period Cepheids. Astrophys. J., 696, L37-L39, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/L37.

Stothers, R.B., 2009: A comparison of stellar extinction and space-based measurements of stratospheric aerosol optical depth. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 121, 303-306, doi:10.1086/598224.

Stothers, R.B., 2009: Volcanic eruptions and climate change. In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. V. Gornitz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, pp. 976-979.

2008

Stothers, R.B., 2008: Analytic criteria for the mechanical and thermal stability of magnetic stars with finite electrical conductivity. Astrophys. J., 686, 1275-1279, doi:10.1086/591546.

2007

Stothers, R., 2007: Unidentified flying objects in classical antiquity. Classical J., 103, 79-92.

Stothers, R.B., 2007: Three centuries of observation of stratospheric transparency. Clim. Change, 83, 515-521, doi:10.1007/s10584-007-9238-3.

2006

Myers, C.W., and R.B. Stothers, 2006: The myth of Hylas revisited: the frog name Hyla and other commentary on Specimen medicum (1768) of J. N. Laurenti, the "father of herpetology". Arch. Nat. Hist., 33, 241-266.

Stothers, R.B., 2006: A new explanation of the Blazhko effect in RR Lyrae stars. Astrophys. J., 652, 643-649, doi:10.1086/508135.

Stothers, R.B., 2006: A virial theorem investigation of magnetic variations in the Sun. Astrophys. J., 653, L73-L75, doi:10.1086/510406.

Stothers, R.B., 2006: The period dichotomy in terrestrial impact crater ages. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 365, 178-180, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09720.x.

Stothers, R.B., 2006: Generalized analytic stellar stability criteria with applications to luminous stellar envelopes. Astrophys. J., 643, 423-425, doi:10.1086/501513.

2005

Stothers, R.B., 2005: Stratospheric transparency derived from total lunar eclipse colors, 1801-1881. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 117, 1445-1450.

2004

Stothers, R.B., 2004: Ancient scientific basis of the "Great Serpent" from historical evidence. Isis, 95, 220-238.

Stothers, R.B., 2004: Earthquake prediction in antiquity. Acient Hist. Bull., 18, 101-108.

Stothers, R.B., 2004: Density of fallen ash after the eruption of Tambora in 1815. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 134, 343-345, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.03.010.

Stothers, R.B., 2004: Stratospheric transparency derived from total lunar eclipse colors, 1665-1800. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 116, 886-893, doi:10.1086/425537.

Stothers, R.B., 2004: Magnetic influence on the stability of luminous stellar envelopes. Astrophys. J., 607, 999-1002, doi:10.1086/383535.

Stothers, R.B., 2004: Ancient and modern earthquake lights in Northwestern Turkey. Seismol. Res. Lett., 75, 199-204.

2003

Stothers, R.B., 2003: Radiative instability in stellar envelopes. Astrophys. J., 599, L103-L105, doi:10.1086/381192.

Stothers, R.B., 2003: Turbulent pressure in the envelopes of yellow hypergiants and luminous blue variables. Astrophys. J., 589, 960-967, doi:10.1086/374713.

2002

Stothers, R.B., 2002: The case for an eruption of Vesuvius in 217 BC. Ancient Hist. Bull., 16, 182-185.

Stothers, R.B., 2002: Cloudy and clear stratospheres before A.D. 1000 inferred from written sources. J. Geophys. Res., 107, no. D23, 4718, doi:10.1029/2002JD002105.

Stothers, R.B., 2002: Thermodynamics of a homogeneous mixture of gas, radiation, and turbulence. Astrophys. J., 581, 1407-1412, doi:10.1086/344296.

Stothers, R.B., 2002: Outflow-induced dynamical and radiative instability in stellar envelopes with an application to luminous blue variables and Wolf-Rayet stars. Astrophys. J., 568, 312-323, doi:10.1086/338806.

2001

De Jager, C., A. Lobel, H. Nieuwenhuijzen, and R. Stothers, 2001: Instability regions in the upper HR diagram. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 327, 452-458, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04791.x.

