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1 Publication List for Robert L. Lysak Hudson, M. K., F. S. Mozer, and R. L. Lysak, Magnetic field-aligned potential drops due to electrostatic ion cyclotron turbulence, Geophys. Res. Lett., 5, 143, Cattell, C. A., R. L. Lysak, R. B. Torbert, and F. S. Mozer, Observations of differences between regions of current flowing into and out of the ionosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 6, 621, Lysak, R. L., and M. K. Hudson, Coherent anomalous resistivity in the region of electrostatic shocks, Geophys. Res. Lett., 6, 661, Lysak, R. L., M. K. Hudson, and M. Temerin, Ion heating by strong electrostatic ion cyclotron turbulence, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 678, Lysak, R. L., Electrostatic ion cyclotron turbulence and auroral particle acceleration, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, Mozer, F. S., C. A. Cattell, M. K. Hudson, R. L. Lysak, M. Temerin, and R. B. Torbert, Satellite measurements and theories of auroral particle acceleration, Space Sci. Revs., 27, 155, Lysak, R. L., and C. W. Carlson, Effect of microscopic turbulence on magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 8, 269, Mizera, P. F., J. F. Fennell, D. R. Croley, A. L. Vampola, F. S. Mozer, R. B. Torbert, M. Temerin, R. L. Lysak, M. Hudson, C. A. Cattell, R. J. Johnson, R. D. Sharp, A. Ghielmetti, and P. M. Kintner, The aurora inferred from S3-3 particles and fields, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 2329, Cattell, C. A., M. K. Hudson, R. L. Lysak, D. W. Potter, M. Temerin, R. B. Torbert, and F. S. Mozer, in Relation Between Laboratory and Space Plasmas, H. Kikuchi (ed.), D. Reidel, Dordrecht, Holland, p. 115, Lysak, R. L., Electron and ion acceleration by strong electrostatic turbulence, in Physics of Auroral Arc Formation, S.-I. Akasofu and J. R. Kan (eds.), American Geophysical Union, Washington, 1981, p Temerin, M., C. Cattell, R. Lysak, M. Hudson, R. B. Torbert, F. S. Mozer, R. D. Sharp, and P. M. Kintner, The small scale structure of electrostatic shocks, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 11,278, Lysak, R. L., W. Lotko, M. K. Hudson, and E. Witt, Formation of double layers on auroral field lines, in Proceedings of the Symposium on Plasma Double Layers, Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark, p. 274, Lysak, R. L., and C. T. Dum, Dynamics of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling including turbulent transport, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 365, Lysak, R. L., and M. A. Temerin, Generation of Alfvén-ion cyclotron waves on auroral field lines in the presence of heavy ions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 643, Roth, I., C. W. Carlson, M. K. Hudson, and R. L. Lysak, Simulation of beam excited minor species gyroharmonics in the Porcupine experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 8115, Temerin, M., and R. L. Lysak, Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (ELF) waves generated by auroral electron precipitation, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 2849, Lysak, R. L., Auroral electrodynamics with current and voltage generators, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 4178, 1985.

2 Lysak, R. L., Ion acceleration by wave-particle interactions, in Ion Acceleration in the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere, T. Chang (ed.), AGU Monograph 38, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 261, Lysak, R. L., Coupling of the dynamic ionosphere to auroral flux tubes, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 7047, Lysak, R. L., and M. K. Hudson, Effect of double layers on magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, Lasers and Particle Beams, 5, 351, Lotko, W., B. Sonnerup, and R. L. Lysak, Nonsteady boundary layer flow including ionospheric drag and parallel electric fields, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 8635, Lysak, R. L., Making connections between global magnetospheric models and simulations of microscopic plasma processes, in Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma, T. E. Moore and J. H. Waite (eds.), Geophysical Monograph 44, American Geophysical Union, p. 329, Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, Turbulent generation of auroral currents and fields spectral simulation of 2-d MHD turbulence, in Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma, T. E. Moore and J. H. Waite (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph 44, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 197, Lysak, R. L., Theory of auroral zone PiB pulsation spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 5942, Lysak, R. L., Microscopic aspects of solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, in Physics of Space Plasmas (1987), T. Chang, G. B. Crew, and J. R. Jasperse (eds.), Scientific Publishers, Cambridge, MA, p. 79, Song, Y. and R. L. Lysak, Evaluation of twist helicity in FTE flux tubes, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 5273, Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, Flux transfer events the result of three-dimensional, time-dependent reconnection, in Turbulence and Nonlinear Dynamics in MHD Flows, M. Meneguzzi, A. Pouquet, and P. L. Sulem (eds.), Elsevier, p. 75, Lee, D.-H., and R. L. Lysak, Magnetospheric ULF wave coupling in the dipole model: the impulsive excitation, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 17,097, Song, Y. and R. L. Lysak, Dynamo effect of 3-d time-dependent reconnection in the dayside magnetopause, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 911, Lysak, R. L., Electrodynamic coupling of the magnetosphere and ionosphere, Space Sci. Rev., 52, 33, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Formation of flux ropes by turbulent reconnection, in Physics of Magnetic Flux Ropes, C. T. Russell, E. R. Priest and L. C. Lee (eds.), Geophysical Monograph 58, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, p. 525, Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, The current dynamo effect and its statistical description during 3-D time-dependent reconnection, Physics of Magnetic Flux Ropes, C. T. Russell, E. R. Priest, and L. C. Lee (eds.), American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 533, Lee, D.-H., and R. L. Lysak, Effects of azimuthal asymmetry on ULF waves in the dipole magnetosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 53, Lysak, R. L., Feedback instability of the ionospheric resonant cavity, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 1553, Lee, D.-H., and R. L. Lysak, Impulsive excitation of ULF waves in the three-dimensional dipole model: the initial results, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3479, Lee, D.-H., and R. L. Lysak, Monochromatic ULF wave excitation in the dipole magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 5811, 1991.

