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(Chronological)
Most Recent Update: 01 February 2010
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2010
Opgenoorth, H.J., R. Dhillon, L. Rosenqvist, M. Lester,
N. Edberg, S. Milan, P. Withers, and D. Brain, Dayside Ionospheric Conductivities at
Mars, Planetary and Space Science,
submitted, 2010.
Brain, D.A., A.H. Baker, J. Briggs, J.P. Eastwood,
J.S. Halekas, T.-D. Phan, Episodic
Detachment of Martian Crustal Magnetic Fields Leading to Bulk
Atmospheric Escape, Science, submitted,
2010.
Brain, D.A., G.T. Delory, R.J. Lillis, D. Ulusen,
D.L. Mitchell, J.G. Luhmann, MGS
Measurements of Solar Storms and their Effects, IAAA
Book Chapter on Radiation from the Sun to Mars,
submitted, 2009.
Haider, S.A., S.P. Seth, D.A. Brain, D.L. Mitchell,
T.A. Majeed, and S.W. Bougher, Modeling
Photoelectron transport in the Martian ionosphere at Olympus
Mons and Syrtis Major: MGS observations,
J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2010.
Edberg, N.J.T., U. Auster, S. Barabash, A. Boßwetter,
D.A. Brain, J.L. Burch, C.M. Carr, S.W.H. Cowley, E. Cupido,
F. Duru, M. Fraenz, K.-H. Glassmeier, R. Goldstein, M. Lester,
R. Lundin, R. Modolo, H. Nilsson, I. Richter, M. Samara, and
J.G. Trotignon, Rosetta and Mars Express
Observations of the Influence of High Solar Wind Pressure on
the Martian Plasma Environment, Annales
Geophysicae, in press, 2010.
Edberg, N.J.T., M. Lester, S.W.H. Cowley, D.A. Brain,
M. Franz, and S. Barabash, Magnetosonic
Mach Number Effect on the Position of the Bow Shock at Mars in
Comparison to Venus, J. Geophys. Res., in
press, 2010.
Brain, D.A., D. Hurley, and M.R. Combi,
The Solar Wind Interaction with Mars: Recent Progress and
Future Directions, Icarus, in press,
2010.
Akalin, F., D.D. Morgan, D.A. Gurnett, D.L. Kirchner,
D.A. Brain, R. Modolo, M.H. Acuña, and J.R. Espley, Dayside Induced Magnetic Field in the
Ionosphere of Mars, Icarus, in press,
2010.
Brain, D., S. Barabash, A. Boesswetter, S. Bougher, S. Brecht,
G. Chanteur, D. Hurley, E. Dubinin, X. Fang, M. Fraenz,
J. Halekas, E. Harnett, M. Holmstrom, E. Kallio, H. Lammer,
S. Ledvina, M. Liemohn, K. Liu, J. Luhmann, Y. Ma, R. Modolo,
U. Motschmann, A. Nagy, H. Nilsson, H. Shinagawa, S. Simon,
and N. Terada, A Comparison of Global
Models for the Solar Wind Interaction with Mars,
Icarus, in press, 2010.
Fillingim, M.O., L.M. Peticolas, R.J. Lillis, D.A. Brain,
J.S. Halekas, D. Lummerzheim, and S.W. Bougher, Localized Ionization Patches in the Nighttime
Ionosphere of Mars and their Electrodynamic
Consequences, Icarus, in press, 2010.
Halekas, J.S. and D.A. Brain, Global
Distribution, Structure, and Control of Low Altitude Current
Sheets at Mars, Icarus, in press, 2010.
Morgan, D.D., D.A. Gurnett, D.L. Kirchner, J.D. Winningham,
R. Frahm, D.A. Brain, D.L. Mitchell, J.G. Luhmann, E. Nielsen,
J.R. Espley, M.H. Acuña, and J.J. Plaut,
Radar Absorption Due to a Corotating Interaction Region
Encounter with Mars Detected by MARSIS, Icarus,
in press, 2010.
Nilsson, H., E. Carlsson, D. Brain, M. Yamauchi, M. Holmstrom,
S. Barabash, R. Lundin, and Y. Futaana,
Ion Escape from Mars as a Function of Solar Wind Conditions: A
Statistical Study, Icarus, in press,
2010.
Øieroset, M., D.A. Brain, E. Simpson, D.L. Mitchell,
T.D. Phan, J.S. Halekas, R.P. Lin, and M.H. Acuña, Search for Phobos and Deimos gas/dust tori
using in situ observations from Mars Global Surveyor
MAG/ER, Icarus, in press, 2010.
