Nikolai G. Lehtinen: Publications

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THESES

  1. NNSU Diploma. My diploma work from Nizhniy Novgorod State University (NNSU), loosely translated into English for a plasma physics class at Stanford. See also this article.
  2. Lehtinen, N. G., "Relativistic Runaway Electrons Above Thunderstorms", Ph. D. Thesis, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

ARTICLES

  1. Lekhtinen, N. G., G. A. Markov and S. M. Fainstein, Excitation of an ionospheric Alfven resonator by a plasma wave discharge, Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, vol. 38, no. 3-4, p. 312-317, 0021-3462 (1995). Translated in: Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics, vol. 38, no. 3-4, p. 204-207, March-April (1995), 0033-8443.
  2. Lehtinen, N. G., M. Walt, U. S. Inan, T. F. Bell and V. P. Pasko, γ-ray emission produced by a relativistic beam of runaway electrons accelerated by quasi-electronstatic thundercloud fields (the published version is here), Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 23, no. 19, p. 2645-2648, September 15 (1996), doi:10.1029/96GL02573.
  3. Lehtinen, N. G., T. F. Bell, V. P. Pasko and U. S. Inan, A two-dimensional model of runaway electron beams driven by quasi-electrostatic thundercloud fields, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 24, no. 21, p. 2639-2642, November 1 (1997), doi:10.1029/96GL02573.
  4. Lehtinen, N. G., T. F. Bell and U. S. Inan, Monte Carlo Simulation of Runaway MeV Electron Breakdown with Application to Red Sprites and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes (the published version is here), Journal of Geophysical Research A - Space Physics, vol. 104, no. A11, p. 24699-24712, November 1 (1999), doi:10.1029/1999JA900335.
  5. Inan, U. S., N. G. Lehtinen, S. J. Lev-Tov, M. P. Johnson, T. F. Bell and K. Hurley, Ionization of the Lower Ionosphere by Gamma Rays from a Magnetar: Detection of a Low Energy (3--10 keV) Component, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 26, no. 22, pages 3357-3360, Nov. 15 (1999), doi:10.1029/1999GL010690.
  6. Lehtinen, N. G., U. S. Inan and T. F. Bell, Trapped energetic electron curtains produced by thunderstorm driven relativistic runaway electrons, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 27, no. 8, pages 1095-1098 (2000), doi:10.1029/1999GL010765.
  7. Lehtinen, N. G., U. S. Inan and T. F. Bell, Effects of Thunderstorm Driven Runaway Electrons in the Conjugate Hemisphere: Purple Sprites, Ionization Enhancements and Gamma Rays (the published version is here), Journal of Geophysical Research A - Space Physics, vol. 106, no. A12, pages 28841--28856 (2001), doi:10.1029/2000JA000160.
  8. Lehtinen, N. G., S. Adam, G. Gratta, T. K. Berger and M. J. Buckingham, Sensitivity of an underwater acoustic array to ultra-high energy neutrinos, Astroparticle Physics, vol. 17, no. 3, pages 279-292 (2002), doi:10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00158-X.
  9. Lehtinen, N. G., P. W. Gorham, A. R. Jacobson and R. A. Roussel-Dupre, FORTE satellite constraints on ultrahigh energy cosmic particle fluxes, Physical Review D, vol. 69, 013008 (2004), doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.69.013008.
  10. Vandenbroucke, J., G. Gratta and N. Lehtinen, Experimental study of acoustic ultra-high-energy neutrino detection, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 621, part 1, pages 301-312 (2005), doi:10.1086/425336.
  11. Inan, U. S. and N. G. Lehtinen, Production of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes by an electromagnetic pulse from a lightning return stroke, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, No. 19, L19818 (2005), doi:10.1029/2005GL023702.
  12. Lehtinen, N. G., and U. S. Inan (2007), Possible persistent ionization caused by giant blue jets, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 34, L08804, doi:10.1029/2006GL029051.
  13. Inan, U. S., N. G. Lehtinen, R. C. Moore, K Hurley, S. Boggs, D. M. Smith, and G. J. Fishman (2007), Massive disturbance of the daytime lower ionosphere by the giant γ-ray flare from magnetar SGR 1806–20, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 34, L08103, doi:10.1029/2006GL029145.