3 Lysak, R. L., and D.-H. Lee, The response of the dipole magnetosphere to pressure pulses, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 937, Lysak, R. L., Y. Song, and J. Grieger, Fast ionospheric feedback instability and substorm onset, in Substorms 1, European Space Agency, Paris, p. 231, Song, Y. and R. L. Lysak, Solar-wind/magnetospheric dynamos: MHD scale collective entry of the solar wind energy, momentum and mass into the magnetosphere, Substorms I, European Space Agency, Paris, p. 149, Kiruna, Sweden, Prakash, M., and R. L. Lysak, Anomalous resistivity due to weak double layers: a model for auroral arc thickness, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 2159, Cahill, L. J., R. L. Arnoldy, R. L. Lysak, W. Peria, and K. A. Lynch, Waves generated in the vicinity of an argon plasma gun in the ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 9483, Lysak, R. L. (ed.), Auroral Plasma Dynamics, Geophysical Monograph 80, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, Lysak, R. L., Generalized model of the ionospheric Alfven resonator, in Auroral Plasma Dynamics, R. L. Lysak (ed.), AGU Monograph 80, p. 121, Lysak, R. L., Y. Song, and D.-H. Lee, Generation of ULF waves by fluctuations in the magnetopause position, in Solar Wind Sources of Magnetospheric Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves, M. Engebretson, K. Takahashi and M. Scholer (eds.), Geophysical Monograph 81, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 273, Song, Y., R. L. Lysak, and N. Lin, Control of the generation of field-aligned current and ULF waves by the magnetic helicity input, in Solar Wind Sources of Magnetospheric Ultra- Low-Frequency Pulsations, M. Engebretson, K. Takahashi and M. Scholer (eds.), Geophysical Monograph 81, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 223, Lee, D.-H., and R. L. Lysak, Numerical studies on ULF wave structures in the dipole model, in Solar Wind Sources of Magnetospheric Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves, M. Engebretson, K. Takahashi and M. Scholer (eds.), Geophysical Monograph 81, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 293, Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, Alfvénon, driven reconnection and the direct generation of fieldaligned current, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1755, Ding, D. Q., R. E. Denton, M. K. Hudson, and R. L. Lysak, An MHD simulation study of the poloidal mode field line resonance in the Earth s dipole magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 63, Lysak, R. L., Y. Song, and J. C. Grieger, MHD turbulence in the auroral zone, Physics of Space Plasmas (1993), T. Chang and J. R. Jasperse (eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 115, Thompson, B. J., and R. L. Lysak, Electron conic acceleration by the ionospheric Alfvén resonator, Physics of Space Plasmas (1993), T. Chang and J. R. Jasperse (eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 525, Prakash, M., and R. L. Lysak, Density fluctuations in the auroral ionosphere, Physics of Space Plasmas (1993), T. Chang and J. R. Jasperse (eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 497, Lysak, R. L., Y. Song, and J. C. Grieger, Coupling of the magnetopause to the ionosphere by means of Alfvén waves and field-aligned currents, Physics of the Magnetopause, P. Song, B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, and M. Thomsen (eds.), AGU Monograph, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 385, 1995.

