Introduction
A large team performs research on Space Physics at the School of Physics,
University of Sydney. Led by Dr Iver Cairns (an ARC Senior Research Fellow)
and Professor Peter Robinson, as of July 2002 the
team includes three postdoctoral scientists (Drs Bo Li, Zdenka Kuncic, and
Andrew Willes), one doctoral student (Mr Stuart Knock), one Honours student
(Mr Jeremy Mitchell),
and a part-time computational officer (Dr Pritha Das). Professor Robinson is Director of the
University of Sydney's Center for Wave Science, of which Dr Cairns is also a
member. Several members of the team also work in
theoretical plasma astrophysics; until recently, the School hosted the
ARC's Special Research Center for Theoretical Astrophysics, led by
Professor Donald
Melrose, some of whose members are also interested in solar and space physics (Drs
N.F. Cramer, M.S. Wheatland, and S. Vladimirov). This report summarizes the progress made during the
period 2000 - 2002 by the space physics team and Dr Wheatland, including the scientific
papers published or submitted for publication.