Stothers, R.B., 2001: Major optical depth perturbations to the stratosphere from volcanic eruptions: Stellar extinction period, 1961-1978. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 2993-3003, doi:10.1029/2000JD900652.

Stothers, R.B., 2001: A chronology of annual-mean effective radii of stratospheric aerosols from volcanic eruptions during the twentieth century as derived from ground-based spectral extinction measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 32043-32049, doi:10.1029/2001JD000414.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 2001: Yellow hypergiants as dynamically unstable post-red supergiant stars. Astrophys. J., 560, 934-936, doi:10.1086/322438.

2000

Stothers, R.B., 2000: Climatic and demographic consequences of the massive volcanic eruption of 1258. Climatic Change, 45, 361-374, doi:10.1023/A:1005523330643.

Stothers, R.B., 2000: Does turbulence in the iron convective zone cause the outbursts of η Carinae? Astrophys. J., 530, L103-L106, doi:10.1086/312500.

Stothers, R.B., 2000: Turbulent eddy viscosity and large-scale convection in the Sun. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 314, L7-L9, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03499.x.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 2000: A clue to the extent of convective mixing inside massive stars: The surface hydrogen abundance of luminous blue variables and hydrogen-poor Wolf-Rayet stars. Astrophys. J., 540, 1041-1048, doi:10.1086/309349.

1999

Stothers, R.B., 1999: Rotational effects on the dynamical instability of luminous blue variables. Astrophys. J., 513, 460-463, doi:10.1086/306837.

Stothers, R.B., 1999: A semiempirical test for dynamical instability in luminous blue variables. Astrophys. J., 516, 366-368, doi:10.1086/307117.

Stothers, R.B., 1999: Volcanic dry fogs, climate cooling, and plague pandemics in Europe and the Middle East. Climatic Change, 42, 713-723, doi:10.1023/A:1005480105370.

Stothers, R.B., 1999: Criterion for the dynamical stability of a non-adiabatic spherical self-gravitating body. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 305, 365-372, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02444.x.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1999: The brightest supergiants predicted by theory. Astrophys. J., 522, 960-964, doi:10.1086/307680.

1998

Rampino, M.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1998: Mass extinctions, comet impacts, and the Galaxy. Highlights Astron., 11A, 246-251.

Stothers, R.B., 1998: Far reach of the tenth century Eldgjá eruption, Iceland. Climatic Change, 39, 715-726, doi:10.1023/A:1005323724072.

Stothers, R.B., 1998: Galactic disc dark matter, terrestrial impact cratering and the law of large numbers. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 300, 1098-1104, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.02001.x.

1997

Stothers, R.B., 1997: Stratospheric aerosol clouds due to very large volcanic eruptions of the early twentieth century: Effective particle sizes and conversion from pyrheliometric to visual optical depth. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 6143-6151, doi:10.1029/96JD03985.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1997: On two theories of the cyclical outbursts of η Carinae. Astrophys. J., 489, 319-330, doi:10.1086/304771.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1997: The mixing length in convective stellar envelopes is proportional to distance from the convective boundary. Astrophys. J., 478, L103-L106, doi:10.1086/310552.

Stothers, R.B., and A. Sillanpää, 1997: Test of periodicity in the quasar OJ 287. Astrophys. J., 475, L13-L15, doi:10.1086/310465.

1996

Stothers, R.B., 1996: Major optical depth perturbations to the stratosphere from volcanic eruptions: Pyrheliometric period, 1881-1960. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3901-3920, doi:10.1029/95JD03237.

Stothers, R.B., 1996: The Great Dry Fog of 1783. Climatic Change, 32, 79-89, doi:10.1007/BF00141279.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1996: Evolution of massive stars into luminous blue variables and Wolf-Rayet stars for a range of metallicities: Theory versus observation. Astrophys. J., 468, 842-850, doi:10.1086/177740.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1996: Metal dependencies of two convection theories for cool stellar envelopes. Astrophys. J., 469, 166-170, doi:10.1086/177768.

