Research Reports

Publications of Iver H. CAIRNS

1.: Cairns, I.H., and P.A. Robinson, Strong evidence for stochastic growth of Langmuir-like waves in Earth's foreshock, Phys. Rev. Lett., 82, 3066, 1999.
2.: Cairns, I.H., and G.P. Zank, First theoretical predictions for the dynamic spectra of the outer heliospheric radio emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2605, 1999.
3.: Gary, S. P., and I. H. Cairns, Electron temperature anisotropy instabilites: Whistler, electrostatic, and z-mode, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 19,835, 1999.
4.: Cairns, I.H., P.A. Robinson, and R.R. Anderson, Thermal and driven stochastic growth of Langmuir-like waves in the solar wind and Earth's foreshock, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 61, 2000.
5.: Cairns, I. H., and P. A. Robinson, Roles played by electrostatic waves in producing radio emissions, in ``Radio Astronomy at Long Wavelengths'', Eds R. G. Stone, J.-L. Bougeret, K. Weiler, and M. Goldstein, Geophysical Monograph 119, AGU, 27, 2000.
6.: Robinson, P.A., and I.H. Cairns, Theory of type III and type II solar radio emissions, in ``Radio Astronomy at Long Wavelengths'', Eds R. G. Stone, J.-L. Bougeret, K. Weiler, and M. Goldstein, Geophysical Monograph 119, AGU, 37, 2000.
7.: Zank, G.P., and I.H. Cairns, Pickup ion driven turbulence in the polar heliosphere: A stochastic growth model, Astrophys. J., 541, 489, 2000.
8.: Cairns, I.H., P.A. Robinson, and G.P. Zank, Progress on coronal, interplanetary, foreshock, and outer heliospheric radio emissions, Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust., 17(1), 22, 2000.
9.: Leblanc, Y., G.A. Dulk, I.H. Cairns, and J.-L. Bougeret, Type II-flare continumm in the corona and solar wind, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 18,215, 2000.
10.: Willes, A.J., and I.H. Cairns, Generalized Langmuir waves in magnetized kinetic plasmas, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 3167, 2000.
11.: Cairns, I.H., Time scales for collective effects: Conditions for scattering off thermal ions to dominate Langmuir wave decay, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 4901, 2000.
12.: Zank, G. P., W. K. M. Rice, I. H. Cairns, J. A. Le Roux, and G. M. Webb, The ``injection problem'' for quasi-parallel shocks, Phys. Plasmas, 8, 4560, 2001.
13.: Cairns, I.H., and G.P. Zank, Turn-on of radiation beyond the heliopause and its propagation into the inner heliosphere, Astrophys. J., submitted 2001.
14.: Fairfield, D. H., I. H. Cairns, M. D. Desch, A. Szabo, A. J. Lazarus, and M. R. Aellig, The location of low mach number bow shocks at Earth, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 25,361, 2001.
15.: Cairns, I. H., and G. P. Zank, Theories for radio emissions from the outer heliosphere, in ``The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers'', Eds K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, H.-J. Fahr, and E. Marsch, COSPAR Colloq. Series Vol. 11, Pergamon (Holland), 253, 2001.
16.: Zank, G. P., and I. H. Cairns, Pickup ion turbulence: A stochastic growth model, in ``The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers'', Eds K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, H.-J. Fahr, and E. Marsch, COSPAR Colloq. Series Vol. 11, Pergamon (Holland), 125, 2001.
17.: Robinson, P. A., and I. H. Cairns, Stochastic growth of localized plasma waves, Phys. Plasmas, 8, 2394-2400, 2001.
18.: Zank, G. P., W. K. M. Rice, I. H. Cairns, J. W. Bieber, R. M. Skoug, and C. W. Smith, Predicted timing for the turn-on of radiation in the outer heliosphere due to the Bastille Day shock, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 29,363, 2001.
19.: Cairns, I. H., and J. D. Menietti, Stochastic growth of waves over Earth's polar cap, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 29,515, 2001.