  14. Carlson, B. E., N. G. Lehtinen, and U. S. Inan (2007), Constraints on terrestrial gamma ray flash production from satellite observation, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 34, L08809, doi:10.1029/2006GL029229.
  15. N. G. Lehtinen and U. S. Inan (2008), Radiation of ELF/VLF waves by harmonically varying currents into a stratified ionosphere with application to radiation by a modulated electrojet, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, A06301, doi:10.1029/2007JA012911.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Lehtinen, N. G., P. W. Gorham, A. R. Jacobson, and R. A. Roussel-Dupre, The FORTE VLF instrument as a high-energy cosmic ray detector, Particle Astrophysics Instrumentation, ed. P. W. Gorham, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4858, pages 296-304(2003).
  2. C. Hebert, for P. Gorham, N. Lehtinen, M. Rosen, W. Gai, M. Conde, J. Powers, R. Konecny, Detection of high energy particles using radio frequency signals, CALOR Meeting, January 2004.

TALKS

  1. Second International Scientific School-Seminar on Dynamic and Stochastic Wave Phenomena (Nizhniy Novgorod - Moscow - Nizhniy Novgorod, June 21-28, 1994). Talk presented on June 25, 1994. Markov, G. A. and N. G. Lehtinen, Excitation of Ionospheric Alfven Resonator by Plasma-Wave Discharge.
  2. AGU 1995 Fall meeting (San Francisco, CA, USA, December 11-15, 1995). Poster presented on Wednesday, December 13, 1995, 13:30h, Session "Lightning-Induced Effects in the Middle and Upper Atmospheres I Posters (A32C)". Lehtinen, N. G., M. Walt, U.S. Inan, T. F. Bell and V. P. Pasko, X-Ray Emissiona Produced by a Relativistic Beam of Runaway Electrons Accelerated by a Quasi-Electrostatic Thundercloud Fields, Supplement to Eos, Transactions, AGU, vol. 76, no. 46, abstract A32C-16, November 7 1995, p. F106.
  3. 11th Summer NSF CEDAR Workshop (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, June 16-22, 1996). Poster presented on Tuesday, June 18, 1996, 3:00-6:00pm, Session "1996 CEDAR Workshop Posters". Lehtinen, N. G., M. Walt, U.S. Inan, T. F. Bell and V. P. Pasko, Gamma-Ray Emission Produced by a Relativistic Beam of Runaway Electrons Accelerated by a Quasi-Electrostatic Thundercloud Fields.
  4. AGU 1996 Fall meeting (San Francisco, CA, USA, December 15-19, 1996). Poster presented on Monday, December 16, 1996, 08:30h, Session "Thunderstorm Electrical Effects on the Middle and Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere III Posters (A11A)". Lehtinen, N. G., T. F. Bell, V. P. Pasko, and U. S. Inan, A Two-Dimensional Model of Runaway Electron Beams Driven by Quasi-Electrostatic Thundercloud Fields, Supplement to Eos, Transactions, AGU, vol. 77, no. 46, abstract A11A-16, November 12 1996, p. F70.
  5. 12th Summer NSF CEDAR Workshop (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, June 8-13, 1997). Poster presented on Wednesday, June 11, 1997, 3:00-6:30pm, Session "1997 CEDAR Poster Session: Optical Remote Sensing". Lehtinen, N. G., T. F. Bell, V. P. Pasko, and U. S. Inan, A two-dimensional model of runaway electron beams driven by quasi-electrostatic thundercloud fields.
  6. 1997 IEEE AP-S International Sumposium and URSI North American Radio Science Meeting (The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 13-18, 1997). Talk presented on Tuesday, July 15, 1997, Session "57. URSI Student Paper Finalists". Lehtinen, N. G., A Two-Dimensional Model of Runaway Electron Beams Driven by Quasi-Electrostatic Thundercloud Fields. This talk won the Second place in the 1997 Student Paper Competition, awarded by the United States National Committee for the International Union of Radio Science.
  7. 1997 IEEE AP-S International Sumposium and URSI North American Radio Science Meeting (The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 13-18, 1997). Poster Presented on Wednesday, July 16, 1997, 13:00-18:00h, Session "Student Paper Poster Session". This presentation was required by the student competition. Lehtinen, N. G., A Two-Dimensional Model of Runaway Electron Beams Driven by Quasi-Electrostatic Thundercloud Fields.
