selected publications
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article
- The uncertainty dimension and fractal boundaries for charged particle dynamics in the magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics. 116:A08207. 2011
- Development of the Physics Teacher Education Program at Illinois State University. Forum on Education of the American Physical Society Newsletter. 2005
- Magnetotail particle distributions associated with pitch angle isotropization. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics. 62:513-519. 2000
- Broadening the Physics Degree: A New Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Physics at Illinois State University. Forum on Education of the American Physical Society Spring Newsletter. 1998
- Mallard at ISU: Asynchronous Learning on the Web. The Catalyst, Newsletter from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Illinois State University. 1998
- Long time tails of the velocity autocorrelation functions for the triangular periodic Lorentz gas. Journal of Statistical Physics. 88:81-103. 1997
- Bursty bulk flows, the geomagnetic tail current sheet, and substorm timing. Advances in Space Research. 18:73-78. 1996
- Centrifugally-driven phase bunching and related current sheet structure in the near-earth magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics. 101:19839-19847. 1996
- Modeled particle signatures of magnetic structures in the geomagnetic tail. Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity. 48:809-819. 1996
- On the nonadiabatic precipitation of ions from the near-Earth plasma sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics. 101:17409-17418. 1996
- Particle Dynamics Near k = 1 and the Centrifugal Impulse Model. Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity. 48:821-831. 1996
- Remote sensing of the geomagnetic tail current sheet topology using energetic ions: Neutral lines versus weak field regions. Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity. 48:799-807. 1996
- Structure of electron and ion distribution functions near a reconnection line. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics. 101:24837-24845. 1996
- A simple model of magnetic moment scattering in a field reversal. Geophysical Research Letters. 21:1543-1546. 1994
- Application of the centrifugal impulse model to particle motion in the near-earth magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics. 99:23583-23590. 1994
- Modèle particulaire d'une boufée d'ecoulement (Bursty Bulk Flow). Recueil D'Actes du Seminaire du GdR Plasmae. 1994
- The effect of B-Y on neutral line ridges and dynamical source ordering. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics. 99:23623-23638. 1994
- Chaotic Particle Dynamics Near a Two-Dimensional Magnetic Neutral Point with Application the to the Geomagnetic Tail. Journal of Geophysical Research. 91:11985-11992. 1986
- Decay of the Velocity Autocorrelation Function for the Periodic Lorentz Gas. Physcis Letters A. 105:23-26. 1984
- Behavior of the Autocorrelation Function for the Periodic Lorentz Gas. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. 30:219-227.
- Centrifugal Trapping in the Magnetotail. Annales Geophysicae. 13:242-246.
- Consequences of centrifugally-driven phase bunching in the near-earth magnetotail
- Fractal dimension of the strange attractor of the bouncing ball circuit. American Journal of Phyics. 63:157-163.
- Gyrophase effects in the Centrifugal Impulse model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics. 100:17211-17220.
- Large-Scale Chaos in the Neutral Line Hamiltonian. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 47:721-723.
- Neutral Line Chaos and Phase Space Structure. Geophysical Research Letters. 18:1591-1594.
- Nonlinear Dynamics of the Neutral Line Hamiltonian
- Particle Chaos in the Earth's Magnetotail. Chaos. 2:427-446.
- Pitch angle scattering near energy resonances in the geomagnetic tail. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics. 104:383-384.
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chapter of book
- Neutral Line Energetic Ion Signatures in the Geomagnetic Tail: Comparisons with AMPTE Observations. Space Plasmas: Coupling Between Small and Medium Scale Processes. Washington, D.C.. 243.
- Observable consequences of the stable-unstable manifold in a magnetic neutral line model. Physics of Space Plasmas (1993). Cambridge, MA. 325.
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thesis or dissertation