Publication List (Chronological)

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Refereed Publications

Nye, J. F., H. W. Lean, and A. N. Wright, Interfaces and falling drops in a Hele-Shaw cell, Eur. J. Phys., 5, 73, 1983.

Wright, A. N., Stationary distribution function for non-adiabatic particle motion in a one-dimensional current sheet, Planet. Space Sci., 33, 847, 1985.

Wright, A. N., The evolution of an isolated reconnected flux tube, Planet. Space Sci., 35, 813, 1987.

Wright, A. N., The interaction of Io's Alfven waves with the jovian magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 9963, 1987.

Wright, A. N., The structure of ULF waves produced by a Tethered Satellite System, Astron. Astrophys., 186, 354, 1987.

Wright, A. N., Energetic particle absorption at Io, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 3155, 1987.

Wright, A. N., and D. J. Southwood, Stationary Alfvenic Structures, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 1167, 1987.

Wright, A. N., and M. A. Berger, The effect of reconnection upon the linkage and interior structure of magnetic flux tubes, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 1295, 1989.

Wright, A. N., and S. J. Schwartz, The transmission of Io's Alfven waves through the Io plasma torus, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 3749, 1989.

Smith, P. R., and A. N. Wright, Multiscale periodic structure in the Io wake, Nature, 339, 452, 1989.

Berger, M. A., and A. N. Wright, The generation of twisted flux ropes during magnetic reconnection, in the proceedings of the Chapman conference on The physics of magnetic flux ropes, AGU Washington DC, 1990.

Wright, A. N., On the existence of transverse MHD oscillations in an inhomogeneous magnetoplasma, J. Plasma Phys., 43, 83, 1990.

Wright, A. N., and M. A. Berger, The interior structure of reconnected flux tubes in a sheared plasma flow, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 8029, 1990.

Wright, A. N., and S. J. Schwartz, The equilibrium of a conducting body embedded in a flowing plasma, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 4027, 1990.

Wright, A. N., and P. R. Smith, Periodic features in the Alfven wave wake of Io, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 3745, 1990.

Wright, A. N., On the existence of compressional MHD oscillations in an inhomogeneous magnetoplasma, J. Plasma Phys., 44, 361, 1990.

Wright, A. N., MHD wave coupling in inhomogeneous media, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 1951, 1991.

Wright, A. N., and N. W. Evans, Magnetic geometries that carry decoupled transverse or compressional magnetic field oscillations, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 209, 1991.

Wright, A. N., and M. A. Berger, A physical description of magnetic helicity evolution in the presence of reconnection lines, J. Plasma Phys., 46, 179, 1991.

Wright, A. N., Coupling of fast and Alfven modes in realistic magnetospheric geometries, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 6429, 1992.

Wright, A. N., Asypmtotic and time-dependent solutions of magnetic pulsations in realistic magnetic field geometries, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 6439, 1992.

Wright. A. N., and M. J. Thompson, On the effects of chromospheric magnetic perturbations on solar oscillation frequencies, Astron. Astrophys., 264, 701, 1992.

Thompson,M. J., and A. N. Wright, Resonant Alfven wave excitation in two-dimensional systems: Singularities in partial differential equations, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 15 541, 1993.

Rickard, G. J., and A. N. Wright, Alfven resonance excitation and fast wave propagation in magnetospheric waveguides, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 13455, 1994.

Wright, A. N., Dispersion and wave coupling in inhomogeneous MHD waveguides, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 159, 1994.

Wright, A. N., and M. J. Thompson, Analytical treatment of Alfven resonances in nonuniform magnetoplasmas, Phys. Plasmas, 1, 691, 1994.

Elphinstone, R. D., J. S. Murphree, D. J. Hearn, L. L. Cogger, I. Sandahl, P. T. Newell, D. Klumpar, S. Ohtani, J. A. Sauvaud, T. A. Potemra, and K. Mursula,A. N. Wright, M. Shapshak, The double oval UV auroral distribution: 1 Implications for the mapping of auroral arcs, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 12,075, 1995.

Elphinstone, R. D., D. J. Hearn, L. L. Cogger, J. S. Murphree, A. N. Wright, I. Sandahl, S. Ohtani, P. T. Newell, D. Klumpar, M. Shapshak, T. A. Potemra, and K. Mursula, J. A. Sauvaud, The double oval UV auroral distribution: 2 The most poleward arc system and the dynamics of the magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 12,093, 1995.