  8. 1997 IEEE AP-S International Sumposium and URSI North American Radio Science Meeting (The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 13-18, 1997). Talk presented on Friday, July 18, 1997, 10:30am, Session "URSI GH 113. Electrodynamic Coupling Between Atmospheric Regions", talk #113.7 Lehtinen, N. G., A Two-Dimensional Model of Runaway Electron Beams Driven by Quasi-Electrostatic Thundercloud Fields.
  9. AGU 1997 Fall meeting (San Francisco, CA, USA, December 8-12, 1997). Poster presented on Tuesday, December 9, 1997, 13:30h, Session "Thunderstorm Electrical Effects on the Middle and Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere III (A22C)". Lehtinen, N. G., T. F. Bell, and U. S. Inan, Monte Carlo Simulation of Runaway Electron Breakdown in the Presence of a Static Magnetic Field with Application to the Phenomena of Red Sprites and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes, Supplement to Eos, Transactions, AGU, vol. 78, no. 46, abstract A22C-9, November 18 1997, p. F83.
  10. National Radio Science Meeting (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, January 5-9, 1998). Talk presented on Tuesday, January 6, 1998, 16:00h, Session "Sprites and Ionospheric Effects of Lightning (G/H-3)", talk #8. Lehtinen, N. G., T. F. Bell, U. S. Inan and V. P. Pasko, Monte Carlo Simulation of Runaway Electron Breakdown in the Presence of a Static Magnetic Field with Application to the Phenomenon of Red Sprites.
  11. 1998 RF Ionospheric Interactions Workshop (Radisson Hotel, Santa Fe, NM, USA, April 19-20, 1998). Poster presented on April 20, 1998, 10:30am-12:00pm, Session "Poster Session". Lehtinen, N. G., T. F. Bell and U. S. Inan, Monte Carlo Model of Runaway Electrons in the Upper Atmosphere.
  12. 13th NSF CEDAR Workshop (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, June 7-12, 1998). Poster presented on Tuesday, June 9, 1998, 1:30-5:30pm, Session "1998 CEDAR Poster Session: Theory and Modeling". Lehtinen, N. G., T. F. Bell and U. S. Inan, Monte Carlo Model of Runaway Electrons in the Mesosphere, poster no. A14.
  13. AGU 1998 Fall meeting (San Francisco, CA, USA, December 6-10, 1998). Poster presented on Wednesday, December 9, 1998, 08:30h, Session "The effects of Lightning on the Middle and Upper Atmosphere I Posters (A31A)". Lehtinen, N. G., U. S. Inan and T. F. Bell, Effects of Upward Driven Runaway Electrons in the Conjugate Hemisphere: Conjugate Sprites? Supplement to Eos, Transactions, AGU, vol. 79, no. 45, abstract A31A-25, November 10 1998, p. F138.
  14. National Radio Science Meeting (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, January 4-8, 1999). Talk presented on Tuesday, January 5, 1999, 08:30h, in the Plenary Session, in "Student Paper Competition" section. This talk won the first place in the competition. Lehtinen, N. G, Monte Carlo Simulation of Runaway MeV Electron Breakdown in the Presence of a Static Magnetic Field with Application to the Phenomenon of Red Sprites and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes.
  15. National Radio Science Meeting (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, January 4-8, 1999). Talk presented on Tuesday, January 5, 1998, 16:20h, Session "Sprites and Ionospheric Effect of Lightning (G/H3)", talk #8. Lehtinen, N. G., U. S. Inan and T. F. Bell, Nonuniform runaway in the presence of a magnetic field.
  16. 14th NSF CEDAR Workshop (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, June 13-18, 1999). Poster presented on Tuesday, June 15, 1999, 6:00pm-10:00pm, Session "1998 CEDAR Poster Session: Sprites", poster #SP03. Lehtinen, N. G., U. S. Inan, and T. F. Bell, Effects of thunderstorm-related energetic runaway electrons in the conjugate hemisphere.
  17. XXVIth General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (August 13-21, 1999, Toronto, Canada). Talk scheduled to be presented on Friday, August 20, 1999, 14:00-18:00, Session GH2 "Lightning Ionosphere Interaction", talk #7. Lehtinen, N. G., U. S. Inan and T. F. Bell, Energetic Runaway Electrons in the Atmposphere.