2009
Lillis, R.J., M.O. Fillingim, L.M. Peticolas, D.A. Brain,
R.P. Lin, and S.W. Bougher, Nightside
ionosphere of Mars: Modeling the effects of crustal magnetic
fields and electron pitch angle distributions on electron
impact ionization, J. Geophys. Res., 114,
E11009, doi:10.1029/2009JE003379, 2009.
Halekas, J.S., J.P. Eastwood, D.A. Brain, T.D. Phan, M. Oieroset,
and R.P. Lin, In situ Observations of
reconnection Hall magnetic fields at Mars: Evidence for Ion
Diffusion Region Encounters, J. Geophys. Res.,
114, A11, doi:10.1029/2009JA014544, 2009.
Edberg, N.J.T., D.A. Brain, M. Lester, S.W.H. Cowley, R. Modolo,
M. Fränz, and S. Barabash, Plasma
boundary variability at Mars as observed by Mars Global
Surveyor and Mars Express, Annales Geophysicae,
27, 3537-3550, 2009.
Schneider, N.M.S., and D.A. Brain, "Discoveries in Planetary Science" Classroom
Powerpoints, Astronomy Education Review, 8(1),
doi:10.3847/AER2009030, 2009.
2008
Luhmann, J.G., A. Fedorov, S. Barabash, E. Carlsson, Y. Futaana, T.-L.
Zhang, C.T. Russell, J.G. Lyon, S.A. Ledvina, and D.A. Brain, Venus Express Observations of Atmospheric Oxygen Escape
During the Passage of Several Coronal Mass Ejections,
J. Geophys. Res., 113(52), E00B04, doi:10.1029/2008JE003092,
2008.
Leblanc, F. O. Witasse, J. Lilensten, R.A. Frahm, A. Safaenili, D.A.
Brain, J. Mouginot, H. Nilsson, Y. Futaana, J. Halekas, M. Holmstrom,
J.L. Bertaux, J.D. Winningham, W. Kofman, R. Lundin, Observations of aurorae by SPICAM Ultraviolet Spectrograph
on Board Mars Express: Simultaneous ASPERA-3 and MARSIS
Measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113(A8), A08311,
doi:10.1029/2008JA013033, 2008.
Halekas, J.S., G.T. Delory, D.A. Brain, R.P. Lin, D.L. Mitchell, Density cavity observed over a strong lunar crustal
magnetic anomaly in the solar wind: A mini-magnetosphere?,
Planetary and Space Science, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.01.008,
Available online 30 January 2008.
Futaana, Y., S. Barabash, M. Yamauchi, S. McKenna-Lawlor, R. Lundin,
J.G. Luhmann, D. Brain, E. Carlsson, J.-A. Sauvaud, J.D. Winningham,
R.A. Frahm, P.Wurz, M. Holmström, H. Gunell, E. Kallio, W. Baumjohann,
H. Lammer, J.R. Sharber (e), K.C. Hsieh, H. Andersson, A. Grigoriev, K.
Brinkfeldt, H. Nilsson, K. Asamura, T. L. Zhang, A. J. Coates, D. R.
Linder, D. O. Kataria, C. C. Curtis, B. R. Sandel, A. Fedorov, C.
Mazelle, J.-J. Thocaven, M. Grande, H.E.J. Koskinen, T. Sales, W.
Schmidt, P. Riihela, J. Kozyra, N. Krupp , J. Woch, M. Fränz, E.
Dubinin, S. Orsini, R. Cerulli-Irelli, A. Mura, A. Milillo, M. Maggi, E.
Roelof, P. Brandt, K. Szego, J. Scherrer, and P. Bochsler, Mars Express and Venus Express multi-point observations of
geoeffective solar flare events in December 2006, Planetary
and Space Science, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.10.014, Available online
01 January 2008.
Carlsson, E., D. Brain, J. Luhmann, S. Barabash, A. Grigoriev, H.
Nilsson, and R. Lundin, Influence of IMF draping
direction and crustal magnetic field location on Martian ion
beams, Planetary and Space Science,
doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.12.016, Available online 19 January 2008.
Coates, A.J., R.A. Frahm, D.R. Linder, D.O. Kataria, Y Soobiah, G.
Collinson, J.R. Sharber, J.D. Winningham, S.J. Jeffers, S. Barabash,
J.-A. Sauvaud, R. Lundin, M. Holmström, Y. Futaana, M. Yamauchi, A.
Grigoriev, H. Andersson, H. Gunell, A. Fedorov, J.-J. Thocaven, T.L.