1995

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1995: Tests of two convection theories for red giant and red supergiant envelopes. Astrophys. J., 440, 297-302, doi:10.1086/175270.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1995: A period-luminosity relation for the slow variation of luminous blue variables. Astrophys. J., 451, L61-L64, doi:10.1086/309686.

1994

Stothers, R.B., 1994: Cross-correlation of point series using a new method. Astrophys. J., 429, 415-418, doi:10.1086/174332.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1994: More missing stellar opacity? Astrophys. J., 421, L91-L93, doi:10.1086/187195.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1994: Luminous blue variables at quiescence: The zone of avoidance in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Astrophys. J., 426, L43-L46, doi:10.1086/187335.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1994: Galactic stars applied to tests of the criterion for convection and semiconvection in an inhomogeneous star. Astrophys. J., 431, 797-805, doi:10.1086/174530.

1993

Stothers, R.B., 1993: Hotspots and sunspots: Surface tracers of deep mantle convection in the Earth and Sun. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 116, 1-8, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(93)90041-7.

Stothers, R.B., 1993: Flood basalts and extinction events. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1399-1402, doi:10.1029/93GL01381.

Stothers, R.B., 1993: Impact cratering at geologic stage boundaries. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 887-890, doi:10.1029/93GL00907.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1993: Iron and molecular opacities and the evolution of Population I stars. Astrophys. J., 412, 294-300, doi:10.1086/172920.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1993: Dynamical instability as the cause of the massive outbursts in Eta Carinae and other luminous blue variables. Astrophys. J., 408, L85-L88, doi:10.1086/186837.

1992

Stothers, R.B., 1992: Impacts and tectonism in Earth and Moon history of the past 3800 million years. Earth, Moon and Planets, 58, 145-152, doi:10.1007/BF00054651.

Stothers, R.B., 1992: Upper limit to the mass of pulsationally stable stars with uniform chemical composition. Astrophys. J., 392, 706-709, doi:10.1086/171472.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1992: Criterion for convection in an inhomogeneous star. Astrophys. J., 390, L33-35, doi:10.1086/186365.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1992: Stellar evolution in blue populous clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud and the problems of envelope semiconvection and convective core overshooting. Astrophys. J., 390, 136-143, doi:10.1086/171266.

1991

Chin, C.-W., and R.B. Stothers, 1991: Evolutionary sequences of stellar models of intermediate and high mass including convective core overshooting. Astrophys. J. Supp. Series, 77, 299-316, doi:10.1086/191605.

Stothers, R.B., 1991: Linear and circular digital spectral analysis of serial data. Astrophys. J., 375, 423-426, doi:10.1086/170200.

Stothers, R.B., 1991: Observational tests of convective core overshooting in stars of intermediate to high mass in the Galaxy. Astrophys. J., 383, 820-836, doi:10.1086/170840.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1991: Metal opacities and convective core overshooting in Population I stars. Astrophys. J., 381, L67-70, doi:10.1086/186198.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1991: Blue loops during core helium burning as the consequence of moderate convective envelope overshooting in stars of intermediate to high mass. Astrophys. J., 374, 288-290, doi:10.1086/170117.

1990

Chin, C.-W., and R.B. Stothers, 1990: Tables and intercomparisons of evolutionary sequences of models for massive stars. Astrophys. J. Supp. Series, 73, 821-840, doi:10.1086/191490.

Stothers, R.B., 1990: A search for long-term periodicities in large earthquakes of southern and coastal central California. Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 1981-1984, doi:10.1029/90GL01476.

Stothers, R.B., and C.-W. Chin, 1990: Limit on overshooting from the convective core in upper main-sequence stars. Astrophys. J., 348, L21-L24, doi:10.1086/185621.

1989

Stothers, R.B., 1989: Structure and dating errors in the geologic time scale and periodicity in mass extinctions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 119-122, doi:10.1029/88GL04260.

Stothers, R.B., 1989: Volcanic eruptions and solar activity. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 17371-17381, doi:10.1029/89JB02802.

