Research Reports

Publications

1.: 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.
2.: Cairns, I.H., Time scales for collective effects: Conditions for scattering off thermal ions to dominate Langmuir wave decay, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 4901, 2000.
3.: Cairns, I.H., Lower hybrid drive in solar reconnection regions: Implications for electron acceleration and solar heating, Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust., 18(4), 336, 2001.
4.: 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.
5.: Cairns, I.H., and M.L. Kaiser, Solar system radio emissions, Reviews of Radio Science, Ed. W. Russ Stone, in press, 2002.
6.: Cairns, I. H., and J. D. Menietti, Stochastic growth of waves over Earth's polar cap, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 29,515, 2001.
7.: Cairns, I. H., and P.A. Robinson, Field statistics of two vectorially superposed wave populations, Phys. Rev. E, submitted 2002.
8.: Cairns, I.H., and G.P. Zank, Turn-on of radiation beyond the heliopause and its propagation into the inner heliosphere, Astrophys. J., submitted, 2001a.
9.: Cairns, I. H., and G. P. Zank, Theories for radio emissions from the outer heliosphere, in ``The Next Frontiers: The Outer Heliosphere'', Eds K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, H.-J. Fahr, and E. Marsch, COSPAR Colloq. Series Vol. 11, 253, 2001b.
10.: Cairns, I. H., and G. P. Zank, Turn-on of 2-3 kHz radiation beyond the heliopause, Geophys. Res. Lett., in press, 2002.
11.: 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.
12.: 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.
13.: Cairns, I.H., S. Johnston, and P. Das, Intrinsic variability of the Vela pulsar: Lognormal statistics and theoretical implications, Astrophys. J., 563, L65, 2001.
14.: 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, 2000a.
15.: 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, 2000b.
16.: 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.
17.: Craig, I.J.D., and M.S. Wheatland, Interpretation of statistical flare data using magnetic reconnection models, Solar Physics, in press, 2002.
18.: 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, 25,631, 2001.
19.: 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.
20.: Knock, S., I.H. Cairns, P.A. Robinson, and Z. Kuncic, Theoretically predicted properties of type II radio emission from an interplanetary foreshock, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 2002.
21.: 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, 2002a.
22.: Kuncic, Z., I. H. Cairns, and S. A. Knock, A quantitative model for terrestrial foreshock radio emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., in press, 2002b.
23.: 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.
24.: Li, B., P.A. Robinson, and I.H. Cairns, Multiple electron beam propagation and langmuir wave generation in plasmas, Phys. Plasmas, 9, 2976, 2002.
25.: Litvinenko, Y.E., and M.S. Wheatland, Modeling the rate of occurrence of solar flares, Astrophys. J., 550, L109, 2001.
26.: Robinson, P.A., and A.O. Benz, Bidirectional type III solar radio bursts, Solar Phys., 194, 345, 2000.
27.: 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.
28.: Robinson, P. A., and I. H. Cairns, Stochastic growth of localized plasma waves, Phys. Plasmas, 8, 2394, 2001.
29.: Robinson, P.A., I.H. Cairns, and N.I. Smith, Unified theory of monochromatic and broadband modulational and decay instabilities of Langmuir waves, Phys. of Plasmas, in press, 2002.
30.: Sturrock, P.A., M. Weber, M.S. Wheatland, and R. Wolfson, Metastable magnetic configurations and their significance for solar eruptive events, Astrophys. J., 548, 492, 2001.
31.: Uchida, Y., M.S., Wheatland, I. Yoshitake, R. Haga, and D.B. Melrose, Yohkoh/HXT evidence for hyperhot sources in the pre-impulsive phase of a loop flare, Sol. Phys., 202, 117, 2001.
32.: Wheatland, M.S., The origin of the solar flare waiting-time distribution, Astrophys. J., 536, L109, 2000a.
33.: Wheatland, M.S., Flare frequency-size distributions for individual active regions, Astrophys. J. 532, 1209, 2000b.
34.: Wheatland, M.S., Are electric currents in solar active regions neutralized?, Astrophys. J., 532, 616, 2000c.
35.: Wheatland, M.S., Do solar flares exhibit an interval-size relationship?, Solar Phys. 191, 381, 2000d.
36.: Wheatland, M.S., A test to confirm the source of energy for solar flares, Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust., 18, 351, 2001a.
37.: Wheatland, M.S., Rates of flaring in individual active regions, Solar Phys, 203, 87, 2001b.
38.: Wheatland, M.S., Distribution of flare energies based on independent reconnecting structures, Solar Phys., in press, 2002.
39.: Wheatland, M.S., and Y.E. Litvinenko, Energy balance in the flaring solar corona, Astrophys. J., 557, 332, 2001.
40.: Wheatland, M.S., P.A. Sturrock, and G. Roumeliotis, An optimization approach to reconstructing force-free fields, Astrophys. J., 540, 1150, 2000.
41.: Willes, A.J., and I.H. Cairns, Generalized Langmuir waves in magnetized kinetic plasmas, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 3167, 2000.
42.: 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.
43.: 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, 2001.
44.: Zank, G.P., and I.H. Cairns, Pickup ion driven turbulence in the polar heliosphere: A stochastic growth model, Astrophys. J., 541, 489, 2000.
45.: Zank, G. P., and I. H. Cairns, Pickup ion turbulence: A stochastic growth model, in ``The Next Frontiers: The Outer Heliosphere'', Eds K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, H.-J. Fahr, and E. Marsch, COSPAR Colloq. Series Vol. 11, 125, 2001.
46.: 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.
47.: 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, 29363, 2001.