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Physics and Astronomy 2002-2003



BROWN, P.G.

Brown, P.G., M. Campbell, R. Suggs, W. Cooke, C. Theijsmeijer, R.L. Hawkes, J. Jones, and K.J. Ellis. 2002. Video and radar observations of the 2000 Leonids: evidence for a strong flux peak associated with 1932 ejecta? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 473-479.

Brown, P.G., D.O. ReVelle, E. Tagliaferri, and A. Hildebrand. 2002. An entry model for the Tagish Lake fireball using seismic, satellite and infrasound records. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 37 (5): 661-675.

Brown, P.G., R.E. Spalding, D.O. ReVelle, E. Tagliaferri, and S.P. Worden. 2002. The flux of small near-Earth objects colliding with the Earth. Nature 420 (6913): 294-296. Available at www.nature.com/nature.

Brown, P.G., R.W. Whitaker, D.O. ReVelle, and E. Tagliaferri. 2002. Multi-Station Infrasonic Observations of Two Large Bolides: Signal Interpretation and Implications for Monitoring of Atmospheric Explosions. Geophysical Research Letters 29 (13): 1-4.



CHRONIK, B.A.

Chronik, B.A., and M. Ramachandran. 2003. Simple anatomical measurements do not correlate significantly to individual peripheral nerve stimulation thresholds as measured in MRI gradient coils. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 17 (6): 716-721. Available at www.interscience.wiley.com.

Shao, W., G. Wang, R. Fuzesy, E.W. Hughes, B.A. Chronik, G.C. Scott, S.M. Conolly, and A. Macovski. 2002. Low readout field magnetic resonance imaging of hyperpolarized xenon and water in a single system. Applied Physics Letters 80 (11): 2032-2034.

Zhang, B., Y.-F. Yen, B.A. Chronik, G.C. McKinnon, D.J. Schaefer, and B.K. Rutt. 2003. Peripheral nerve stimulation properties of head and body gradient coils of various sizes. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 50: 50-58. Available at www.interscience.wiley.com.

Zhang, B., Y.F. Yen, B.A. Chronik, D.J. Schaefer, G. McKinnon, and B.K. Rutt. 2002. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Properties of Head and Body Gradient Coils for Clinical MR Scanners. Radiology (Radiological Society of North America 88th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. 225(P). S549-550.



COTTAM, M.G.

Albuquerque, E.L., and M.G. Cottam. 2003. Theory of elementary excitations in quasiperiodic structures. Physics Reports 376 (4-5): 225-337. Available at www.sciencedirect.com.

Baher, S., and M.G. Cottam. 2003. Theory of nonlinear guided and surface plasmon-polaritons in dielectric films. Surface Review and Letters 10 (1): 13-22. Available at www.sciencedirect.com.

Meloche, E., and M.G. Cottam. 2003. Thermal properties of surface and bulk spin waves in metamagnets FeBr2 and FeCl2. Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 196 (1): 165-168.

Pereira Jr., J.M., and M.G. Cottam. 2003. Interactions between dipole-exchange spin waves in ultrathin antiferromagnetic films. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 258-259: 329-331. www.elsevier.com/locate/jmmm.

Wang, Z.K., M.H. Kuok, S.C. Ng, D.J. Lockwood, M.G. Cottam, K. Nielsch, R.B. Wehrspohn, and U. Gosele. 2002. Spin-Wave Quantization in Ferromagnetic Nickel Nanowires. Physical Review Letters 89 (2): 27201-1 to 27201-3.



HOCKING, W.K.

Dushek, O., W.K. Hocking, and N. Mitchell. 2003. Investigation of the possible detection of Earth-Orbiting particulates by SKiYMET meteor radars. Canadian Undergraduate Physics Journal 1 (2): 7-11. Available at www.cupj.ca.

Hocking, W.K. 2003. Evidence for viscosity, thermal conduction and diffusion waves in the Earth's atmosphere. Review of Scientific Instruments 74 (1): 420-426.

