List of the selected (recent) publications

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          2007

  • An evolutionary catalogue of galactic post-AGB and related objects.
    • Szczerba R.; Siodmiak, N.; Stasinska, G.; Borkowski, J., 2007, A&A, 469, 799
  • Self-consistent treatment of dynamics and chemistry in the winds from carbon-rich AGB stars. I. Tests of the equilibrium and kinetic chemical codes.
    • Pulecka, M.; Schmidt, M.R.; Shematovich, V.I.; Szczerba R., 2007, A&A, 469, 553
  • Observations of V838 Mon and the Nearby Region in the CO J = 1->0, 2->1 and 3->2 Transitions.
    • Kaminski, T.; Miller, M.; Szczerba R.; Tylenda, R., 2007, In The Nature of V838 Mon and its Light Echo ASP Conference Series, Vol. 324, Edited by Romano, L. M. Corradi and Ulisse Munari., p.103
  • Mixed Chemistry Phenomenon during Late Stages of Stellar Evolution.
    • Szczerba, R.; Schmidt, M. R.; Pulecka, M., 2007, Baltic Astronomy, Vol. 16, 134

              2006

  • Detached shells as tracers of asymptotic giant branch-interstellar medium bow shocks.
    • Wareing, C. J.; Zijlstra, Albert A.; Speck, Angela K.; O'Brien, T. J.; Ueta, Toshiya; Elitzur, M.; Gehrz, R. D.; Herwig, F.; Izumiura, H.; Matsuura, M.; Meixner, M.; Stencel, R. E.; Szczerba, R., 2006, MNRAS, 372, L63
  • The Unusual Spitzer Spectrum of the Carbon Star IRAS 04496-6958: A Different Condensation Sequence in the LMC?
    • Speck, Angela K.; Cami, Jan; Markwick-Kemper, Ciska; Leisenring, Jarron; Szczerba, Ryszard; Dijkstra, Catharinus; Van Dyk, Schuyler; Meixner, Margaret, 2006, ApJ, 650, 892
  • Detection of a Far-Infrared Bow Shock Nebula around R Hya: The First MIRIAD Results.
    • Ueta, T.; Speck, A. K.; Stencel, R. E.; Herwig, F.; Gehrz, R. D.; Szczerba, R.; Izumiura, H.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Latter, W. B.; Matsuura, M.; Meixner, M.; Steffen, M.; Elitzur, M., 2006, ApJ, 648, L39
  • A warped m = 2 water maser disc in V778 Cyg?
    • Babkovskaia, Natalia; Poutanen, Juri; Richards, Anita M. S.; Szczerba Ryszard, 2006, MNRAS, 370, 1921
  • Oxygen-rich disk in the V778 Cygni system resolved.
    • Szczerba R., Szymczak, M.; Babkovskaia, N.; Poutanen, J.; Richards, A. M. S.; Groenewegen, M. A. T., 2006, A&A, 452, 561
  • Post-AGB stars as testbeds of nucleosynthesis in AGB stars.
    • Stasinska, G.; Szczerba R., Schmidt, M.; Siódmiak, N., 2006, A&A, 450, 701
  • Carbon and oxygen stars evolution in post-AGB phase.
    • Siódmiak, N.; Szczerba, R.; Meixner, M.; Szczerba R.; Stasinska, G., 2006, In Planetary Nebulae in our Galaxy and Beyond, IAU Symp.234. Edited by Michael J. Barlow and Roberto H. Méndez., pp.511-512

              2005

  • Evolution of PAH Features from Proto- to Planetary Nebulae.
    • Szczerba R.; Siódmiak, N.; Szyszka, C., 2005, In: International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools. AIP Conference Proceedings, Edited by R. Szczerba, G. Stasinska, and S. K. Gorny., Volume 804, pp. 214-217
  • On the progenitor of V838 Monocerotis.
    • Tylenda, R.; Soker, N.; Szczerba R., 2005, A&A, 441, 1099
  • Late Stages of Stellar Evolution.
    • Blommaert, Joris A. D. L.; Cami, Jan; Szczerba Ryszard; Barlow, Michael J., Space Science Reviews, Volume 119, Issue 1-4, pp. 215-243
  • Search for radiative pumping lines of OH masers. I. The 34.6 mikrometer absorption line towards 1612 MHz OH maser sources.
    • He, J.H.; Szczerba R.; Chen, P.S.; Sobolev, A.M., 2004, A&A, 434, 201
  • Towards a time-dependent chemistry of the inner envelope of carbon-rich AGB stars.
    • Pulecka, M.; Schmidt, M. R.; Szczerba R., 2005, In: Proceedings of the dusty and molecular universe: a prelude to Herschel and ALMA, Ed. by A. Wilson. ESA SP-577, p. 457-458
  • A self-consistent model for 22 GHz water maser in dusty medium: Orion KL nebula and AGN NGC 4258.
    • Babkovskaia, Natalia; Poutanen, Juri; Szczerba Ryszard, 2005, In: Proceedings of the dusty and molecular universe: a prelude to Herschel and ALMA, Ed. by A. Wilson. ESA SP-577, p. 341-342

