Disclaimer: The following material is being kept online for archival purposes.

Although accurate at the time of publication, it is no longer being updated. The page may contain broken links or outdated information, and parts may not function in current web browsers.

List of Publications


David P. Stern
Link here for Curriculum Vitae.

                 

1.    


1955      


Calculation of the Odd levels in LaII and Ce III by Intermediate Coupling", D.P. Stern, M.Sc. Thesis (Hebrew University, Jerusalem).

2.    


1959      


"Muons in the Atmosphere and Underground", D.P. Stern, D.Sc. Thesis, Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa.

3.    


1960      


"On the Interpretation of Cosmic Ray μ-meson data," D.P. Stern, Il Nuovo Cimento, 18, 1-18.

4.    


1960      


"Counting rates of wide-aperture cosmic ray counter telescope," D.P. Stern, Supplemento del Nuovo Cimento, 16, 153-158.

5.    


1960      


"Azimuthal Asymmetry in High Enegry Interactions," D.P. Stern, Supplemento del Nuovo Cimento, 16, 251-255.

6.    


1961      


"Cosmic Radiation," D.P. Stern, in Recent Advances in Astro-Geophysics, p. 117-126, proceedings of a Georgetown University Symposium.

7.    


1961      


"An optical analog to the motion of magnetically trapped particles", D.P. Stern, Amer. J. Phys. , 29, 767-771.

8.    


1962      


"The low frequency power spectrum of cosmic ray variations during IGY", J. Geophys. Res., 67, 2133-2144.

9.    


1964      


"The Cosmic Ray Anisotropy", D.P. Stern, Planet. Space Sci., 12, 983-978.

10.    


1964      


"A simple model of the interplanetary magnetic field", D.P. Stern, Planet. Space Sci., 12, 961-971.

11.    


1964      


"The vector potential and the motion of charged particles in axisymmetric magnetic fields", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 69, 2715-2719.

12.    


1965      


"Classification of magnetic shells", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 70, 3629-3634.

13.    


1966      


"The motion of magnetic field lines", D.P. Stern, Space Sci. Rev., 4, 147-173.

14.    


1967      


"Some thoughts on unmanned lunar exploration", D.P. Stern, GSFC X-641-67-268.

15.    


1967      


"Geomagnetic Euler potentials", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 72, 3995-4005, 1967.

16.    


1967      


"Stšrmer theory and Euler potentials", D.P. Stern, Planet. Space Sci., 15, 1525-1530.

17.    


1967      


"Stšrmer theory and Euler potentials", D.P. Stern, Planet. Space Sci., 15, 1525-1530.

18.    


1968      


"Euler potentials and geomagnetic drift shells", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 73, 4373-4378.

19.    


1969      


"The Solar Eclipse of March 7, 1970" , D.P. Stern, a guide for elementary school teachers, 30 pp., NASA/GSFC Public Affairs Office.

20.    


1970      


"The Solar Eclipse", D.P. Stern, Science and Children, 7, no. 5, p. 12.

21.    


1970      


"Euler potentials", D.P. Stern, Amer. J. Phys., 38, 494-501.

22.    


1970      


"Kruskal's perturbation method", D.P. Stern, J. Math. Phys., 11, 2771-2775.

23.    


1970      


"The Radiometer", Science and Children, 8, no. 3, p. 16.

24.    


1971      


"Direct canonical transformations", D.P. Stern, J. Math. Phys., 11, 2776-2781; 12, 742.

25.    


1971      


"A new formulation of canonical perturbation theory", D.P. Stern, Celestial Mechanics, 3, 241-246.

26.    


1971      


"The Canonization of nice variables", D.P. Stern, J. Math. Phys., 12, 2226-2231.

27.    


1971      


"Classical Adiabatic Perturbation Theory", D.P. Stern, J. Math Phys., 12, 2231-2242.

28.    


1971      


"Geomagnetic potential in dipole coordinates",D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 76, 257-258.

29.    


