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Physics and Astronomy 2001-2002



BASU, S.

Jones, C.E., and S. Basu. 2002. The intrinsic shapes of molecular cloud fragments over a range of length scales. The Astrophysical Journal 569: 280-287.
 
 

BROWN, P.

Brown, P., M.D. Campbell, R.L. Hawkes, C. Theijsmeijer, and J. Jones. 2002. Multi-station electro-optical observations of the 1999 Leonid meteor storm. Planetary and Space Science 50: 45-55.

Brown, P., and W. Cooke. 2001. Model predictions for the 2001 Leonids and implications for Earth-orbiting satellites. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 326: L19-L22.

Brown, P., S. Hunt, and S. Close. 2001. Astronomical and physical data for meteoroids recorded by the ALTAIR radar. Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2001 Conference. B. Warmbein. 469-477.

Brown, P., D.O. ReVelle, and A.R. Hildebrand. 2001. The Tagish Lake meteorite fall: Interpretation of fireball physical characteristics. Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2001 Conference. B. Warmbein. 497-507.

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

Campbell, M., C. Theijsmeijer, J. Jones, R.L. Hawkes, and P. Brown. 2001. Ground-based observations of the Leonids 1999-2000, SA SP-495. Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2001 Conference. B. Warmbein. 197-201.

Whitaker, R.W., P.G. Brown, D.O. ReVelle, T.D. Sandoval, J.P. Mutschlecner, and N.M. Bueck. 2001. Bolides and other infrasound events. 23rd Seismic Research Review:Worldwide Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions. Jackson-Hole, WY: 168-176.
 
 

COTTAM, M.G.

Bezerra, C.G., E.L. Albuquerque, and M.G. Cottam. 2001. Influence of the biquadratic interlayer coupling in the specific heat of Fibonacci magnetic multilayers. Physica A 301: 341-350.

Bezerra, C.G., and M.G. Cottam. 2002. Effects of the biquadratic exchange coupling on the localization and scaling laws of spin waves in Fibonacci superlattices. Physics Review B 65: 054412 1-7.

Bezerra, C.G., and M.G. Cottam. 2002. Magnetization in quasiperiodic magnetic multilayers with biquadratic exchange and uniaxial anisotropy. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 240: 529-531.

Bezerra, C.G., and M.G. Cottam. 2002. Multifractal spectra of spin waves in Fibonacci magnetic superlattices with biquadratic exchange coupling. Physica A 309: 121-130.

Bezerra, C.G., and M.G. Cottam. 2002. Surface and bulk spin waves in magnetic superlattices with biquadratic exchange coupling. Journal of Applied Physics 91 (10): 7221-7223.

Pereira Jr., J.M., and M.G. Cottam. 2001. Spin waves in Heisenberg antiferromagnetic films with (0 0 1), (0 1 1) and (1 1 1) surfaces. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 226-230: 1648-1649.

Rojdestvenski, I., A.G. Ivanov, M.G. Cottam, A. Borodich, P.A. Huner, and G. Oquist. 2002. Segregation of photosystems in thylakoid membranes as a critical phenomenon. Biophysical Journal 82: 1719-1730.
 
 

GRAY, D.F.

Gray, D.F. 2001. Betelgeuse: Giant convection cells. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 113: 1378-1385.

Gray, D.F., H.R. Scott, and J. Postma. 2002. Line absorption as a metallicity index for giant stars. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 114: 536-545.
 
 

HOCKING, W.K.

Hocking, W.K. 2001. Middle atmosphere dynamical studies at Resolute Bay over a full representative year: Mean winds, tides, and special oscillations. Radio Science 36 (6): 1795-1822.

Hocking, W.K. 2001. VHF tropospheric scatterer anisotropy at Resolute Bay and its implications for tropospheric radar-derived wind accuracies. Radio Science 36 (6): 1777-1793.

Hocking, W.K., M. Kelley, R. Rogers, W.O.J. Brown, D.R. Moorcroft, and J.-P. St.-Maurice. 2001. Resolute Bay VHF radar: A multipurpose tool for studies of tropospheric motions, middle atmosphere dynamics, meteor physics, and ionospheric physics. Radio Science 36 (6): 1839-1857.