4 Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, MHD mesoscale interactions at the magnetopause and driven reconnection, Physics of the Magnetopause, P. Song, B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, and M. Thomsen (eds.), AGU Monograph, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 349, Thompson, B. J., and R. L. Lysak, Electron acceleration by inertial Alfvén waves, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 5359, Hudson, M. K., W. Lotko, C. A. Cattell, R. L. Lysak, I. Roth, and M. Temerin, Modeling mesoscale processes in the global geospace system, Space Sci. Revs., 71, 623, Lee, D.-H., K. H. Kim, K. W. Min, and R. L. Lysak, Effects of ring current disturbances on global MHD oscillations, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 19,413, Lysak, R. L., and W. Lotko, On the kinetic dispersion relation for shear Alfvén waves, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 5085, Lysak, R. L. and Y. Song, Coupling of Kelvin-Helmholtz and current sheet instabilities to the ionosphere: A dynamic theory of auroral spirals, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 15,411, Lysak, R. L., Propagation of Alfvén waves through the ionosphere, Phys. Chem. Earth, 22, 757, Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, Some theoretical aspects of the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction, Phys. Chem. Earth, 22, 715, Stellmacher, M., K.-H. Glassmeier, R. L. Lysak, and M. G. Kivelson, Field line resonances in discretized magnetospheric models: An artifact study, Ann. Geophysicae, 15, 614, Lysak, R. L., Comment on Theory of nearly perpendicular plasma waves and comparison to Freja satellite measurements, by C. E. Seyler and J.-E. Wahlund, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 7043, Lysak, R. L., The relationship between electrostatic shocks and kinetic Alfvén waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2089, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Dynamics of auroral arc formation during substorms, in Substorms-4, S. Kokubun and Y. Kamide (eds.), Terra Scientific, Tokyo, p. 35, Sigsbee, K., C. A. Cattell, R. L. Lysak, F. Mozer, C. W. Carlson, R. E. Ergun, J. P. McFadden, K. Tsuruda, T. Yamamoto, T. Okada, S. Kokubun, D. Fairfield, R. J. Strangeway, G. Parks, and M. Brittnacher, Coordinated FAST/Geotail observations of magnetosphereionosphere coupling, in Substorms-4, S. Kokubun and Y. Kamide, eds., Terra Scientific, Tokyo, p. 143, Sigsbee, K., C. A. Cattell, R. L. Lysak, C. W. Carlson, R. E. Ergun, J. P. McFadden, F. Mozer, R. C. Elphic, R. J. Strangeway, K. Tsuruda, T. Yamamoto, S. Kokubun, D. Fairfield, R. Pfaff, G. Parks, and M. Brittnacher, FAST-Geotail correlative studies of magnetosphereionosphere coupling in the nightside magnetosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2077, Lysak, R. L., Propagation of Alfvén waves through the ionosphere: Dependence on ionospheric parameters, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 10,017, Keller, K. A., and R. L. Lysak, A two-dimensional simulation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability with magnetic shear, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 25,097, Lee, D.-H., and R. L. Lysak, MHD waves in a three-dimensional dipolar magnetic field: A search for Pi2 pulsations, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 28,691, Seyler, C. E., and R. L. Lysak, On the existence of Alfvénic solitary waves, Phys. Plasmas, 6, , Wygant, J. R., A. Keiling, C. A. Cattell, M. Johnson, R. L. Lysak, M. Temerin, F. S. Mozer, C. A. Kletzing, J. D. Scudder, W. Peterson, C. T. Russell, G. Parks, M. Brittnacher, G.

5 Germany, and J. Spann, Polar comparisons of intense electric fields and Poynting flux hear and within the plasma sheet-lobe boundary to UVI images: An energy source for the aurora, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 18,675, Ohtani, S.-I., R. Fujii, M. Hesse, and R. L. Lysak (eds.), Magnetospheric Current Systems, AGU Monograph 118, American Geophysical Union, Washington, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, The role of Alfvén waves in the formation of auroral parallel electric fields, in Magnetospheric Current Systems, S. Ohtani, R. Fujii, M. Hesse and R. Lysak (eds.), AGU Monograph 118, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 147, Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, Paradigm transition in cosmic plasma physics, magnetic reconnection and the generation of field-aligned current, in Magnetospheric Current Systems, S.-I. Ohtani et al. (eds.), AGU Monograph 118, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 11, Keller, K. A., R. L. Lysak, and Y. Song, A three-dimensional simulation of the Kelvin- Helmholtz instability, in Magnetospheric Current Systems, S. Ohtani, R. Fujii, M. Hesse and R. Lysak (eds.), AGU Monograph 118, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 157, Stasiewicz, K., P. Bellan, C. Chaston, C. Kletzing, R. Lysak, J. Maggs, O. Pokhotelov, C. Seyler, P. Shukla, L. Stenflo, A. Streltsov, and J.-E. Wahlund, Small-scale Alfvénic structure in the aurora, Space Sci. Revs., 92, 423, Lee, D.-H., R. L. Lysak, and Y. Song, Field line resonances in a non-axisymmetric magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 10,703, Lee, D.