Kevin Volk's Publications:

Note: I do not list anywhere near all the conference papers which I am an author or co-author on. These are about the same in number as the refereed publications. A few of the recent conference contributions can be accessed at my conference papers page.

Summary of publications

  • total papers listed: 63
  • papers in refereed journals: 47
  • papers in conference proceedings: 13
  • invited reviews in conference proceedings: 2
  • papers in press: 2
  • papers submitted: 0
  • NASA Reference Publication: 1

    1. Venkatesan, D., Volk, K., and Agrawal, S. P.: 1981, `Observations of Pronounced Isotropic Variations of Cosmic Ray Intensity During August--September 1979', J.Geophys.Res., 86, 4836.
    2. Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: 1985, `Dynamical Evolution of Planetary Nebulae', Astron.Astrophys., 153, 79.
    3. Kwok, S., and Volk, K.: 1985, `On the Energetics of High-Velocity Molecular Flows', Astrophys.J.Lett., 299, L191.
    4. Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: 1986, `Evolution of the Infrared Spectra of AGB Stars', Late Stages of Stellar Evolution, eds. S. Kwok and S. R. Pottasch, D.Reidel, Dordrecht, p. 305.
    5. Kwok, S., and Volk, K.: 1987, `On the Contribution of Interstellar Extinction to the 10 Micron Dust Feature in OH/IR Stars', Astrophys.J., 315, 654.
    6. Zaghloul, H., Volk, K., and Buckmaster, H. A.: 1987, `Do TEM Waves With E || B Exist?', Phys.Rev.Lett., 58, 423.
    7. Kwok, S., Volk, K. M., and Hrivnak, B.: 1988, `IRAS 18095+2704: A Proto-Planetary Nebula', Astrophys.J., 331, 832.
    8. Zaghloul, H., Buckmaster, H. A., and Volk, K.: 1988, `Comment On "Invariants of the Electromagnetic Field and Electromagnetic Waves"', Am.J.Phys., 56, 274.
    9. Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: 1988, `Spectral Evolution of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars', Astrophys.J., 331, 435.
    10. Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: 1988, `Evolution of Proto-Planetary Nebulae', Astrophys.J., 342, 345.
    11. Kwok, S., Hrivnak, B. J., and Volk, K.: 1988, `Protoplanetary Nebuale', JRASC, 82, 288.
    12. Kwok, S., and Volk, K.: 1988, `Beyond the Asymptotic Giant Branch', in From Comets to Cosmology, ed. A. Lawrence, Springer-Verlag, p. 144.
    13. Cheeseman, P., Stutz, J., Self, M., Taylor, W., Goebel, J., Volk, K., and Walker, H.: 1989, Automatic Classification of Spectra From the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, NASA Reference Publication 1217, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C..
    14. Cohen, M., Walker, H. J., Wainscoat, R. J., Volk, K., and Schwartz, D. E.: 1989, `IRAS Colors Of Carbon Stars: An Optical Spectroscopic Test', Astron.J., 97, 1759.
    15. Volk, K., and Cohen, M.: 1989, `New LRS Spectra For 356 Bright IRAS Sources', Astron.J., 98, 931.
    16. Kwok S., Volk, K. M., and Chan, S. J.: 1989, `Evolution of Oxygen-Rich And Carbon Stars On The Asymptotic Giant Branch', in Evolution of Peculiar Red Giant Stars, eds. H. R. Johnson and B. Zuckerman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 248.
    17. Kwok, S., Volk, K. M., and Hrivnak, B. J.: 1989, `A 21 Micron Emission Feature In Four Proto-Planetary Nebulae', Astrophys.J., 345, L51.
    18. Hrivnak, B., Kwok, S., and Volk, K.: 1989, `An Observational Study Of Several F and G Supergiants With Infrared Excesses As Proto-Planetary Nebulae', Astrophys.J., 346, 265.
    19. Goebel, J., Volk, K., Walker, H., Gerbault, F., Cheeseman, P., Self, M., Stutz, J., and Taylor, W.: 1989, `A Bayesian Classification of the IRAS LRS Atlas', Astron.Astrophys., 222, L5.