Hocking, W.K., M.C. Kelley, and J. Kelly. 2001. Introduction to special section: Early Polar Cap Observatory. Radio Science 36 (6): 1775-1776.

Hocking, W.K., and J. Rottger. 2001. The structure of turbulence in the middle and lower atmosphere seen by and deduced from MF, HF and VHF radar, with special emphasis on small-scale features and anisotropy. Annales Geophysicae 19: 933-944.

Hocking, W.K., T. Thayaparan, and S.J. Franke. 2001. Method for statistical comparison of geophysical data by multiple instruments which have differing accuracies. Advances in Space Research 27 (6-7): 1089-1098.

Huaman, M.M., M.C. Kelley, W.K. Hocking, and R.F. Woodman. 2001. Polar mesosphere summer echo studies at 51.5 MHz at Resolute Bay, Canada:Comparison with Poker Flat results. Radio Science 36 (6): 1823-1837.

Kirkwood, S., V. Barabash, B.U.E. Brandstrom, A. Mostrom, K. Stebel, N. Mitchell, and W. Hocking. 2002. Noctilucent clouds, PMSE and 5-day planetary waves: A case study. Geophysical Research Letters 29 (10): 50-1 to 50-4.

Liu, A.Z., W.K. Hocking, S.J. Franke, and T. Thayaparan. 2002. Comparison of Na lidar and meteor radar wind measurements at Starfire Optical Range, NM, USA. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64: 31-40.

Luo, Y., A.H. Manson, C.E. Meek, T. Thayaparan, J. MacDougall, and W.K. Hocking. 2002. The 16-day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere:simultaneous observations at Saskatoon (52ºN, 107ºW) and London (43ºN, 81ºW), Canada. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64: 1287-1307.

Manson, A.H., C.E. Meek, J. Koshyk, S. Franke, D.C. Fritts, D. Riggin, C.M. Hall, W.K. Hocking, J. MacDougall, K. Igarashi, and R.A. Vincent. 2002. Gravity wave activity and dynamical effects in the middle atmosphere (60-90 km):observations from an MF/MLT radar network, and results from the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM). Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64: 65-90.

Pancheva, D., N.J. Mitchell, M.E. Hagan, A.H. Manson, C.E. Meek, Y. Luo, Ch. Jacobi, D. Kurschner, R.R. Clark, W.K. Hocking, J. MacDougall, G.O.L. Jones, R.A. Vincent, I.M. Reid, W. Singer, K. Igarashi, G.I. Fraser, T. Nakamura, T. Tsuda, Yu. Portnyagin, E. Merzlyakov, A.N. Fahrutdinova, A.M. Stepanov, L.M.G. Poole, S.B. Malinga, B.L. Kashcheyev, A.N. Oleynikov, and D.M. Riggin. 2002. Global-scale tidal structure in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere during the PSMOS campaign of June-August 1999 and comparisons with the global-scale wave model. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64: 1011-1035.

Shepherd, M.G., P.J. Espy, C.Y. She, W. Hocking, P. Keckhut, G. Gavrilyeva, G.G. Shepherd, and B. Naujokat. 2002. Springtime transition in upper mesospheric temperature in the northern hemisphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64 (8-11): 1183-1199.

Sica, R.J., T. Thayaparan, P.S. Argall, A.T. Russell, and W.K. Hocking. 2002. Modulation of upper mesospheric temperature inversions due to tidal-gravity Wave interactions. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64: 915-922.

Thayaparan, T., and W.K. Hocking. 2002. A long-term comparison of winds and tides measured at London, Canada (43ºN, 81ºW) by co-located MF and meteor radars during 1994-1999. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64: 931-946.

Thayaparan, T., and W.K. Hocking. 2002. A novel approach for the comparison of winds and tides measurements using co-located MF and meteor radars during 1994-1999. Bangalore: International Radar Symposium India. 903-914.
 
 

HOLT, R.A.