Mann, I. R., and A. N. Wright, Finite lifetime of ideal poloidal Alfven waves, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 23,677, 1995.

Mann, I. R., A. N. Wright, and P. S. Cally, Coupling of magnetospheric cavity modes to field line resonances: A study of resonance widths, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 19,441, 1995.

Rickard, G. J., and A. N. Wright, ULF pulsations in a magnetospheric waveguide: comparison of real and simulated data, J. Geophys. Res, 100, 3531, 1995.

Wright, A. N., and G. J. Rickard, A numerical study of resonant absorption in an MHD cavity driven by a broad-band spectrum, Astrophys. J., 444, 458, 1995.

Wright, A. N., and G. J. Rickard, ULF pulsations driven by magnetopause motions: Azimuthal phase characteristics, J. Geophys. Res, 100, 23,703, 1995.

Wright, A. N., Transfer of magnetosheath momentum and energy to the ionosphere along open field lines, J. Geophys. Res, 101, 13,169, 1996.

Wright., A. N., and W. Allan, Structure, phase motion, and heating within Alfven resonances, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 17,399, 1996.

Wright, A. N., and W. Allan, Are two-fluid effects relevant to ULF pulsations?, J. Geophys. Res, 101, 24,991, 1996.

Allan, W., and A. N. Wright, Large-m waves generated by small-m field line resonances via the nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, J. Geophys. Res, 102, 19,927, 1997.

Allan, W., A. N. Wright, and D. R. McDiarmid, Spacecraft transits across simulated field line resonance regions, J. Geophys. Res, 102, 14,407, 1997.

Mann, I. R., A. N. Wright, and A. W. Hood, Multiple-timescales analysis of ideal poloidal Alfven waves, J. Geophys. Res, 102, 2381, 1997.

Allan, W., and A. N. Wright, Hydromagnetic wave propagation and coupling in a magnetotail waveguide, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2359, 1998.

Smith, J. M., A. N. Wright, and G. J. Rickard, ULF pulsations driven by a randomly varying magnetopause displacement, J. Geophys. Res, 103, 20,515, 1998.

Wright, A. N., and W. Allan, The effect of field-aligned density variations on time-dependent MHD wave coupling in the magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res, 103, 29,445, 1998.

Wright, A. N., and A. R. Garman, MHD wave coupling in the geomagnetic tail with field aligned density variations, J. Geophys. Res, 103, 2377 1998.

Ruderman, M., and A. N. Wright, Excitation of resonant Alfven waves in the magnetosphere by negative energy surface waves on the magnetopause, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 26,573, 1998.

McDiarmid, D. R., A. N. Wright, and W. Allan, Time-limited excitation of damped field-line resonances: Implications for satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 17,409, 1999.

Mann. I, R, and A. N. Wright, Diagnosing the excitation mechanisms of Pc5 magnetospheric flank waveguide mode and FLRs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2609, 1999.

Mann, I. R., A. N. Wright, K. Mills, and V. M. Nakariakov, Excitation of magnetospheric waveguide modes by magnetosheath flows, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 333, 1999.

Mills, K. J., and A. N. Wright, Azimuthal phase speeds of FLRs driven by Kelvin-Helmholtz unstable waveguide modes, J. Geophys. Res, 104, 22667, 1999.

Mills, K. J., A. N. Wright, and I. R. Mann, Kelvin-Helmholtz driven modes of the magnetosphere, Phys. Plasmas, 6, 4070 1999.

Ruderman, M. S., and A. N. Wright, Structure of driven Alfven waves with oblique magnetic field and dissipation, Phys. Plasmas, 6, 649, 1999.

Wright, A. N., The role of magnetic helicity in magnetospheric physics, Magnetic helicity in space and laboratory plasmas, Canfield, R., A. A. Pevtsov, and M. Brown (eds.), AGU Monograph 111, p. 267, 1999.

Wright, A. N., and W. Allan, R. D. Elphinstone, and L. L. Cogger, Phasemixing and phase motion of Alfven waves on tail-like and dipole-like magnetic field lines, J. Geophys. Res, 104, 10,159, 1999.

Allan, W., and A. N. Wright, The magnetotail waveguide: Fast and Alfven waves in the plasma sheet boundary layer and lobe, J. Geophys. Res, 105, 317, 2000.

Mills, K. J., and A. N. Wright, Trapping and excitation of modes in the magnetotail, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 1572, 2000.