    20. Cohen, M., and Volk, K.: 1989, `IRAS Low Resolution Spectra of Galaxies', Astron.J., 98, 1563.
    21. Volk, K., and Cohen, M.: 1989, `On The Calibration Of The IRAS Low-Resolution Spectra', Astron.J., 98, 1918.
    22. Walker, H. J., Cohen, M., Volk, K., Wainscoat, R. J., and Schwartz, D. E.: 1989, `A Practical Approach To The Classification Of IRAS Sources Using Infrared Colors Alone', Astron.J., 98, 2163.
    23. Volk, K., Milone, E. F., and Clark, T. A.: 1989, `Models Of Infrared Atmospheric Extinction', in Infrared Extinction and Standardization, ed. E. F. Milone, Lecture Notes In Physics, vol. 341, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
    24. Volk, K.: 1990, `IRAS Observations of Planetary Nebulae: Preliminary Models', in Sixth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, ed. G. Wallerstein, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, p. 474.
    25. Kwok, S., Hrivnak, B. J., and Volk, K. M.: 1990, `Nebular Properties of Proto-Planetary Nebulae', in From Miras to Planetary Nebulae, ed. M. O. Mennessier and A. Omont, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 435.
    26. Volk, K., and Cohen, M.: 1990, `The IRAS Low-Resolution Spectra of Planetary Nebulae', Astron.J., 100, 485.
    27. Volk, K., Wainscoat, R. J., Cohen, M., Walker, H. J., and Schwartz, D. E.: 1990, `Monte Carlo Simulations Of The Galaxy At 12 Microns: Implications For Galactic Structure', in The Galactic and Extragalactic Background Radiation, ed. S. Boyer and C. Leinert, Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 121.
    28. Wainscoat, R. J., Cohen, M., Volk, K., Walker, H. J., and Schwartz, D. E.: 1990, `A Model of the 8-25 Micron Point Source Sky', in The Galactic and Extragalactic Background Radiation, ed. S. Boyer and C. Leinert, Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 110.
    29. Bryan, G. L., Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: 1990, `On the Formation of Carbon Stars', Astrophys.J., 365, 301.
    30. Volk, K., Kwok, S., Stencel, R. E., and Brugel, E.: 1991, `New LRS Spectra For IRAS Sources', Astrophys.J.Supp., 77, 607.
    31. Volk, K.: 1992, `Models Of Planetary Nebula Spectral Evolution', Astrophys.J.Supp., 80, 347.
    32. Volk, K., Kwok, S., and Langill, P.: 1992, `Observations of Candidate Extreme Carbon Stars', Astrophys.J., 391, 285.
    33. Wainscoat, R. J., Cohen, M., Volk, K., Walker, H. J., and Schwartz, D. E.: `A Model of the 8-25 Micron Point Source Infrared Sky', 1992, Astrophys.J.Supp., 83, 111.
    34. Volk, K., Kwok, S., and Woodsworth, A.: 1993, `CO Observations of Carbon-Rich AGB and Post-AGB Stars', Astrophys.J., 402, 292.
    35. Volk, K.: 1993, 'Classification of Mid-Infrared Spectra', in Astronomical Infrared Spectroscopy: Future Observational Directions, ed. S. Kwok, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, p. 63. (Invited review.)
    36. Volk, K.: 1993, `Further Models of Planetary Nebula Spectral Evolution', in Planetary Nebula (IAU Symp. 155), ed. R. Weinberger and A. Acker, Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 459.
    37. Volk, K., and Leahy, D. A.: 1993, `Deprojection of Planetary Nebula Images', in Planetary Nebula (IAU Symp. 155), ed. R. Weinberger and A. Acker, Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 372.
    38. Volk, K., and Leahy, D. A.: 1993, `Deprojection of Planetary Nebula Images', Astron.J., 106, 1954.
    39. Leahy, D. A., and Volk, K.: 1994, `An Image Deprojection Algorithm Applied to the Cygnus Loop', Astron.Astrophys., 282, 561.
    40. Volk, K., and Leahy, D. A.: 1995, `Sensitivity Loss in X-ray Timing Analysis', Astron.Astrophys.Supp., 110, 583.