Hocking, W.K. 2002. A Hybrid Yagi/Loop Antenna System for VHF Boundary Layer Studies. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium. Cambridge, Massachusetts: PIERS. 7-11. Available at www.piers.org.

Hocking, W.K., and A. Hocking. 2002. Temperature tides determined with meteor radar. Annales Geophysicae 20 (9): 1447-1467.

Jones, G.O.L., F.T. Berkey, C.S. Fish, W.K. Hocking, and M.J. Taylor. 2003. Validation of imaging Doppler interferometer winds using meteor radar. Geophysical Research Letters 30 (14): 4-1 to 4-4.

Luo, Y., A.H. Manson, C.E. Meek, C.K. Meyer, M.D. Burrage, D.C. Fritts, C.M. Hall, W.K. Hocking, J. MacDougall, D.M. Riggin, and R.A. Vincent. 2002. The 16-day planetary waves: multi-MF radar observations from the arctic to equator and comparisons with the HRDI measurements and the GSWM modelling results. Annales Geophysicae 20 (5): 691-709.

Manson, A.H., C. Meek, M. Hagan, J. Koshyk, S. Franke, D. Fritts, C. Hall, W.K. Hocking, K. Igarashi, J. MacDougall, D. Riggin, and R. Vincent. 2002. Seasonal variations of the semi-diurnal and diurnal tides in the MLT: multi-year MF radar observations from 2-70 degree N, modelled tides (GSWM, CMAM). Annales Geophysicae 20 (5): 661-677.

Pancheva, D., E. Merzlyakov, N.J. Mitchell, Y. Portnyagin, A.H. Manson, Ch. Jacobi, C.E. Meek, Yi. Luo, R.R. Clark, W.K. Hocking, J. MacDougall, H.G. Muller, D. Kurschner, G.O.L. Jones, R.A. Vincent, I.M. Reid, W. Singer, K. Igarashi, G.I. Fraser, A.N. Fahrutdinova, A.M. Stepanov, L.M.G. Poole, S.B. Malinga, B.L. Kashcheyev, and A.N. Oleynikov. 2002. Global-scale tidal variability during the PSMOS campaign of June-August 1999: interaction with planetary waves. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64: 1865-1896. Available at www.elsevier.com/locate/jastp.

Sills, D., P. Taylor, P. King, W.K. Hocking, and I. Nichols. 2002. Elbow 2001 - Studying the relationship between lake breezes and severe weather: project overview and preliminary results. 21st AMS Severe Local Storms Conference. San Antonio, Texas, P12.7. www.elsevier.com/locate/asr.

Singer, W., J. Bremer, W.K. Hocking, J. Weiss, R. Latteck, and M. Zecha. 2003. Temperature and wind tides around the summer mesopause at middle and arctic latitudes. Advanced Space Research 31 (9): 2055-2060. Available at www.elsevier.com/locate/asr.

Smith, S.M., M.J. Taylor, G.R. Swenson, C.-Y. She, W.K. Hocking, J. Baumgardner, and M. Mendillo. 2003. A multidiagnostic investigation of the mesospheric bore phenomenon. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 (A2): 13-1 to 13-17.



HOLT, R.A.

Scholl, T., R. Holt, D. Masterman, R. Rivest, S.D. Rosner, and A. Sharikova. 2002. Measurement of radiative lifetimes in Pr II and Nd II. Canadian Journal of Physics 80 (7): 713-722.

Scholl, T.J., R.A. Holt, D. Masterman, R.C. Rivest, S.D. Rosner, and A. Sharikova. 2002. Measurement of radiative lifetimes in SM II. Canadian Journal of Physics 80 (12): 1621-1629.



JONES, J.