20.: Cairns, I. H., and K. A. Grubits, Stochastic growth of ion cyclotron and mirror waves in Earth's magnetosheath, Phys. Rev. E, 64, 056408, 2001.
21.: Boshuizen, C., I. H. Cairns, and P. A. Robinson, Stochastic growth theory of spatially-averaged distributions of Langmuir fields in Earth's foreshock, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3569, 2001.
22.: Knock, S., I.H. Cairns, P.A. Robinson, and Z. Kuncic, Theory of type II solar radio emission from the foreshock region of an interplanetary shock, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 25,041, 2001.
23.: Cairns, I. H., B. R. Bellamy, and C. W. Smith, Voyager spectra of density turbulence from 1 AU to the outer heliosphere, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 2001.
24.: Willes, A.J., and I.H. Cairns, Mode-conversion and reflection of Langmuir waves in an inhomogeneous solar wind, Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust., 18(4), 355, 2001.
25.: Cairns, I.H., Lower hybrid drive in solar magnetic reconnection regions: Implications for electron acceleration and solar heating, Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust., 18(4), 336, 2001.
26.: Cairns, I.H., S. Johnston, and P. Das, Intrinsic variability of the Vela pulsar: Log-normal statistics and theoretical implications, Astrophys. J., 563, L65, 2001.
27.: Cairns, I.H., and M.L. Kaiser, Solar system radio emissions, Reviews of Radio Science, Ed. W. Russ Stone, in press, 2002.
28.: Kuncic, Z., I. H. Cairns, and S. A. Knock, Analytic model for the electrostatic potential jump across collisionless shocks, with application to Earth's bow shock, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.
29.: Cairns, I. H., and G. P. Zank, Turn-on of 2-3 kHz radiation beyond the heliopause, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(7), 2-1, 2002.
30.: Kuncic, Z., I. H. Cairns, S. A. Knock, and P. A. Robinson, A quantitative theory for terrestrial foreshock radio emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(8), 47-1, 2002.
31.: Li, B., P. A. Robinson, and I. H. Cairns, Multiple electron beam propagation and Langmuir wave generation in plasmas, Phys. Plasmas, 9, 2976, 2002.
32.: Willes, A. J., S. D. Bale, and I. H. Cairns, Evidence for Langmuir wave tunnelling in the inhomogeneous solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.
33.: Cairns, I. H., and P. A. Robinson, Field statistics of two vectorially superposed wave populations, Phys. Rev. E, in press, 2002.
34.: Robinson, P. A., Cairns, I. H., and N. I. Smith, Unified theory of monochromatic and broadband modulational and decay instabilities of Langmuir waves, Phys. of Plasmas, in press, 2002.
35.: Knock, S.A., I.H. Cairns, P.A. Robinson, and Z. Kuncic, Theoretically predicted properties of type II radio emission from an interplanetary foreshock, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.
36.: Chapman, J.F., and I.H. Cairns, Three dimensional modeling of Earth's bow shock: Shock shape as a function of Alfven Mach number, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 2002.
37.: Cairns, I.H., S.A. Knock, P.A. Robinson, and Z. Kuncic, Type II solar radio bursts: Theory and space weather implications, Space Sci. Rev., in press, 2002.
38.: Cairns, I.H., S. Johnston, and P. Das, Intrinsic variability and field statistics for the Vela pulsar: 2. Systematics and single-component fits, Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., submitted, 2002.
39.: Cairns, I.H., P. Das, P.A. Robinson, and S. Johnston, Intrinsic variability and field statistics for the Vela pulsar: 3. Two-component fits and Detailed Assessment of Stochastic Growth Theory, Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., submitted, 2002.
40.: Li, B., A.J. Willes, P.A. Robinson, and I.H. Cairns, Dynamics of beam driven Langmuir and ion-acoustic waves including electrostatic decay, Phys. Plasmas, submitted, 2002.