Mills, K. J., A. W. Longbottom, A. N. Wright and M. S. Ruderman, The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of the magnetospheric flanks - An absolute and convective instability approach, J. Geophys. Res, 105, 27,685, 2000.

Ruderman, M. S., and A. N. Wright, Non-stationary driven oscillations of a magnetic cavity, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 3515, 2000.

Wright, A. N., K. J. Mills, M. S. Ruderman, and L. Brevdo, The absolute and convective instability of the magnetospheric flanks, J. Geophys. Res, 105, 385, 2000.

Hood, A. W., S. J. Brooks, and A. N. Wright, Coronal heating by the phasemixing of individual pulses propagating in coronal holes,, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 458, 2307, 2002.

Wright, A. N., and W. Allan, M. S. Ruderman, and R. C. Elphic, The dynamics of current carriers in standing Alfven waves: Parallel electric fields in the auroral acceleration region, J. Geophys. Res, 107, 10.1029, SMP 19, 2002.

Wright, A. N., K. J. Mills, A. W. Longbottom, and M. S. Ruderman, The nature of convectively unstable waveguide mode disturbances on the magnetospheric flanks, J. Geophys. Res, 107, 1242, doi:10.1029/2001JA005091, 2002.

Wright, A. N., W. Allan, and P. A. Damiano, Alfven wave dissipation via electron energization, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1847, doi:10.1029/2003GL017605, 2003.

Wright, A. N., and A. W. Hood, Field-aligned electron acceleration in Alfven waves, J. Geophys. Res, 108, 1135, doi:10.1029/2002JA009551, 2003.

Cran-McGreehin, AP, and Wright, AN, Electron acceleration in downward auroral field-aligned currents, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A10S15, doi:10.1029/2004JA010898, 2005.

Cran-McGreehin, AP, and Wright, AN, Current-voltage relationship in the downward field-aligned current region, J. Geophys. Res.,110, A10S10, doi:10.1029/2004JA010870, 2005.

Damiano, P. A., and A. N. Wright, 2D Hybrid MHD-kinetic electron simulation of an Alfven wave pulse, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A01201, doi:10.1029/2004JA010603, 2005.

Damiano, P. A., Wright, A. N., Sydora, R. D., and Samson, J. C., Hybrid Magnetohydrodynamic-kinetic electron closure methods and shear Alfven waves in nonuniform plasmas, Phys. Plasmas, 12, 042105, 2005.

Hood, A. W., S. J.Brooks, and A. N. Wright, Phase mixing of Alfven pulses and wavetrains propagating in coronal holes, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 461, 237, doi:10.1098/rspa.2004.1384, 2005.

Scoffield, H. C., T. K. Yeoman, D. M. Wright, S. E. Milan, A. N. Wright, R. J. Strangeway, An investigation of the field aligned currents associated with a large scale ULF wave using data from CUTLASS and FAST, Ann. Geophysicae, 23, 487, 2005.

Wright, A. N., Energy sources of field-aligned currents: Auroral electron energization, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A10S08, doi:10.1029/2004JA010609, 2005.

Wright, A. N., and I. R. Mann, Global MHD eigenmodes of the outer magnetosphere, Magnetospheric ULF Waves: Synthesis and New Directions, AGU Monograph Series 169, 2006.

Cran-McGreehin, A. P., Wright, A. N., and A. W. Hood, Ionospheric depletion in auroral downward currents, J. Geophys. Res.,112, A10309, doi:10.1029/2007JA012350, 2007.

Damiano, P. A., Wright, A. N., Sydora, R. D., and Samson, J. C., Energy dissipation via electron energization in standing shear Alfven waves, Phys. Plasmas, 14, 062904, doi: 10.1063/1.2744226, 2007.

Scoffield, H. C., T. K. Yeoman, D. M. Wright, S. E. Milan, A. N. Wright, R. J. Strangeway, An investigation of the field-aligned current associated with a large-scale ULF wave in the morning sector, Planet. Space Sci., 55, 770, 2007.

Damiano, P. A., and A. N. Wright, Electron thermal effects in standing shear Alfven waves, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A09219, doi:10.1029/2008JA013087, 2008.

Wright, A. N., and W. Allan, Simulations of Alfven waves in the geomagnetic tail and their auroral signatures, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A02206, doi:10.1029/2007JA012464, 2008.

Wright, A. N., C. J. Owen, C. C. Chaston, and M. W. Dunlop, Downward current electron beam observed by Cluster and FAST, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A06202, doi:10.1029/2007JA012643, 2008.