Brown, P.G., M. Campbell, R. Suggs, W. Cooke, C. Theijsmeijer, R.L. Hawkes, J. Jones, and K.J. Ellis. 2002. Video and radar observations of the 2000 Leonids: evidence for a strong flux peak associated with 1932 ejecta? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 473-479.



LANDSTREET, J.D.

Bagnulo, S., J.D. Landstreet, G. Lo Curto, T. Szeifert, and G.A. Wade. 2003. Discovery of a 14.5 kG magnetic field in the NGC 2516 star HD 66318. Astronomy & Astrophysics 403: 645-651.

Bagnulo, S., T. Szeifert, G.A. Wade, J.D. Landstreet, and G. Mathys. 2002. Measuring magnetic fields of early-type stars with FORS1 at the VLT. Astronomy & Astrophysics 389: 191-201.

Kochukhov, O., J.D. Landstreet, T. Ryabchikova, W.W. Weiss, and F. Kupka. 2002. Discovery of rapid radial velocity variations in the roAp star 10 Aql and possible pulsations of ß CrB. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 337: L1 - L5.

Landstreet, J.D. 2003. Physical Processes in the Solar System. 1st ed. London, ON: Keenan & Darlington. 350 pp.

Shorlin, S.L.S., G.A. Wade, J.-F. Donati, J.D. Landstreet, P. Petit, T.A.A. Sigut, and S. Strasser. 2002. A highly sensitive search for magnetic fields in B, A and F stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics 392: 637-652.



LENNARD, W.N.

Grandin, H.M., S.M. Tadayyon, W.N. Lennard, K. Griffith, L.L. Coatsworth, P.R. Norton, Z.D. Popovic, H. Aziz, and N.X. Hu. 2003. Rutherford backscattering and secondary ion mass spectrometry investigation of Mg:Ag-tris(8-hydroxy quinoline) aluminum interfaces. Organic Electronics 4: 9-14. www.elsevier.com/locate/orgel.

Kim, J., W.N. Lennard, C.P. McNorgan, J. Hendriks, I.V. Mitchell, D. Landheer, and J. Gredley. 2002. Depth profiling of ultrathin films using medium energy ion scattering. Current Applied Physics 3: 75-82. Available at www.sciencedirect.com.

Landheer, D., X. Wu, G.I. Sproule, S. Moisa, J. Morais, I.J.R. Baumvol, R.P. Pezzi, L. Miotti, W.N. Lennard, and J.-K. Kim. 2002. Gadolinium and lanthanum silicate films deposited on Si(100) by electron-beam evaporation: stability and diffusion. International Workshop on Device Technology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 2001.

Wojcik, J., L. Chan, W.N. Lennard, J.A. Davies, and P. Mascher. 2002. Comparison of SiOxNy Thin Films Deposited by ECR-PECVD at 2.4 and3.0 mTorr Total Pressure. 45th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings. Society of Vacuum Coaters. 558-560.



MITCHELL, I.V.

Kim, J., W.N. Lennard, C.P. McNorgan, J. Hendriks, I.V. Mitchell, D. Landheer, and J. Gredley. 2002. Depth profiling of ultrathin films using medium energy ion scattering. Current Applied Physics 3: 75-82. Available at www.sciencedirect.com.

Matsuura, N., T.W. Simpson, C.P. McNorgan, I.V. Mitchell, X. Mei, P. Morales, and H.E. Ruda. 2002. "Nanometer-scale pattern transfer using ion implantation", Three-Dimensional Nanoengineered Assemblies. MRS Proceedings. T.M. Orlando, L. Merhari, D.P. Taylor, and K. Ikuta. 739.



MOORCROFT, D.R.

Drexler, J., J.-P. St.-Maurice, D. Chen, and D.R. Moorcroft. 2002. New insights from a nonlocal generalization of the Farley-Buneman instability problem at high latitudes. Annales Geophysicae 20: 2003-2025.