1971      


"The Papers of Robert H. Goddard" (book review), D.P. Stern, American Scientist, 59, 258.

30.    


1971      


"Adiabatic invariance--the evolution of a concept," D.P. Stern, GSFC X-641-71-137.

31.    


1971      


"Hamiltonian formulation of guiding Center motion", D.P. Stern, GSFC X-641-71-373.

32.    


1972      


"How I learned to live with Hooke's law, happily", D.P. Stern, Science Teacher, 39, no. 3, 58-60.

33.    


1972      


"Charged particle motion in the vicinity of a neutral plane", D.P. Stern, GSFC X-641-72-22.

34.    


1972      


"Trapped particles at a magnetic discontinuity", D.P. Stern, SFC X-641-72-469.

35.    


1972      


"An inverse theorem about the magnetic field line velocity," D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 78, 1702-1706

36.    


1973      


"A study of the electric field in an open magnetospheric model", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res. , 78, 7292-7305

37.    


1975      


"Charged particle motions in a magnetic field which reduce to motions in a potential", D.P. Stern, Amer. J. Phys., 43, 689-694.

38.    


1975      


"Error enhancement in geomagnetic models derived from scalar data", D.P. Stern and J. Bredekamp, J. Geophys. Res., 80, 1776-1782.

39.    


1975      


"The motion of a proton in the equatorial magnetosphere," D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 80, 595-599.

40.    


1975      


"Drift-free magnetic geometries in adiabatic motion", D.P. Stern and P. Palmadesso, J. Geophys. Res., 80, 4244-4248.

41.    


1975      


"Adiabatic Hamiltonian of charged particle motion in a dipole field", A.J. Chen and D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 80, 690-693.

42.    


1976      


"Representation of magnetic fields in space", Rev. Geophys., 14, 199-214.

43.    


1977      


"Large-scale electric fields in the Earth's magnetosphere", Rev. Geophys., 15, 156-194.

44.    


1977      


"A search for auroral-type motions in solar flares", J.M. Beckers, L.B. Gilliam and D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 1915-1916.

45.    


1978      


"Adiabatic particle motion in a nearly drift-free magnetic field: application to the geomagnetic tail,", J. Geophys. Res., 83, 1079-1088

46.    


1978      


"Solar-Terrestrial Programs, a Five-Year Plan", vi+93 pp., Office of Space Sciences, NASA Headquarters.

47.    


1959      


"The role of O-type neutral lines in magnetic merging during substorms and solar flares," J. Geophys. Res., 84, 63-71.

48.    


1979      


"The electric field and global electrodynamics of the magnetosphere," D.P. Stern, Rev. Geophys., 17, 626-640

49.    


1980      


"Backus effect observed by Magsat", D.P. Stern, R.A. Langel and G.D. Mead, Geophys. Res. Lett., 7, 941-944.

50.    


1980      


Math Squared, D.P. Stern, v+115 pp., Teachers College Press, Columbia University, New York.

51.    


1981      


"An introduction to magnetospheric physics by means of simple models", D.P. Stern, NASA TM 82072, January 1981.

52.    


1981      


One-dimensional models of quasi-neutral parallel electric fields J. Geophys. Res., 86, 5839-5860, 1981.

53.    


1982      


"Planetary magnetospheres", D.P. Stern and N.F. Ness, Ann.Rev. Astron. Astrophys., vol. 20, 125-138.

54.    


1983      


"The origins of Birkeland currents", D.P. Stern, Rev. Geophys., 21, 125-138.

55.    


1983      


"Magnetospheric and interplanetary physics 1979-1982, D.P. Stern, Rev. Geophys., 21, 361

56.    


1983      


"Electric currents and voltage drops along auroral field lines", D.P. Stern, Space Sci. Rev., 34, 317-325.

57.    


1983      


"Magnetospheric dynamo processes", D.P. Stern, p. 200-207 in Magnetospheric currents, ed. T.A. Potemra, Amer. Geophys. Union, Washington, DC.

58.    