Pinciuc, C.M., R.C. Rivest, M.R. Izawa, R.A. Holt, S.D. Rosner, and T.J. Scholl. 2001. Measurement of radiative lifetimes in Nd II. Canadian Journal of Physics 79: 1159-1167.

Rivest, R.C., M.R. Izawa, S.D. Rosner, T.J. Scholl, G. Wu, and R.A. Holt. 2002. Laser spectroscopic measurements of hyperfine structure in Pr II. Canadian Journal of Physics 80: 557-562.
 
 

JONES, J.

Brown, P., M.D. Campbell, R.L. Hawkes, C. Theijsmeijer, and J. Jones. 2002. Multi-station electro-optical observations of the 1999 Leonid meteor storm. Planetary and Space Science 50: 45-55.

Campbell, M., C. Theijsmeijer, J. Jones, R.L. Hawkes, and P. Brown. 2001. Ground-based observations of the Leonids 1999-2000, SA SP-495. Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2001 Conference. B. Warmbein. 197-201.
 
 

LANDSTREET, J.D.

Landstreet, J.D. 2001. Magnetic fields in stars. Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics. P. Murdin. New York: Nature Publishing Group. 7 pages.

Landstreet, J.D. 2001. Recent advances in magnetic field diagnosis techniques. Magnetic Fields across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram. G. Mathys, S.K. Solanki, and D.T. Wickramasinghe. ASP Conference Series. 248. 277-285.

Petit, P., J.-F. Donati, G.A. Wade, J.D. Landstreet, J.M. Oliveira, S.L.S. Shorlin, T.A.A. Sigut, and A.C. Cameron. 2001. Differential rotation of close binary stars: Application to HR 1099. Astrotomography: Indirect Imaging Methods in Observational Astronomy. 573. Lecture Notes in Physics. H.M.J. Boffin, D. Steeghs, and J. Cuypers. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 232-237.

Shorlin, S.L.S., J.D. Landstreet, T.A.A. Sigut, and S. Strasser. 2001. Spectropolarimetric measurements of longitudinal fields using LSD. Magnetic fields across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. G. Mathys, S.K. Solanki, and D.T. Wickramasinghe. ASP Conference Series. 248. 423-426.

Stepien, K., and J.D. Landstreet. 2002. The influence of the magnetic field orientation on the angular momentum loss in the pre-main sequence phase: The case of very slowly rotating magnetic Ap stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics 384: 554-561.

Strasser, S., J.D. Landstreet, and G. Mathys. 2001. Surface abundance distribution models of Si, Cr, Mn, Fe, Pr and Nd for the slowly rotating Ap star HD 187474. Astronomy & Astrophysics 378: 153-164.

Wade, G.A., S. Bagnulo, O. Kochukhov, J.D. Landstreet, N. Piskunov, and M.J. Stift. 2001. LTE spectrum synthesis in magnetic stellar atmospheres. The interagreement of three independent polarised radiative transfer codes. Astronomy & Astrophysics 374: 265-279.
 
 

LENNARD, W.N.

Brijs, B., C. Huyghebaert, S. Nauywelaerts, M. Caymax, W. Vandervorst, K. Nakajim, K. Kimura, A. Bergmeier, G. Dollinger, W.N. Lennard, G. Terwagne, and A. Vantomme. 2002. Advanced characterization of high-k materials:A nuclear approach. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 190: 505-509.

Landheer, D., X. Wu, J. Morais, J.R. Baumvol, R.P. Pezzi, L. Miotti, W.N. Lennard, and J.K. Kim. 2001. Thermal stability and diffusion in gadolinium silicate gate dielectric films. Applied Physics Letters 79 (16): 2618-2620.

Lennard, W.N., J.K. Kim, and L. Rodriguez-Fernandez. 2002. Surface sensitive particle-induced X-ray emission. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 189: 49-55.

Wojcik, J., C.G. Simionescu, W.N. Lennard, H.K. Haugen, J.A. Davies, and P. Mascher. 2001. Characterization of silicon oxynitride thin films deposited by ECR-PECVD. Electrochemical Society Proceedings. 7. 206-211.
 
 

MITCHELL, I.V.

