Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications - Zdenka Kuncic

Medical Physics

1. Improving PET coincidence detection with photon polarization
   McNamara, A., Kuncic, Z., Boardman, D., Wu, K., Reinhard, M. 2011. Phys. Med. Biol., submitted.
2. Radiological characterization and water equivalency of genipin gel for x-ray and electron beam dosimetry
   Gorjiara, T., Hill, R., Kuncic, Z., Bosi, S., Davies, J., Baldock, C. 2011. Phys. Med. Biol. 56(15), 4865.
3. Investigation of radiological properties of PRESAGE dosimeters
   Gorjiara, T., Hill, R., Kuncic, Z., Adamovics, J., Bosi, S. and Baldock, C., 2011. Med. Phys. 38(4), 2265.
4. Polarization enhanced x-ray imaging
   Kuncic, Z., McNamara, A., Wu, K., Boardman, D. 2010. Nuc. Inst. Meth. A, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.168..
5. The water equivalence of solid phantoms for low energy photon beams
   Hill, R., Kuncic, Z. and Baldock, C., 2010. Med. Phys. 37(8), 4355.
6. An investigation of backscatter factors for kilovoltage x-rays: a comparison between Monte Carlo simulations and Gafchromic EBT measurements
   Kim, J.-H., Hill, R., Claridge, E. and Kuncic, Z., 2010. Phys. Med. Biol. 55, 783.
7. EPID Dosimetry: Effect of different layers of materials on absorbed dose
   Gustafsson, H., Vial, P., Kuncic, Z., Baldock, C. and Greer, P.B., 2009. Med. Phys. 36(12), 5665.

Astrophysics

1. X-ray Polarization in Relativistic Jets
   McNamara, A. L., Kuncic, Z. and Wu, K., 2009. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 395, 1507.
2. Enhanced MHD Transport in Astrophysical Accretion Flows: Turbulence, Winds and Jets
   Dobbie, P., Kuncic, Z. and Bicknell, G.V., 2009. Plas. Fus. Res. 4, 17.
3. X-ray Polarization Signatures of Compton Scattering in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables
   McNamara, A. L., Kuncic, Z. and Wu, K., 2008. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 386, 2167.
4. Towards a New Standard Theory for Astrophysical Disk Accretion
   Kuncic, Z. and Bicknell, G. V., 2007. Mod. Phys. Lett. A, 22(23), 1685 (astro-ph/0707.1914).
5. Relativistic Beaming Models for Ultraluminous X-ray Sources
   Freeland, M., Kuncic, Z., Soria, R., and Bicknell, G. V. 2006. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 372, 630 (astro-ph/0606707).
6. Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei, X-ray Binaries, and Ultraluminous X-ray Sources
   Kuncic, Z., 2005. Pub. Astron. Soc. Aust., 22, 195-198.
7. Compton Scattering of Fe K$\alpha$ Lines from Accreting White Dwarfs
   Kuncic, Z., Wu, K., and Cullen, J. G. 2005. Pub. Astron. Soc. Aust., 22, 56-61.
8. Dynamics and Energetics of Turbulent, Magnetized Disk Accretion around Black Holes: a First-Principles Approach to Disk-Corona-Outflow Coupling,
   Kuncic, Z. and Bicknell, G. V., 2004. Astrophys. J., 616, 669-687.
9. Induced Compton Scattering in Gigahertz Peak Spectrum Sources,
   Kuncic, Z., Bicknell, G. V. & Dopita, M. A., 1998. Astrophys. J. 495, L35-L38.
10. Thermal Material In Relativistic Jets,
    Celotti, A., Kuncic, Z., Rees, M. J. & Wardle, J. F. C., 1998. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 293, 288-298.

Space Physics

1. Terrestrial foreshock Langmuir waves: STEREO observations, theoretical modeling, and quasi-linear simulations
   Malaspina, D.M., Li, B., Cairns, I.H., Robinson, P.A., Kuncic, Z. and Ergun, R.E., 2009. J. Geophys. Res. 114(A12), 12,101.
2. Effects of overshoots on electron distributions upstream and downstream of quasi-perpendicular collisionless shocks
   Yuan, X., Cairns, I. H., Robinson, P. A., and Kuncic, Z., 2007. J. Geophys. Res., 112(A5), A05108.
3. Planetary Foreshock Radio Emissions,
   Kuncic, Z. and Cairns, I. H., 2005. J. Geophys. Res., 110(A7), 1-12.
4. A Quantitative Model for Terrestrial Foreshock Radio Emissions I: Predicted Properties,
   Kuncic, Z., Cairns, I. H., and Knock, S. A., 2004. J. Geophys. Res., 109(A2), 10.1029/2003JA010125, 1-15.
5. Type II Solar Radio Bursts: Theory and Space Weather Implications,
   Cairns, I. H., Knock, S. A., Robinson, P. A., and Kuncic, Z., 2003. Space Sci. Rev. 107, 27-34.
6. A Quantitative Theory for Terrestrial Foreshock Radio Emissions,
   Kuncic, Z., Cairns, I. H., Knock, S., and Robinson, P. A., 2002. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29(8), 47(1)-47(4).