Zhang, W. Baumjohann, E. Kallio, H. Koskinen, J.U. Kozyra, M.W. Liemohn,
Y. Ma, A. Galli, P. Wurz, P. Bochsler, D. Brain, E.C. Roelof, P. Brandt,
N. Krupp, J. Woch, M. Fraenz, E. Dubinin, S. McKenna-Lawlor, S. Orsini,
R. Cerulli-Irelli, A. Mura, A. Milillo, M. Maggi, C.C. Curtis, B.R.
Sandel, K.C. Hsieh, and K. Szego, A. Asamura, and M. Grande, Ionospheric Photoelectrons at Venus: Initial Observations
by ASPERA-4 ELS, Planetary and Space Science,
doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.12.008, Available online 31 December 2007.
Lillis, R.J., S.W. Bougher, D.L. Mitchell, D.A. Brain, R.P. Lin and M.H.
Acuna, Continuous monitoring of nightside upper
thermospheric mass densities in the Martian southern hemisphere over 4
Martian years using electron reflectometry, Icarus,
194(2), doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.09.031, 562-574, 2008.
Eastwood, J.P., D.A. Brain, J.S. Halekas, J.F. Drake, T.-D. Phan, M.
Øieroset, D.L. Mitchell, R.P. Lin, and M.H. Acuña, Evidence for Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection at
Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02106,
doi:10.1029/2007GL032289, 2008.
Halekas, J.S., D.A. Brain, R.P. Lin, J.G. Luhmann, D.L. Mitchell, Distribution and Variability of Accelerated Electrons at
Mars, Adv. Space Res., 41(9),
doi:10.1016/j.asr.2007.01.034, 1347-1352, 2008.
Halekas, J.S., D.A. Brain, R.P. Lin, D.L. Mitchell, Solar Wind Interaction with Lunar Crustal Magnetic
Anomalies, Adv. Space Res., 41(8),
doi:10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.003, 1319-1324, 2008.
2007
Luhmann, J.G., C. Zeitlin, R. Turner, D.A. Brain, G. Delory, J.G. Lyon,
and W. Boynton ,
Solar Energetic Particles in
Near-Mars Space,
J. Geophys. Res.,
112, E10001,
doi:10.1029/2006JE002886, 2007.
Brain, D.A., R.J. Lillis, D.L. Mitchell, J.S. Halekas, and R.P. Lin,
Electron Pitch Angle Distributions as Indicators of
Magnetic Field Topology near Mars,
J. Geophys. Res.,
112, A09201, doi:10.1029/2007JA012435.
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Fillingim, M., L.M. Peticolas, R.J. Lillis, D.A. Brain, J.S. Halekas,
D.L. Mitchell, R.P. Lin, D. Lummerzheim, S. Bougher, and D. Kirchner,
Model calculations of electron precipitation induced
ionization patches on the nightside of Mars,
Geophys. Res.
Lett.,
34(12), L12101, doi:10.1029/2007GL029986, 16 June
2007.
Espley, J.R., W.M. Farrell, D.A. Brain, D.D. Morgan, B. Cantor, J.J.
Plaut, M. H. Acuña, G. Picardi,
Absorption of MARSIS
radar signals: Solar energetic particles and the daytime
ionosphere,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
34(9), L09101,
doi:10.1029/2007GL028829, 02 May 2007.
Halekas, J.S., G.T. Delory, D.A. Brain, R.P. Lin1, M.O. Fillingim, C.O.
Lee, R.A. Mewaldt, T.J. Stubbs, W.M. Farrell, M.K. Hudson,
Extreme Lunar Surface Charging During Solar Energetic
Particle Events,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
34(2),
L02111, doi:10.1029/2006GL028517, 30 January 2007.
2006
Halekas, J.S., D.A. Brain, D.L. Mitchell, and R.P. Lin,
Whistler waves observed near lunar crustal magnetic
sources,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
33(22), L22104,
doi:10.1029/2006GL027684, 27 November 2006.
Lundin, R., D. Winningham, S. Barabash, R. Frahm, D. Brain, H. Nilsson,
M. Holmström, M. Yamauchi, J.R. Sharber, J.-A. Sauvaud, A. Fedorov, K.
Asamura, H. Hayakawa, A.J. Coates, Y. Soobiah, C. Curtis, K.C. Hsieh, M.
Grande, H. Koskinen, E. Kallio, J. Kozyra, J. Woch, M. Fraenz, J.