Chen, H., H.A. McKay, R.M. Feenstra, G.C. Aers, P.J. Poole, R.L. Williams, S. Charbonneau, P.G. Piva, T.W. Simpson, and I.V. Mitchell. 2001. InGaAs/InP quantum well intermixing studied by cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy. Journal of Applied Physics 89 (9): 4815-4823.

Hu, Q., M. Zinke-Allmang, and I.V. Mitchell. 2001. Competing cluster growth:The Cu/Sn/Si(111) system. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 40 (10): 6029-6034.

Hu, Q., M. Zinke-Allmang, and I.V. Mitchell. 2001. Role of Si(100) surface patterns in the phase separation of Cu/Sn thin films. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 672. 02.10.1-02.10.6.

Simpson, T.W., P.A. Gallivan, and I.V. Mitchell. 2001. Implantation induced selective chemical etching of indium phosphide. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 4 (3): G26-G27.

Simpson, T.W., and I.V. Mitchell. 2001. Annealing behavior of implanted helium in indium phosphide. Applied Physics Letters 78 (2): 207-209.
 
 

MOORCROFT, D.R.

Hocking, W.K., M. Kelley, R. Rogers, W.O.J. Brown, D.R. Moorcroft, and J.-P. St.-Maurice. 2001. Resolute Bay VHF radar: A multipurpose tool for studies of tropospheric motions, middle atmosphere dynamics, meteor physics, and ionospheric physics. Radio Science 36 (6): 1839-1857.

Jayachandran, P.T., J.W. MacDougall, J.-P. St.-Maurice, D.R. Moorcroft, P.T. Newell, and P. Prikryl. 2002. Coincidence of the ion precipitation boundary with the HF E region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector of the auroral oval. Geophysical Research Letters 29 (8): 1256 1-4.

Lacroix, P.J., and D.R. Moorcroft. 2001. Ion acoustic HF radar echoes at high latitudes and far ranges. Journal of Geophysical Research 106 (A12): 29091-29103.
 
 

ROSNER, S.D.

Pinciuc, C.M., R.C. Rivest, M.R. Izawa, R.A. Holt, S.D. Rosner, and T.J. Scholl. 2001. Measurement of radiative lifetimes in Nd II. Canadian Journal of Physics 79: 1159-1167.

Rivest, R.C., M.R. Izawa, S.D. Rosner, T.J. Scholl, G. Wu, and R.A. Holt. 2002. Laser spectroscopic measurements of hyperfine structure in Pr II. Canadian Journal of Physics 80: 557-562.
 
 

SICA, R.J.

Argall, P.S., and R.J. Sica. 2002. Imaging techniques and systems: LIDAR. Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology. J. Hornak. New York: Wiley. 869-889.

Sica, R.J., T. Thayaparan, P.S. Argall, A.T. Russell, and W.K. Hocking. 2002. Modulation of upper mesospheric temperature inversions due to tidal-gravity Wave interactions. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64: 915-922.
 
 

SIGUT, T.A.A.

Petit, P., J.-F. Donati, G.A. Wade, J.D. Landstreet, J.M. Oliveira, S.L.S. Shorlin, T.A.A. Sigut, and A.C. Cameron. 2001. Differential rotation of close binary stars: Application to HR 1099. Astrotomography: Indirect Imaging Methods in Observational Astronomy. 573. Lecture Notes in Physics. H.M.J. Boffin, D. Steeghs, and J. Cuypers. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 232-237.

Shorlin, S.L.S., J.D. Landstreet, T.A.A. Sigut, and S. Strasser. 2001. Spectropolarimetric measurements of longitudinal fields using LSD. Magnetic fields across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. G. Mathys, S.K. Solanki, and D.T. Wickramasinghe. ASP Conference Series. 248. 423-426.

Sigut, T.A.A. 2001. The interpretation of Mn II emission from late-type B stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics 377 (8): L27-L30.
 
 

SIMPSON, P.J.

Adam, L.S., M.E. Law, S. Szpala, P.J. Simpson, D. Lawther, O. Dokumaci, and S. Hegde. 2001. Experimental identification of nitrogen-vacancy complexes in nitrogen implanted silicon. Applied Physics Letters 79 (5): 623-625.