    41. Leahy, D. A., and Volk, K.: 1995, `ROSAT PSPC Observations of the Symbiotic CH Cyg', Astrophys.J., 440, 847.
    42. Cohen, M., Wainscoat, R. J., Walker, H. J., and Volk, K.: 1996, `Optical Spectroscopy Classification of Carbon Stars Discovered by IRAS', Astron.J., 111, 1333.
    43. Leahy, D. A., Zhang, C.-Y., Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: 1996, `ROSAT X-ray Observations of Four Planetary Nebulae', Astrophys.J., 466, 352.
    44. Szczerba, R., Omont, A., Volk, K., Cox, P., and Kwok, S.: 1997, 'IRAS 22272+5435: A Source With 21 and 30 Micron Features', Astron.Asph., 317, 859.
    45. Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: 1997, 'A Self-Consistent Photoionization-Dust Continuum-Molecular Line Transfer Model of NGC7027', Astrophys.J., 477, 722.
    46. Kwok, S., Volk, K., and Bidelman, W. P.: 1997, 'Identification of IRAS Sources With Low Resolution Spectra', Astrophys.J.Supp., 112, 557.
    47. Hrivnak, B. J., Kwok, S., and Volk, K.: 1997, 'Multi-Wavelength Study of Two New Carbon-Rich Proto-planetary Nebulae', BAAS, 191, 1507.
    48. Kwok, S., Zhyang, C. Y., Volk, K., and Su, Y.: 1977, ``ISO WSW/LWS Observations of Protoplanetary Nebulae'', JRASC, 92, 30.
    49. Hrivnak, B. J., Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: 1997, 'ISO SWS Spectroscopy of Protoplanetary Nebulae', Asph.Space.Sci., 255, 477.
    50. Su, K. Y. L., Volk, K., Kwok, S., and Hrivnak, B. J.: 1998, `HST V-band Imaging of IRAS 17441-2411: A Case Study a Bi-Polar Nebula with a Circumstellar Disk', Astrophys.J., 508, 744.
    51. Volk, K., Kwok, S., and Hrivnak, B. J.: 1999, `High Resolution Infrared Space Observatory Spectroscopy of the Unidentified 21 Micron Feature', Astrophys.J.Lett., 516, 99.
    52. Klochkova, V. G., Szczerba, R., Panchuk, V. E., and Volk, K.: 1999, `The Peculiar Post-AGB Supergiant IRAS 04296+3429: Optical Spectroscopy and its Spectral Energy Distribution', Astron.Asph., 345, 905.
    53. Szczerba, R., Henning, Th., Volk, K., Kwok, S., and Cox, P.: 1999, `IRAS 04296+3429: a 21 Micron Source with a Very Strong 30 Micron Emission Band', Astron.Asph., 345, L39.
    54. Kwok, S., Volk, K., and Hrivnak, B. J.: 1999, 'Chemical Evolution of Carbonaceous materials in the Last Stages of Stellar Evolution', Astron.Asph, 350, 35.
    55. Milone, E. F., Wilson, W. J. F., and Volk, K.: `Analysis of the Short-Period Cepheid SU Cassiopeiae', 1999, Astron.J., 118, 3016.
    56. Volk, K., Xiong, G.-Z., and Kwok, S.: `ISO Observations of Extreme Carbon Stars', 2000, Astrophys.J., 530, 408.
    57. Hasegawa, T., Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: `A Chemical Model of the Neutral Envelope of the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027', 2000, Astrophys.J., 532, 994.
    58. Hrivnak, B. J., Volk, K., and Kwok, S.: `2 to 45 Micron ISO Spectroscopy of Carbon-Rich Proto-Planetary Nebulae', 2000, Astrophys.J., 535, 285.
    59. Chen, P. S., Szczerba, R., Kwok, S., and Volk, K.: `Properties of OH/IR Stars with IRAS/LRS Spectra', 2001, Astron.Asph, 368, 1006.
    60. Kwok, S., Volk, K., and Bernath, P.: `On the Origin of Infrared Plateau Features in Proto-Planetary Nebulae', 2001, Astophys.J.Lett., 554, 87.

    61. Volk, K., Kwok, S., Hrivnak, B. J., and Szczerba, R.: `ISO Observations of the Unidentified 30 Micron Feature in Proto-planetary Nebulae', 2002, Astrophys.J., in press.
    62. Volk, K.: `Infrared Dust Features in Planetary Nebula Spectra', 2002, in IAU Symposium 209, "Planetary Nebulae", in press (invited review).
    63. Kwok, S., and Volk, K.,: `High Resolution Infrared Images of Two Proto-Planetary Nebulae', 2002, Astrophys.J., in press.

    Kevin Volk (volk@iras.ucalgary.ca)