Stothers, R.B., 1989: Turbulent atmospheric plumes above line sources with an application to volcanic fissure eruptions on the terrestrial planets. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 2662-2670, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1989)046<2662:TAPALS>2.0.CO;2.

Stothers, R.B., 1989: Seasonal variations of volcanic eruption frequencies. Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 453-455, doi:10.1029/89GL00573.

1988

Carson, T.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1988: Classical bump Cepheids: Reconciliation of theory with observations. Astrophys. J., 328, 196-206, doi:10.1086/166281.

Rampino, M.R., S. Self, and R.B. Stothers, 1988: Volcanic winters. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 16, 73-99, doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.16.050188.000445.

Rampino, M.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1988: Flood basalt volcanism during the past 250 million years. Science, 241, 663-668, doi:10.1126/science.241.4866.663.

Stothers, R.B., 1988: Abundance effects on the Cepheid distance scale. Astrophys. J., 329, 712-719, doi:10.1086/166415.

1987

Rampino, M.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1987: Episodic nature of the Cenozoic marine record. Paleoceanography, 2, 255-258.

Stothers, R.B., 1987: Second-overtone models of RR Lyrae stars. Astrophys. J., 319, 260-263, doi:10.1086/165451.

Stothers, R.B., 1987: Beat relationships between orbital periodicities in insolation theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 1875-1876, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1987)044<1875:BRBOPI>2.0.CO;2.

Stothers, R.B., 1987: Do slow orbital periodicities appear in the record of Earth's magnetic reversals? Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 1087-1090.

1986

Hubickyj, O., and R.B. Stothers, 1986: RR Lyrae stars: A theoretical study of Bailey type c variables. Astrophys. J., 309, 122-126, doi:10.1086/164585.

Rampino, M.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1986: Geologic periodicities and the Galaxy. In The Galaxy and the Solar System. R. Smoluchowski, J.N. Bahcall, and M.S. Matthews, Eds. University of Arizona Press, pp. 241-259.

Stothers, R.B., 1986: Dark lunar eclipses in classical antiquity. Brit. Astron. Assoc. J., 96, 95-97.

Stothers, R.B., 1986: Periodicity of the Earth's magnetic reversals. Nature, 322, 444-446, doi:10.1038/322444a0.

Stothers, R.B., J.A. Wolff, S. Self, and M.R. Rampino, 1986: Basaltic fissure eruptions, plume heights, and atmospheric aerosols. Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 725-728.

1985

Rampino, M.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1985: Reply to comments on "terrestrial mass extinctions and galactic plance crossing" by S.M. Stigler. Nature, 313, 159-160, doi:10.1038/313159b0.

Stothers, R.B., 1985: Terrestrial record of the Solar System's oscillation about the galactic plane. Nature, 317, 338-341, doi:10.1038/317338a0.

1984

Carson, T.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1984: Very slow classical Cepheids: Theoretical models with periods longer than 50 days. Astrophys. Lett., 281, 811-814, doi:10.1086/162159.

Rampino, M.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1984: Terrestrial mass extinctions, cometary impacts and the sun's motion perpendicular to the galactic plane. Nature, 308, 709-712, doi:10.1038/308709a0.

Rampino, M.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1984: Geological rhythms and cometary impacts. Science, 226, 1427-1431, doi:10.1126/science.226.4681.1427.

Stothers, R.B., 1984: The great Tambora eruption in 1815 and its aftermath. Science, 224, 1191-1198, doi:10.1126/science.224.4654.1191.

Stothers, R.B., 1984: Mystery cloud of AD 536. Nature, 307, 344-345, doi:10.1038/307344a0.

1983

Stothers, R., 1983: A new calibration of the extragalactic distance scale using Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars. Astrophys. J., 274, 20-30, doi:10.1086/161422.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1983: Possible mechanisms for the Hubble-Sandage (S Doradus) variableS. Astrophys. J., 264, 583-593, doi:10.1086/160628.