Jackel, B.J., D.R. Moorcroft, J.C. Foster, and K. Schlegel. 2002. Spectral Characteristics of UHF Radar Aurora. Journal of Geophysical Research 107 (A7): 1122.

Jayachandran, P.T., E.F. Donovan, J.W. MacDougall, D.R. Moorcroft, J.-P. St.-Maurice, and P. Prikryl. 2002. SuperDARN E-region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector-tracer of equatorward boundary of the auroral oval. Annales Geophysicae 20: 1899-1904.

Jayachandran, P.T., J.W. MacDougall, D.R. Moorcroft, J.-P. St.-Maurice, K. Liou, and P.T. Newell. 2002. Substorm onset location and the equatorward boundary of the proton auroral oval. Geophysical Research Letters 29 (24): 12-1 - 12-4.

Moorcroft, D.R. 2002. Outstanding issues in the theory of radar aurora: Evidence from the frequency dependence of spectral characteristics. Journal of Geophysical Research 107 (A10): 13-1 - 13-9.

Moorcroft, D.R. 2002. The Spectral Characteristics of Radar Aurora at Different Frequencies. Journal of Geophysical Research 107 (A10): 1301.


ROSNER, S.D.

Scholl, T., R. Holt, D. Masterman, R. Rivest, S.D. Rosner, and A. Sharikova. 2002. Measurement of radiative lifetimes in Pr II and Nd II. Canadian Journal of Physics 80 (7): 713-722.

Scholl, T.J., R.A. Holt, D. Masterman, R.C. Rivest, S.D. Rosner, and A. Sharikova. 2002. Measurement of radiative lifetimes in SM II. Canadian Journal of Physics 80 (12): 1621-1629.



SICA, R.J.

Argall, P.S., and R.J. Sica. 2003. Lidar/ Atmospheric Sounding Introduction. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences. London: Academic Press. 1169-1176.

Argall, P.S., and R.J. Sica. 2002. Long-term temperature measurements in the middle atmosphere with the Purple Crow Lidar. Lidar Remote Sensing in Atmospheric and Earth Sciences. Proceedings of the International Laser Radar Conference. L.R. Bissonnette, G. Roy, and G. Vallee. Val-Belair, Quebec: Defense R & D Canada. 2. 463-466.

Mwangi, M.M., R.J. Sica, and P.S. Argall. 2002. Molecular nitrogen and molecular oxygen densities in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere retrieved from ground-based lidar measurements. International Laser Radar Conference 21. Quebec City, QC:

Wu, D.L., W.G. Read, Z. Shippony, T. Leblanc, T.J. Duck, D.A. Ortland, R.J. Sica, P.S. Argall, J. Oberheide, A. Hauchecorne, P. Keckhut, C.Y. She, and D.A. Krueger. 2003. Mesospheric temperature from UARS MLS: retrieval and validation. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 65: 245-267. Available at www.elsevier.com/locate/jastp.



SIGUT, T.A.A.

Shorlin, S.L.S., G.A. Wade, J.-F. Donati, J.D. Landstreet, P. Petit, T.A.A. Sigut, and S. Strasser. 2002. A highly sensitive search for magnetic fields in B, A and F stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics 392: 637-652.

Sigut, T.A.A., and A.K. Pradhan. 2003. Predicted FeII emission-line strengths for active galactic nuclei. Astrophysical Journal Supplement 145 (1): 15-37.



SIMPSON, P.J.

Ilconich, J., X.L. Xu, M. Coleman, and P.J. Simpson. 2003. Impact of ion beam irradiation on microstructure and gas permeance of polysulfone asymmetric membranes. Journal of Membrane Science 214 (1): 143-156.

McClusky, M.D., S.J. Jokela, K.K. Zhuravlev, P.J. Simpson, and K.G. Lynn. 2002. Infrared spectroscopy of hydrogen in ZnO. Applied Physics Letters 81 (20): 3807-3809.