-H., K. Kim, and R. L. Lysak, Nonlinear MHD wave propagation in the magnetosphere: a time-dependent approach, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 23,345, Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, The physics in the auroral dynamo regions and auroral particle acceleration, Phys. Chem. Earth, 26, 33, Lysak, R. L., and M. André, Particle acceleration and wave phenomena in the auroral region, Phys. Chem. Earth, 26, 3, Song, Y., Lysak, R. L., Towards a new paradigm: From a quasi-steady description to a dynamical description of the magnetosphere, Space Science Reviews, 95, , Crumley, J. P., C. A. Cattell, R. L. Lysak, and J. P. Dombeck, Studies of ion solitary waves using simulations including hydrogen and oxygen beams, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 6007, Keller, K. A., and R. L. Lysak, MHD simulation of magnetospheric waveguide modes, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 8447, Lee, D.-H., R. L. Lysak, and Y. Song, Generation of field-aligned currents in the near-earth magnetotail, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1883, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, A three-dimensional model of the propagation of Alfvén waves through the auroral ionosphere: First results, Adv. Space Research, 28, 813, Cattell, C. A., J. Crumley, J. Dombeck, R. Lysak, C. Kletzing, W. K. Peterson, and H. Collin, Polar observations of solitary waves at high and low altitudes and comparison to theory, Adv. Space Res., 28, 1631, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Energetics of the ionospheric feedback interaction, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A8), /2001JA000308, Wygant, J. R., A. Keiling, C. A. Cattell, R. L. Lysak, M. Temerin, F. S. Mozer, C. A. Kletzing, J. D. Scudder, A. V. Streltsov, W. Lotko, and C. T. Russell, Evidence for kinetic Alfvén waves and parallel electron energization at 4 6 R E altitudes in the plasma sheet boundary layer, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A8), 1201, doi: /2001ja900113, 2002.

6 Lee, D.-H., M. K. Hudson, K. Kim, R. L. Lysak, and Y. Song, Compressional MHD wave transport in the magnetosphere, 1, Reflection and transmission across the plasmapause, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A10), 1307, doi: /2002ja009239, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Kinetic theory of the Alfvén wave acceleration of auroral electrons, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A4), 8005, doi: /2002ja009406, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Nonlocal kinetic theory of Alfvén waves on dipolar field lines, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A8), 1327, doi: /2003ja009859, Lee, D.-H., R. L. Lysak, and Y. Song, Investigations of MHD wave coupling in a 3-D numerical model: Effects of temperature gradients, Adv. Space Res., 33, 742, Lysak, R. L., Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling by Alfvén waves at mid-latitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A07201, doi: /2004ja010454, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Propagation of Alfvén waves at the plasma sheet boundary layer, Substorms 7: Proceedings of the 7 th International Conference on Substorms, T. Pulkinnen and N. Ganushkina (eds.), Finnish Meteorological Institute, p. 81, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Non-local interactions between electrons and Alfvén waves on auroral field lines, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A10S06, doi: /2004ja010803, Wygant, J. R., C. A. Cattell, R. Lysak, Y. Song, J. Dombeck, J. McFadden, F. S. Mozer, C. W. Carlson, G. Parks, E. A. Lucek, A. Balogh, H. Réme, M. Hesse, and C. Mouikis, Cluster observations of an intense normal component of the electric field at a thin reconnecting current sheet in the tail and its role in the shock-like acceleration of the ion fluid into the separatrix region, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A09206, doi: /2004JA010708, Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling by Alfvén waves: Beyond current continuity, Adv. Space Res.,38(8), 1713, Song, Y., and R. L. Lysak, The displacement current and the generation of parallel electric fields, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, , Lysak, R. L., and A. Yoshikawa, Resonant cavities and waveguides in the ionosphere and atmosphere, in Magnetospheric ULF Waves, K. Takahashi et al. (eds.), AGU Monograph Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, p. 289, Su, Y., S. T. Jones, R. E. Ergun, F. Bagenal, S. E. Parker, P. A. Delamere, and R. L. Lysak, Io- Jupiter interaction: Alfvén wave propagation and ionospheric Alfvén resonator, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A06211, doi: /2005ja011252, Ergun, R. E., Y.-J. Su, L. Andersson, F. Bagenal, P. A. Delamere, R. L. Lysak, and R. J. Strangeway, S bursts and the Jupiter ionospheric Alfvén resonator, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A06212, doi: /2005JA011253, Lysak, R. L., On the dispersion relation for the kinetic Alfvén wave in an inhomogeneous plasma, Physics of Plasmas, 15, , Lysak, R. L., and Y. Song, Propagation of kinetic Alfvén waves in the ionospheric Alfvén resonator in the presence of density cavities, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20101, doi: /2008gl035728, Lysak, R. L., Y. Song, and T. W. Jones, Propagation of Alfvén waves in the magnetotail during substorms, Ann. Geophys., 27, , Lin, N., H. Frey, S. Mende, F. Mozer, R. Lysak, Y. Song and V. Angelopoulos, Statistical study of substorm timing sequence, accepted for publication, J. Geophys. Res., 2009.

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