Stothers, R.B., and M.R. Rampino, 1983: Historic volcanism, European dry fogs, and Greenland acid precipitation, 1500 B.C. to A.D. 1500. Science, 222, 411-433, doi:10.1126/science.222.4622.411.

1982

Stothers, R., 1982: Nonlinear models of classical Cepheids endowed with tangled magnetic fields. Astrophys. J., 255, 227-231, doi:10.1086/159821.

1981

Carson, T.R., R. Stothers, and S.K. Vemury, 1981: Type II Cepheids - A comparison of theory with observations. Astrophys. J., 244, 230-241, doi:10.1086/158700.

Kelley, R.L., S. Rappaport, M.J. Brodheim, L. Cominsky, and R. Stothers, 1981: A search for apsidal motion in 4U0115+63. Astrophys. J., 251, 630-638, doi:10.1086/159509.

Stothers, R., 1981: RR Lyrae stars: A theoretical study of Bailey types a and b. Astrophys. J., 247, 941-948, doi:10.1086/159103.

Stothers, R., 1981: Analytic solutions of the radial pulsation equation for rotating and magnetic star models. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 197, 351-361.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1981: Convective overshooting in the evolution of very massive stars. Astrophys. J., 247, 1063-1069, doi:10.1086/159115.

1980

Rappaport, S., P.C. Joss, and R. Stothers, 1980: The apsidal motion test in 4U 0900-40. Astrophys. J., 235, 570-575, doi:10.1086/157660.

Stothers, R., 1980: Age of the Vela pulsar PSR 0833-45. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 92, 145-146.

Stothers, R., 1980: Hydromagnetics and period changes in RR Lyrae stars. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 92, 475-478.

Stothers, R., 1980: Axial rotation, tangled magnetic fields, and theoretical models of very massive stars. Astrophys. J., 242, 756-764, doi:10.1086/158510.

Stothers, R., 1980: Giant solar flares in Antarctic ice. Nature, 287, 365.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1980: Influence of a stellar wind on the evoluation of a star of 30 M. Astrophys. J., 240, 885-891, doi:10.1086/158302.

1979

Stothers, R., 1979: Solar activity cycle during classical antiquity. Astron. Astrophys., 77, 121-127.

Stothers, R., 1979: Magnetic Cepheids. Astrophys. J., 234, 257-261, doi:10.1086/157494.

Stothers, R., 1979: Influence of a magnetic field on the pulsational stability of stars. Astrophys. J., 229, 1023-1028, doi:10.1086/157037.

Stothers, R., 1979: Ancient aurorae. Isis, 70, 85-95.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1979: Stellar evolution at high mass including the effect of a stellar wind. Astrophys. J., 233, 267-279, doi:10.1086/157388.

1978

Sastri, V.K., and R. Stothers, 1978: Bump Cepheids: The mass anomaly as an opacity effect. Astrophys. J., 225, 939-949, doi:10.1086/156560.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1978: Stellar winds and the evolution of luminous stars. Astrophys. J., 226, 231-239, doi:10.1086/156602.

1977

Frogel, J.A., and R. Stothers, 1977: The local complex of O and B stars. II: Kinematics. Astron. J., 82, 890-901.

Stothers, R., 1977: Is the supernova of A.D. 185 recorded in ancient Roman literature? Isis, 68, 443-437.

Stothers, R., 1977: On the rapid variability of central stars of planetary nebulae. Astrophys. J., 213, 791-793, doi:10.1086/155208.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1977: Evolution of helium stars. Astrophys. J., 216, 61-66, doi:10.1086/155444.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1977: Does the upper main sequence extend across the whole H-R diagram. Astrophys. J., 211, 189-197, doi:10.1086/154919.

Vemury, S.K., and R. Stothers, 1977: Nonradial pulsational instability of massive stars. Astrophys. J., 214, 809-811, doi:10.1086/155310.

1976

Carson, T.R., and R. Stothers, 1976: Evolutionary problems of Cepheids and other giants investigated with new radiative opacities. Astrophys. J., 204, 461-471, doi:10.1086/154190.