Lourenco, M.A., A.P. Knights, K.P. Homewood, R.M. Gwillliam, P.J. Simpson, and P. Mascher. 2001. A comparative study of vacancies produced by proton implantation of silicon using positron annihilation and deep level transient spectroscopy. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 175-177: 300-304.
 
 

SINGH, M.R.

Botha, A., and M. Singh. 2002. The effect of anisotropy on resonant tunnelling spin polarization in type-II heterostructures. Physica Status Solidi B 231 (2): 437-445.

Desforges, J., and M.R. Singh. 2002. Effect of magnetic field on excitons in bulk and heterostructure semiconductors containing disorder. Physical Review B 66: 0733-0737.

Desforges, J., and M.R. Singh. 2001. Model simulation of excitons in semiconductor nanostructures at high concentration and strong disorder. Solid State Communications 119: 45-49.

Singh, M., and S.B. Barrie. 2001. Spin flopping in the quasi-two dimensional magnetic systems: application to YBa2Cu3O6+x. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 226: 346-347.

Singh, M.R., and J. Desforges. 2002. Excitons formation from spatially separated electrons and holes in semiconductor nanostructures with disorder. Physica E 12: 327-330.

Singh, M.R., J. Desforges, and S. Barrie. 2002. Acoustic phonons and dressed polaritons in dispersive and photonic band gap materials. Physica B 316-317: 339-341.
 
 

ST.-MAURICE, J.-P.

Hocking, W.K., M. Kelley, R. Rogers, W.O.J. Brown, D.R. Moorcroft, and J.-P. St.-Maurice. 2001. Resolute Bay VHF radar: A multipurpose tool for studies of tropospheric motions, middle atmosphere dynamics, meteor physics, and ionospheric physics. Radio Science 36 (6): 1839-1857.

Jayachandran, P.T., J.W. MacDougall, J.-P. St.-Maurice, D.R. Moorcroft, P.T. Newell, and P. Prikryl. 2002. Coincidence of the ion precipitation boundary with the HF E region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector of the auroral oval. Geophysical Research Letters 29 (8): 1256 1-4.
 
 

VALLURI, S.R.

Jentschura, U.D., H. Gies, S.R. Valluri, D.R. Lamm, and E.J. Weniger. 2002. QED effective action revisited. Canadian Journal of Physics 80: 267-284.

Lamm, D.R., S.R. Valluri, U.D. Jentschura, and E.J. Weniger. 2002. Comment on A convergent series for the QED effective action. Physical Review Letters 88 (8): 890101-1.

Valluri, S.D., J.J. Drozd, F.A. Chishtie, R.G. Biggs, M. Davison, S.V. Dhurandhar, and B.S. Sathyaprakash. 2002. A study of the gravitational wave form from pulsars. Classical and Quantum Gravity 19: 1327-1334.
 
 

ZINKE-ALLMANG, M.

Hu, Q., and M. Zinke-Allmang. 2002. Atomic force microscopy study of the early stages of Sn phase separation on Si(111) surfaces. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A 20 (3): 1023-1026.

Hu, Q., M. Zinke-Allmang, and I.V. Mitchell. 2001. Competing cluster growth:The Cu/Sn/Si(111) system. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 40 (10): 6029-6034.

Hu, Q., M. Zinke-Allmang, and I.V. Mitchell. 2001. Role of Si(100) surface patterns in the phase separation of Cu/Sn thin films. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 672. 02.10.1-02.10.6.

Hul'ko, O., J. Fraser, and M. Zinke-Allmang. 2002. Influence of ion implantation induced defects on formation of buried CoSi2 structures in Si(1 0 0). Thin Solid Films 413 (1-2): 52-58.

Li, N., and M. Zinke-Allmang. 2002. Classification of Cluster Morphologies (Chapter 1). Handbook of Thin Film Materials: 2 Characterization and Spectroscopy of Thin Films. H.S. Nalwa. New York: Academic Press. 1-61.