Simpson, P.J., D.M. Shinozaki, U. Myler, and K.L.M. Evans. 2003. Free volume changes associated with solid state crystallization of syndiotactic polystyrene. Journal of Materials Science 38: 581-587.

Simpson, P.J., and S. Szpala. 2002. Proportionality of vacancy concentration to ion implantation fluence. Journal of Applied Physics 92 (10): 5852-5855.

Simpson, P.J., R. Tjossem, A.W. Hunt, K.G. Lynn, and V. Munne. 2003. Superfast timing performance from ZnO scintillators. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research - Section A 505: 82-84.



SINGH, M.R.

Desforges, J., and M.R. Singh. 2002. Magnetoexcitons from spatially separated electron-hole systems in semiconductor heterostructures with disorder. Physica E 17 (1-4): 215-216.

Singh, M.R. 2003. Electric-field-dependent dispersive transport of carriers in band tails of low-dimensional systems. Philosophical Magazine 86 (3): 797-805. Available at www.tandf.co.uk/journals.

Singh, M.R. 2003. Quantum beat phenomenon due to polaritons in dispersive and photonic band gap materials. Journal of Modern Optics 50 (8): 1319-1325. www.tandf.co.uk/journals.

Singh, M.R., A.E. Botha, and C.-M. Tsang. 2003. Two-polariton interference phenomenon in dispersive and photonic band-gap materials. Physica E 17: 465-467. Available at www.elsevier.com/locate/physe.

Singh, M.R., and D. Mukherji. 2003. Quantum beat phenomenon due to polariton in III-V and IV-IV semiconductors doped with quantum dot. Physica E 17: 406-409. Available at www.elsevier.com/locate/physe.



ST.-MAURICE, J.-P.

Drexler, J., J.-P. St.-Maurice, D. Chen, and D.R. Moorcroft. 2002. New insights from a nonlocal generalization of the Farley-Buneman instability problem at high latitudes. Annales Geophysicae 20: 2003-2025.

Jayachandran, P.T., E.F. Donovan, J.W. MacDougall, D.R. Moorcroft, J.-P. St.-Maurice, and P. Prikryl. 2002. SuperDARN E-region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector-tracer of equatorward boundary of the auroral oval. Annales Geophysicae 20: 1899-1904.

Jayachandran, P.T., J.W. MacDougall, D.R. Moorcroft, J.-P. St.-Maurice, K. Liou, and P.T. Newell. 2002. Substorm onset location and the equatorward boundary of the proton auroral oval. Geophysical Research Letters 29 (24): 12-1 - 12-4.

St.-Maurice, J.-P., R.K. Choudhary, W.L. Ecklund, and R.T. Tsunoda. 2003. Fast type-I waves in the equatorial electrojet: Evidence for nonisothermal ion-acoustic speeds in the lower E region. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 (A5): 4-1 - 4-14.



VALLURI, S.R.

Harper, W.L., S.R. Valluri, and R.B. Mann. 2003. Jupiter's Moons as a Test of the Equivalence Principal. Ninth Marcel Grosmann Meeting on General Relativity. World Scientific. 1803-1813.

Valluri, S.R., F.A. Chishtie, R.G. Biggs, M. Davison, S.V. Dhurandhar, and B.S. Sathyaprakash. 2003. A study of the gravitational wave form from pulsars. Ninth Marcel Grosmann Meeting on General Relativity, Rome, July 2000. World Scientific. 1923-1924.



ZINKE-ALLMANG, M.

Li, N., and M. Zinke-Allmang. 2002. Size-tunable Ge nano-particle arrays patterned on Si substrates with nanosphere lithography and thermal annealing. Japan Journal of Applied Physics 41 (7A): 4626-4629.

Shorlin, K., M. Zinke-Allmang, and D. Fraser. 2002. Statistical analysis of the spatial distribution of simulated island formation on a surface. Physical Review B 66: 165403-1 to 165403-6.