Luhmann, S. McKenna-Lawler, R. S. Orsini, P. Brandt, and P. Wurz,
Auroral Plasma Acceleration Above Martian Magnetic
Anomalies,
Space Science Reviews,
126, 333-354,
doi:10.1007/s11214-006-9086-x, 2006.
Brain, D.A.,
Mars Global Surveyor Measurements of
the Martian Solar Wind Interaction,
Space Science
Reviews,
126, doi:10.1007/s11214-006-9122-x, 77-112,
2006.
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Leblanc F., O. Witasse O., J. Winningham, D. Brain, J. Lilensten, P.-L.
Blelly, R.A. Frahm, J.S. Halekas, and J.L. Bertaux,
Origins of the Martian aurora observed by Spectroscopy
for Investigation of Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars (SPICAM)
on board Mars Express,
J. Geophys. Res.,
111(A9),
A09313, 10.1029/2006JA011763, 22 September 2006.
Ergun, R.E., L. Andersson, W.K. Peterson, D. Brain, G.T. Delory, D.L.
Mitchell, R.P. Lin, and A.W. Yau,
Role of plasma
waves in Mars' atmospheric loss,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
33(14), L14103, doi:10.1029/2006GL025785, 2006.
Morgan, D.D., D.A. Gurnett, D.L. Kirchner, R.L. Huff, D.A. Brain, W.V.
Boynton, M. H. Acuña, J. J. Plaut, and G. Picardi,
Solar control of radar wave absorption by the Martian
ionosphere,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
33, L13202,
doi:10.1029/2006GL026637, 2006..
Halekas, J.S., D.A. Brain, R.J. Lillis, M. Fillingim, D.L. Mitchell,
and R.P. Lin,
Current Sheets at Low Altitudes in
the Martian Magnetotail,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L13101,
doi:10.1029/2006GL026229, 2006.
Brain, D.A., D.L. Mitchell, J.S. Halekas,
The
magnetic field draping direction at Mars from April 1999 through August
2004,
Icarus,
182(2), pp. 464-473,
doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2005.09.023, June 2006.
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Liemohn, R.A. Frahm, J.D. Winningham, Y. Ma, S. Barabash, R. Lundin,
J.U. Kozyra, A.F. Nagy, S.M. Bougher, J. Bell, D. Brain et al.,
Numerical interpretation of high-altitude photoelectron
observations,
Icarus,
182(2),
doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2005.10.036, p. 383-395, June 2006.
Halekas, J.S., D.A. Brain, D.L. Mitchell, R.P. Lin, L. Harrison,
On the occurrence of magnetic enhancements caused by
solar wind interaction with lunar crustal fields,
Geophys.
Res. Lett.,
33(8), L08106, 10.1029/2006GL025931, 27 April
2006.
Lundin, R., D. Winningham, S. Barabash, R. Frahm, M. Holmström, J.-A.
Sauvaud, A. Fedorov, K. Asamura, A. J. Coates, Y. Soobiah, K. C. Hsieh,
M. Grande, H. Koskinen, E. Kallio, J. Kozyra, J. Woch, M. Fraenz, D.
Brain, J. Luhmann, S. McKenna-Lawler, R. S. Orsini, P. Brandt, and P.
Wurz,
Plasma Acceleration Above Martian Magnetic
Anomalies,
Science,
311(5763), pp. 980-983,
doi:10.1126/science.1122071, 17 February 2006.
Brain, D.A., J.S. Halekas, L.M. Peticolas, R.P. Lin, J.G. Luhmann, D.L.
Mitchell, G.T. Delory, S.W. Bougher, M.H. Acuna, H. Reme,
On the origin of aurorae on Mars,
Geophys. Res.
Lett.,
33(1), L01201, 10.1029/2005GL024782, 05 January
2005.
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2005
Lillis, R.J., J.H. Engel, D.L. Mitchell, D.A. Brain, R.P. Lin, S.W.
Bougher, M.H. Acuña,
Probing upper thermospheric
neutral densities at Mars using electron reflectometry,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
32(23), L23204,
10.1029/2005GL024337, 15 December 2005.
Brain, D.A., J.S. Halekas, R. Lillis, D.L. Mitchell, R.P. Lin,
Variability of the Altitude of the Martian Sheath,
GRL,
32(18), L18203, doi:10.1029/2005GL023126, 24
September 2005.
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Espley, J.R., P.A. Cloutier, D.H. Crider, D.A. Brain, and M.H. Acuña,
Low frequency plasma oscillations at Mars during
the October 2003 storm,
J. Geophys. Res.,
110(A9),
A09S33, doi:10.1029/2004JA010935, 11 August 2004.