Damiano, P. A., A. N. Wright, and J. F. McKenzie, Properties of Hall MHD waves modified by electron inertia and finite Larmor radius effects, Phys. Plasmas, 16, 062901, doi:10.1063/1.3142479, 2009.

Sarris, T. E., A. N. Wright, and X. Li, Observations and analysis of Alfven wave phase mixing in the Earth's magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A03218, doi:10.1029/2008JA013606, 2009.

Pascoe, D. J., A. N. Wright, and I. De Moortel, Coupled Alfven and kink oscillations in coronal loops, , Astrophys. J., 711, 990, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/711/2/990, 2010.

Russell, A. J. B., and A. N. Wright, Resonant absorption with 2D variation of field line eigenfrequencies, Astron. Astrophys., 511, A17, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912669, 2010.

Russell, A. J. B., A. N. Wright, and A. W. Hood, Self-consistent ionospheric plasma density modifications by field-aligned currents: Steady state solutions, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A04216, doi:10.1029/2009JA014836, 2010

Arregui, I., R. Soler, J. L. Ballester, and A. N. Wright, Magnetohydrodynamic kink waves in two-dimensional non-uniform prominence threads, , Astron. Astrophys., 533, A60, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117477, 2011.

Pascoe, D. J., A. N. Wright, and I. De Moortel, Propagating coupled Alfven and kink oscillations in an arbitrary inhomogeneous corona, , Astrophys. J., 731:73, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/731/1/73, 2011.

Stark, C. R.,A. P. Cran-McGreehin, and A. N. Wright, Contributions to the magnetospheric parallel electric field, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A07216, doi:10.1029/2010JA016270, 2011.

Pascoe, D. J., A. W. Hood, I. De Moortel, and A. N. Wright. Spatial damping of propagating kink waves due to mode coupling, , Astron. Astrophys., 539, A37, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117979, 2012.

Russell, A. J. B., and A. N. Wright, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere waves, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A01202, doi:10.1029/2011JA016950, 2012.

Hood, A. W., D. J. Pascoe, I. De Moortel, J. Terradas, and A. N. Wright. Damping of kink waves by mode coupling: I. Analytical treatment, , Astron. Astrophys., 551, A39, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220617, 2013.

Pascoe, D. J., A. W Hodd, I. De Moortel, and A. N. Wright. Damping of kink waves by mode coupling: II. Parametric study and seismology, , Astron. Astrophys., 551, A40, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220620, 2013.

Russell, A. J. B., A. N. Wright and A. V. Streltsov, Production of small-scale Alfvén waves by ionospheric depletion, nonlinear magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and phase mixing, J. Geophys. Res. Space Phys., 118, doi:10.1002/jgra.50168, 2013.

Non-Refereed Publications

Wright, A. N., and D. J. Southwood, The effect of Alfv 'en waves on energetic particle absorption at Io, in `Comparative Study of Magnetospheric Systems', Cepadues Editions, CEPAD, France, 1986.

Wright, A. N., The plasma physics of Io and its neighbourhood, Ph.D. Thesis, University of London, 1986.

Farrugia, C. J., A. N. Wright, D. J. Southwood, S. W. H. Cowley, and R. C. Elphic, Flow in the vicinity of isolated flux tubes: Applications to FTEs in the incompressible limit, Adv. Space Res., 6, 129, 1986.

Johnston, T. F. A., A. N. Wright, and B. R. Roberts, A modified Bohr-Sommerfeld condition for p-modes, GONG 1992: Seismic investigation of the Sun and Stars, ed. T. Brown, APS Conference Series, Vol 42, 1993.

Johnston, T. F. A., B. Roberts, and A. N. Wright, High frequency waves and chromospheric magnetism, in GONG 1994 proceedings, 1994.

Thompson, M., J., and A. N. Wright, Comment on ``Validity of the field line resonance expansion" [Phys. Fluids B 4, 2713 (1992)], Phys. Plasmas, 1, 1092, 1994.

Wright, A. N., MHD theory of magnetic pulsations, in Physical signatures of magnetospheric boundary layer processes, eds. J. A. Holtet and A. Egeland, p. 329, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1994.

Mann, I. R., A. N. Wright, and A. W. Hood, Phase-mixing poloidal Alfven wave polarisations, Adv. Space Res., 20, 489, 1997.

Wright,A. N., and W. Allan, Reply to Comment on ``are two-fluid effects relevant to ULF pulsations?'' by A. N. Wright and W. Allan, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 11979, 1998.

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