Chin, C.-W., and R. Stothers, 1976: Limit on the secular change of the gravitational constant based on studies of solar evolution. Phys. Rev. Lett., 36, 833-835, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.36.833.

Stothers, R., 1976: Excitation of pulsations in the CNO ionization zone of luminous stars. Astrophys. J., 204, 853-868, doi:10.1086/154234.

Stothers, R., 1976: White dwarfs, the Galaxy and Dirac's cosmology. Nature, 262, 477-479, doi:10.1038/262477a0.

Stothers, R., 1976: A new interpretation of luminous blue stars. Astrophys. J., 209, 800-815, doi:10.1086/154778.

Stothers, R., 1976: Theoretical models of Beta Cephei stars constructed with new radiative opacities. Astrophys. J., 210, 434-439, doi:10.1086/154846.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1976: Stellar evolution at high mass with semiconvective mixing according to the Schwarzschild criterion. Astrophys. J., 204, 472-480, doi:10.1086/154191.

1975

Chin, C.-W., and R. Stothers, 1975: Solar test of Dirac's large number hypothesis. Nature, 254, 206-207, doi:10.1038/254206a0.

Stothers, R., 1975: Fossil dust shells around luminous supergiants. Astrophys. J., 197, L25-L27, doi:10.1086/181768.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1975: Stellar evolution at high mass with semiconvective mixing according to the Ledoux criterion. Astrophys. J., 198, 407-417, doi:10.1086/153615.

Wilson, R.E., and R. Stothers, 1975: On angular momentum transfer in binary systems. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 170, 497-501.

1974

Carson, T.R., D. Ezer, and R. Stothers, 1974: Solar neutrinos and the influence of radiative opacities on solar models. Astrophys. J., 194, 743-744, doi:10.1086/153296.

Sastri, V.K., and R. Stothers, 1974: Influence of opacity on the pulsational stability of massive stars with uniform chemical composition. II. Modified Kramers opacity. Astrophys. J., 193, 677-678, doi:10.1086/153204.

Stothers, R.B., 1974: Violation of the Vogt-Russell theorem for homogeneous nondegenerate stars. Astrophys. J., 194, 699-708, doi:10.1086/153291.

Stothers, R.B., 1974: Influence of rotation on the maximum mass of pulsationally stable stars. Astrophys. J., 194, 145-148, doi:10.1086/153044.

Stothers, R.B., 1974: A comparison of homogeneous stellar models based on the Cox-Stewart and Carson opacities. Astrophys. J., 194, 695-697, doi:10.1086/153290.

Stothers, R.B., 1974: The apsidal-motion test for models of main-sequence stars. Astrophys. J., 194, 651-655, doi:10.1086/153286.

Stothers, R.B., and J.A. Frogel, 1974: The local complex of O and B stars. I. Distribution of stars and interstellar dust. Astron. J., 79, 456-471.

1973

Stothers, R., 1973: The galactic space frequency of close binary systems. Astrophys. J., 185, 915-919.

Stothers, R., 1973: The role of rotation in close binary systems of high mass. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 85, 363-378.

Stothers, R., 1973: The chemical composition of population I stars. Astrophys. J., 184, 181-185.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1973: Thermal instability of the helium-burning shell in massive stars. Astrophys. J., 182, 209-214.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1973: Evolution of stars with suppressed core convection. Astrophys. J., 180, 901-905.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1973: Stellar evolution at high mass based on the Ledoux criterion for convection. Astrophys. J., 179, 555-568.

1972

Stothers, R., 1972: Convective envelopes and radial pulsation of massive red supergiants. Astron. Astrophys., 18, 325-328.

Stothers, R., 1972: A recalibration of the absolute magnitudes of supergiants. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 84, 375-378.

Stothers, R., 1972: Fundamental data for massive stars compared with theoretical models. Astrophys. J., 175, 431-452.

Stothers, R., 1972: Red supergiants and neutrino emission. II. Astrophys. J., 175, 717-730.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1972: Thermal instability of the hydrogen-burning shell in nondegenerate stars. Astrophys. J., 177, 155-160.