Crider, D.H., J. Espley, D.A. Brain, D.L. Mitchell, J.E.P. Connerney,
M.H. Acuña,
Mars Global Surveyor observations of
the Halloween 2003 solar super-storm's encounter with Mars,
J. Geophys. Res.,
110(A9), A09S21,
doi:10.1029/2004JA010881, 25 August 2005.
Ferguson, B., J.C. Cain, D. Crider, D. Brain, and E. Harnett,
External fields on the night-side of Mars at Mars Global
Surveyor Mapping Altitudes,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
32(16), L16105, doi:10.1029/2004GL021964, 26 August 2005.
2004
Espley, J.R., P.A. Cloutier, D.A. Brain, D.H. Crider, and M.H. Acuña,
Observations of low frequency magnetic oscillations
in the Martian magnetosheath, magnetic pileup region, and tail,
J. Geophys. Res., 109(A18), 7213,
doi:10.1029/2003JA010193, 2004.
Crider, D.H., D.A. Brain, M.H. Acuña, D. Vignes, C. Mazelle, and C.
Bertucci, Mars Global Surveyor observations of
solar wind magnetic field draping around Mars, Space Sci.
Rev., 111(1), 203--221, 2004.
Mazelle, C., D. Winterhalter, K. Sauer, J.-G. Trotignon, M.H. Acuña, K.
Baumgartel, C. Bertucci, D.A. Brain, S.H. Brecht, M. Delva, E. Dubinin,
M. Oieroset, and J. Slavin, Bow shock and upstream
phenomena at Mars, Space Sci. Rev., 111(1),
115--181, 2004.
Brain, D.A., The bow shock and upstream waves at
Venus and Mars, Adv. Space Res., 33(11),
1913--1919, 2004.
2003
Brain, D.A., F. Bagenal, M.H. Acuña, and J.E.P. Connerney,
Martian magnetic morphology: Contributions from the
solar wind and crust,
J. Geophys. Res.,
108(A12),
1424, doi:10.1029/2002JA009482, 2003.
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Brain, D.A., J.G. Luhmann and C.T. Russell,
Contemporary atmospheric escape at Mars: Implications for
astrobiology,
JPL Tech. Report, 2003.
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2002
Brain, D.A., F. Bagenal, M.H. Acuña, J.E.P. Connerney, D.H. Crider, C.
Mazelle, D.L. Mitchell, and N.F. Ness,
Observations of low frequency electromagnetic plasma
waves upstream from the Martian shock by MGS MAG,
J. Geophys.
Res.,
107(A6), 1076, doi:10.1029/2000JA000416, 2002.
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Brain, D.A.,
The influences of crustal magnetic
sources on the toplogy of the Martian magnetic environment,
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2002.
2001
Crider D., M. Acuña, J. Connerney, D. Mitchell, R. Lin, P. Cloutier, H.
Reme, C. Mazelle, D. Brain, N. Ness, and S. Bauer, Magnetic field draping around Mars: Mars Global
Surveyor results, Adv. Space Res., 27(11),
1831-1836 2001.
2000
Rousselot, P., S.M. Hill, M.H. Burger, D.A. Brain, C. Laffont, and G.
Moreels, Theoretical modeling of the
C2 flourescence spectrum in comet Hale-Bopp,
Icarus, 146, 263-269, 2000.
Crider, D., Cloutier, P., C. Law, P. Walker, Y. Chen, M. Acuña,
J. Connerney, D. Mitchell, R. Lin, K. Anderson, C. Carlson,
J. McFadden, H. Rème, C. Mazelle, C. d'Uston, J. Sauvaud,
D. Vignes, D. Brain, and N.F. Ness, Evidence of Electron Impact
Ionization in the Magnetic Pileup Boundary of Mars,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 45-48, 2000.
1999
Cloutier, P.A., C.C. Law, D.H. Crider, P.W. Walker, Y. Chen, M.H.
Acuña, J.E.P. Connerney, R.P. Lin, K.A. Anderson, D.L. Mitchell, C.W.
Carlson, J. McFadden, D.A. Brain, H. Rème, C. Mazelle, J.A. Sauvaud, C.
d'Uston, C. D. Vignes, S.J. Bauer, and N.F. Ness, Venus-like interaction of the solar wind with
Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2685, 1999.
1998
Brain, D.A. and B.M. Jakosky, Atmospheric loss
since the onset of the Martian geologic record: Combined role of impact
erosion and sputtering, J. Geophys. Res., 103,
22689, 1998.