1984      


Energetics of the magnetosphere", D.P. Stern, Space Sci. Rev., 39, 193-213.

59.    


1985      


"Parabolic harmonics in magnetospheric modeling: The main dipole and the ring current", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 851-863.

60.    


1986      


"A conversation with Jim Dungey", D.P. Stern, Eos, 67, 1394-1395.

61.    


1987      


"Tail modeling in a stretched magnetosphere: 1. Methods and transformations", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 4437-4448.

62.    


1987      


"Modeling of the magnetosphere", D.P. Stern, Rev. Geophys., 25, 523-527.

63.    


1988      


"Physics of the quiet magnetosphere", D.P. Stern, Rev. Geophys., 26, 781.

64.    


1988      


"Where do field lines go in the quiet magnetosphere?", D.P. Stern and Igor I. Alexeev, Rev. Geophys., 26, 782-791.

65.    


1988      


"Magnetospheric models using a distorted dipole", D.P. Stern, p. 309-315 in Physics of Space Plasmas (1987), T. Chang, G.B. Crew and J.R. Jasperse, eds., Scientific Publishers, Cambridge, Mass.

66.    


1989      


"A brief history of magnetospheric physics before the spaceflight era", D.P. Stern, Rev. Geophys., 27, 103-114.

67.    


1990      


"A model of the magnetospheric tail with current-free lobes", D.P. Stern, Planet. Space Sci., 38, 255-261.

68.    


1990      


"Substorm electrodynamics," D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 12,057-12,067.

69.    


1991      


"Substorms," p. 317-322 in vol. 4 of Encyclopaedia of Earth System Science , Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego.
70.    


1991      



"Substorm electrodynamics", D.P. Stern, p.421-424 in Magnetospheric Substorms, T. Potemra, J. Kan and S. Kokubun, eds., Geophysical monograph 64, Amer. Geophys. Union, Washington, DC.

71.    


1959      



"The beginning of substorm research", D.P. Stern, p. 11-14 in Magnetospheric Substorms, T. Potemra, J. Kan and S. Kokubun, eds., Geophysical monograph 64, Amer. Geophys. Union, Washington, DC

72.    




1991      





"On open and closed field line regions in Tsyganenko's field line model and their possible association with horse collar auroras," J. Birn, E.W. Hones, Jr., J.D. Craven, L.A. Frank, R.D. Elphinstone and D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3811-17.
73.    


1991      



"On the position of the near-Earth neutral sheet: a comparison of magnetic model predictions with empirical formulas, M. Peredo and D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 19,521-19,524.

74.    


1992      


"Uses and limitations of Tsyganenko's field models", D.P. Stern and N.A. Tsyganenko, Eos, 73, 489, 493-494.

75.    


1992      


"The linkage between the ionosphere and the plasma sheet", D.P. Stern, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 44, 1109-1120.

76.    


1993      


"A simple model of Birkeland currents", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 5691-5706.

77.    


1993      


"All I really need to know", D.P. Stern, Physics Today, no. 5, p. 63.

78.    


1993      


"Are existing magnetospheric models excessively stretched?", M. Peredo, D.P. Stern and N.A. Tsyganenko, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 15,343-15,354.

79.    


1993      


"Birkeland currents in the plasma sheet", N.A. Tsyganenko, D.P. Stern and Z. Kaymaz, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 19,455-19,464.

80.    


1994      


"Empirical modeling of the quiet time nightside magnetosphere", A.T.Y. Lui, H. Spence and D.P. Stern. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 151-157.

81.    


1994      


"Euler potentials of current-free fields expressed in spherical harmonics", D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 2443-2445.

82.    


1994      


"Comment on"The relationship between magnetospheric convection and ionospheric heating" by Xiaoming Zhu" J. Geophys. Res., 99, 11,341-11,342.

83.    


1994      


"The Art of Mapping the Magnetosphere", D.P. Stern J. Geophys. Res., 99, 17,169-17,199.
84.    