Stothers, R., and L.B. Lucy, 1972: Nature of the secondary component of Beta Lyrae. Nature, 236, 218-219, doi:10.1038/236218a0.

1971

Chin, C.-W., and R. Stothers, 1971: Low-mass white dwarfs and the cooling sequences in the Hyades cluster. Astrophys. J., 163, 555-565.

Stothers, R., and K.C. Leung, 1971: Luminosities, masses and periodicities of massive red supergiants. Astron. Astrophys., 10, 290-300.

Stothers, R.B., 1971: Collapsars, infrared disks and invisible secondaries of massive binary systems. vol. 229, pp. 180-183, doi:10.1038/229180a0.

1970

Simon, N.R., and R.B. Stothers, 1970: Evolution of very massive stars with pulsational mass loss. Astron. Astrophys., 6, 183-192.

Stothers, R., 1970: Astrophysical exclusion of photon-neutrino weak coupling. Phys. Rev. D, 2, 1417-1418, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.2.1417.

Stothers, R., 1970: Internal structure of upper main-sequence stars. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 151, 65-80.

Stothers, R., and T. Lloyd Evans, 1970: The evolutionary status of blue supergiants. Observatory, 90, 186-192.

Stothers, R., and N.R. Simon, 1970: Influence of opacity on the pulsational stability of massive stars with uniform chemical composition. Astrophys. J., 160, 1019-1029.

Stothers, R., and N.R. Simon, 1970: Criteria for the discovery of Beta Cephei stars according to the mu-mechanism theory. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 82, 707-715.

Stothers, R.B., 1970: Astrophysical determination of the coupling constant for the electron-neutrino weak interaction. Phys. Rev. Lett., 24, 538-541, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.24.538.

1969

Simon, N.R., and R. Stothers, 1969: Pulsational instabilities in hydrogen-poor massive blue stars. I. Astrophys. J., 155, 247-255.

Simon, N.R., and R. Stothers, 1969: A criterion for nuclear-energized pulsational instability. Astrophys. J., 156, 377-380.

Stothers, R., 1969: On the pulsation hypothesis for massive red supergiants. Astrophys. J., 156, 541-547.

Stothers, R., 1969: Red supergiants and neutrino emission. Astrophys. J., 155, 935-956.

Stothers, R., and C.-W. Chin, 1969: Advanced phases of evolution in massive red supergiants. Astrophys. J., 158, 1039-1057.

Stothers, R., and N.R. Simon, 1969: An explanation for the blue sequence of variable stars. Astrophys. J., 157, 673-681.

1968

Stothers, R., 1968: An interpretation of the peculiar helium star HZ 29. Astrophys. J., 154, L91-L94, doi:10.1086/180276.

1966

Chin, C.-W., H.-Y. Chiu, and R. Stothers, 1966: Astrophysical evidence for the direct electron-neutrino weak interaction. Ann. Phys., 39, 280-299, doi:10.1016/0003-4916(66)90061-3.

Stothers, R., 1966: The semiconvective zone in very massive stars. Astrophys. J., 144, 959-967.

1965

Stothers, R., 1965: Cosmic explosions. Nature, 206, 82, doi:10.1038/206082a0.

Stothers, R., 1965: On the evolutionary state of β Cephei stars. Astrophys. J., 141, 671-687.

1963

Stothers, R., 1963: Neutrino emission, mass loss, and the frequency of supernovae. Astrophys. J., 138, 1085-1089, doi:10.1086/147707.

Stothers, R., 1963: Variable stars with period greater than 20 days in globular clusters. Astron. J., 68, 242-253.

Stothers, R., 1963: Evolutionary time scales for late carbon-burning phases with neutrino emission. Astrophys. J., 137, 770-776, doi:10.1086/147554.

Stothers, R., 1963: Evolution of O stars. I. Hydrogen-burning. Astrophys. J., 138, 1074-1084, doi:10.1086/147706.

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