              2004

  • Irradiation of accretion discs in active galactic nuclei due to the presence of a warm absorber.
    • Loska, Z.; Czerny, B.; Szczerba R., 2004, MNRAS, 355, 1080
  • What drives the Balmer extinction sequence in spiral galaxies?. Clues from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
    • Stasinska, G., Mateus, A., Jr.; Sodré, L., Jr.; Szczerba R., 2004, A&A, 420, 475
  • Extinction due to amorphous carbon grains in red quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
    • Czerny, B.; Li, J.; Loska, Z.; Szczerba R., 2004, MNRAS, 348, L54
  • On the Turbulent ~-Disks and the Intermittent Activity in Active Galactic Nuclei.
    • Siemiginowska, A.; Janiuk, A.; Czerny, B.; Sobolewska, M.; Szczerba R., 2004, ApJ, 602, 595
  • Comprehensive modelling of the planetary nebula LMC-SMP 61 and its [WC]-type central star.
    • Stasinska, G., Gräfener, G., Peña, M., Hamann, W.-R., Koesterke, L., Szczerba R., 2004, A&A, 413, 329

              2003

  • Classification of ISO SWS 01 spectra of proto-planetary nebulae: a search for precursors of planetary nebulae with [WR] central stars.
    • Szczerba R., Stasinska, G., Siodmiak, N., Gorny, S.K, 2003, in Proceedings of the Symposium "Exploiting the ISO Data Archive - Infrared Astronomy in the Interenet Age", Eds.C. Gry, S. Peschke, J. Matagne, P. Garcia-Lario, R. Lorente, & A. Salama, ESA SP-511, 149
  • Radiative pumping of 1612 MHz masers: OH/IR sources with IRAS LRS spectra and 34.6 micrometer absorption feature.
    • Szczerba R., He J.H, Chen P.S., 2003, in Proceedings of the Symposium "Exploiting the ISO Data Archive - Infrared Astronomy in the Interenet Age", Eds.C. Gry, S. Peschke, J. Matagne, P. Garcia-Lario, R. Lorente, & A. Salama, ESA SP-511, 101
  • The temperature structure of dusty planetary nebulae.
    • Stasinska G., Szczerba R., 2003, in Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 209 "Planetary Nebuale: Their Evolution and Role in the Universe", Eds. S. Kwok, M. Dopita, and R. Sutherland, 308
  • ISO SWS spectra of [WR] planetary nebulae.
    • Szczerba R., Volk K., Gorny, S.K..2003, in Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 209 "Planetary Nebuale: Their Evolution and Role in the Universe", Eds. S. Kwok, M. Dopita, and R. Sutherland, 301

              2002

  • ISO Observations of the Unidentified 30 Micron Feature in Proto-Planetary Nebulae.
    • Volk K., Kwok S., Hrivnak B.J.,Szczerba R., 2002, ApJ, 567, 412
  • Nature of OH maser and SiO thermal emission towards carbon star IRAS 05373-0810 (V1187 Ori).
    • Szczerba R., Chen P.S., Szymczak M., Omont, A., 2002, A&A, 381, 491
  • ISO and stellar evolution.
    • Szczerba R., 2002, in Proceedings of the COSPAR conference "New results in far-IR and submm astronomy", eds. R. Szczerba, 2002, Advances in Space Research, Vol.30, No.9, 1979

              2001

  • The temperature structure of dusty planetary nebulae.
    • Stasinska G, Szczerba R.2001, A&A 379, 1024
  • Infrared properties of planetary nebulae with [WR] central stars.
    • Gorny S.K., Stasinska G, Szczerba R., Tylenda R.2001, A&A 377, 1007
  • Further detections of OH masers in carbon stars with silicate features.
    • Szymczak M., Szczerba R., Chen P.S.2001, in Proceedings of the conference "Post-AGB objects as a phase of stellar evolution", eds. R. Szczerba &S.K. Gorny, ASSL 265, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, p.439
  • ISO results for proto-planetary nebulae.
    • Volk K., Kwok S., Hrivnak B.,Szczerba R.2001, in Proceedings of the conference "Post-AGB objects as a phase of stellar evolution", eds. R. Szczerba &S.K. Gorny, ASSL 265, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, p.323
  • Optical spectroscopy of peculiar supergiants.
    • Klochkova V.G., Panchuk V.E.,Szczerba R.2001, in Proceedings of the conference "Post-AGB objects as a phase of stellar evolution", eds. R. Szczerba &S.K. Gorny, ASSL 265, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, p.265
  • Modelling of the observed post-AGB evolution.
    • Tylenda R., Jeske K., Szczerba R., Siodmiak N.2001, in Proceedings of the conference "Post-AGB objects as a phase of stellar evolution", eds. R. Szczerba &S.K. Gorny, ASSL 265, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, p.139
  • Statistical properties of post-AGB stars.
    • Szczerba R., Gorny S.K., Zalfresso-Jundzillo M.2001, in Proceedings of the conference "Post-AGB objects as a phase of stellar evolution", eds. R. Szczerba &S.K. Gorny, ASSL 265, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, p.13
  • Properties of OH/IR stars with IRAS LRS spectra.
    • Chen P.S., Szczerba R.,Kwok S., Volk K.2001, A&A 368, 1006
  • PAH features in the ISO SWS01 spectra of [WR] planetary nebulae.
    • SzczerbaR., Gorny S.K., Stasinska G., Siodmiak N., Tylenda R.2001, Ap&SS 275, 113
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