1994      



"Method for confining the magnetic field of the cross-tail current inside the magnetopause", T. Sotirelis, N.A. Tsyganenko and D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 19,393-19,402.
85.    

1994      




"Modeling the Field of the Global Magnetopause", D.P. Stern, p. 45-51, "Physics of the Magnetopause", edited by P. Song, B.U.…. Sonnerup and M.F. Thomsen, Geophysical Monograph 90, Amer. Geophys. Union, Washington, DC, 1995.
86.    

1995      



"Naissance d'une ceinture de radiation dans la magnétosphere terrestre", D.P. Stern (English title: "The Birth of a Radiation Belt"; translated by Laurent Desorgher), Ciel et Terre, 111 (4), 107-111, 1995.

87.    


1996      


"A Brief History of Magnetospheric Physics during the Space Age", D.P. Stern, Reviews of Geophysics. 34, 1-31, 1996.

88.    


1996      


"Developing a Strategy for Magnetospheric Research", D.P. Stern, Eos, 77, 165 & 168, 23 April 1996.

89.    


1996      


"Modeling the global magnetic field of the large-scale Birkeland current system", N.A. Tsyganenko and D.P. Stern, J. Geophys. Res.,101, 27,187-198
90.    

1996      



"Field modeling methods for the inner magnetosphere", p. D.P. Stern, p. 189-193 in Radiation Belts: Models and Standards, J.F. Lemaire, editor, Geophysical Monograph, AGU, 1996.

91.    


1997      


Space Physics for Poets, by D.P. Stern and M. Peredo, The Physics Teacher, 35, 38-9.
92.    

1999      



Planning the "Profile" Multiprobe Mission, by D.P. Stern, p. 136-141 in Science Closure and Enabling Technologies for Constellation Class Missions, edited by V. Angelopoulos and P. V Panetta, U. Berkeley, 1999
93.     1999      



Science Tasks for "Profile", by D.P. Stern, p. 66-71 in Science Closure and Enabling Technologies for Constellation Class Missions, edited by V. Angelopoulos and P. V Panetta, U. Berkeley, 1999

94.    


1999      


"Using Space to Teach Physics" by D.P. Stern, The Physics Teacher, 37, 102-103 (February 1999).

95.    


1999      


"Remembering Robert Goddard's Vision 100 years Later, " Eos, 21 Sept. 1999, p. 441.

96.    


2001      



"Systematic Identification of Preferred Orbits for Magnetospheric Missions: 1. Single Satellites" J. Astronautical Sciences, 49, 559-583.

97.    


2002      


"Yuri Ilich Galperin" (obituary) Physics Today, p. 66-68. August 2002

98.    


2002      



"Systematic Identification of Preferred Orbits for Magnetospheric Missions: 2. The "Profile" Mission" J. Astronautical Sciences 50, p. 149-171, 2002

99.    


2002      


"A Millennium of Geomagnetism", Reviews of Geophysics, 40(3), p.1-1 to 1-30, Sept 2002

100.    

2002      


Les secrets de l'aurore polaire (in English: "Secrets of the Polar Aurora"; French translation and adaptation by M. Roth), Ciel et Terre, 118, 131-141, Nov-Dec. 2002

101.    

2003      


"Le trou noir au centre de la Galaxie," (in English: "The Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy") Ciel et Terre, 119, 146-7, Nov-Dec. 2003


102.    

2005      

Review of the book "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson, Eos, 10 May 2005.

103.    

2005      


"A historical introduction to the Ring Current", in press in Physics and Modelling of the Inner Magnetosphere (proc. Of Chapman Conference, Helsinki, 25-29 Aug. 2003) AGU Monograph.

 
           

Author and Curator:   Dr. David P. Stern
     Mail to Dr.Stern:   david("at" symbol)phy6.org .

Last updated 16 June 2005

Above is background material for archival reference only.

NASA Logo, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Official: Adam Szabo

Curators: Robert Candey, Alex Young, Tamara Kovalick

NASA Privacy, Security, Notices