  18. 18. AGU 1999 Fall meeting (San Francisco, CA, USA, December 13-17, 1999). Poster presented on Friday, December 17, 1999, 08:30h, Session "Thunderstorm Electrical Effects on the Middle and Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere II Posters (A51B)". Lehtinen, N. G., U. S. Inan and T. F. Bell, Nonuniform Runaway Electron Avalanche above Thunderstorms and Effects in the Conjugate Hemisphere, Supplement to Eos, Transactions, AGU, vol. 80, no. 46, abstract A51B-07, November 16 1999, p. F225.
  19. SPIE Meeting (Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 22-23 August 2002), listed above under CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.
  20. AUGER Mini-Symposium (Argonne National Laboratory, January 14, 2004), N. Lehtinen and P. Gorham, "Cosmic ray detection with radio signals".
  21. Seminar on Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes and Lightning Associated Phenomena (Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, February 15, 2005), N. G. Lehtinen, "Monte Carlo modelling of relativistic runaway electrons and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes".
  22. XXVIIIth General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science (URSI) (New Dehli, India, October 23-29, 2005). Poster presented on Thursday October 27, in session "IONOSPHERIC MODIFICATION BY HIGH-POWER RADIO WAVES: COUPLING OF PLASMA PROCESSES (HG2)", talk number HG2P.2(0879). N. G. Lehtinen, "Theoretical study of ionospheric modification and ELF/VLF wave generation by HAARP" (summary). This talk was awarded an URSI Young Scientist Award.
  23. AGU 2005 Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA, USA, December 5-9 2005). Talk AE13A-05, presented by U. Inan on Monday December 5 at 14:40pm, in session AE13A "Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes, Relativistic Runaway Breakdown, and Related Phenomena I". N. G. Lehtinen and U. S. Inan, "Conditions for production of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes" (abstract: AGU, local copy).
  24. 2006 National Radio Science Meeting (University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA, January 4-7, 2006). Talk presented on Saturday January 7, in session G/H3 "Active Experiments", at 14:20. N. G. Lehtinen, U. S. Inan, "Ionospheric modification and ELF/VLF wave generation by HAARP".
  25. AGU 2006 Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA, USA, December 11-15 2006). Poster SA53B-1379, presented on Friday Dec 15, at 13:40pm, in session "SPA-Aeronomy General Contribution II Posters". N. G. Lehtinen and U. S. Inan, "Non-Maxwellian model of ionospheric heating by HF radiation". Abstract, local copy.
  26. AGU 2006 Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA, USA, December 11-15 2006). Poster AE31A-1039, presented by Brant Carlson on Wednesday Dec 13, at 8:00am, in session "Runaway Breakdown and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes II Posters". B. Carlson, N. Lehtinen and U. Inan "Constraints on Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash Production Derived From Satellite Observations". Abstract, local copy.
  27. 13th annual RF Ionospheric Interactions Workshop, 22 - 25 April 2007, Hilton Hotel of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Poster #17, presented on Monday, April 23, 2007. N. G. Lehtinen and U. S. Inan, "Comparison of non-Maxwellian and Maxwellian models of ionospheric heating by HF radiation".
  28. 2007 USNC/CNC/URSI North American Radio Science Meeting, 22-26 July 2007, Fairmont Chateau Laurier,Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Invited talk URSI297, presented by U. S. Inan. Nikolai G. Lehtinen, Brant E. Carlson, Umran S. Inan and Timothy F. Bell, "Theoretical studies of terrestrial gamma flashes and relativistic runaway electrons". Abstract.
  29. IUGG 2007, Brant Carlson, Nikolai Lehtinen and Umran Inan "Runaway Relativistic Electron Avalanche Seeding Efficiency" (Perugia, Italy).
  31. AGU 2007 Fall Meeting (10–14 December 2007, Monday–Friday Moscone West, 800 Howard Street Moscone South, Howard Street (between 3rd and 4th streets) San Francisco, CA, USA). Poster SA11A-0297, presented on Monday, Dec 10, 2007, at 8:00am, in session SA11A "SPA-Aeronomy General Contributions I Posters". N. G. Lehtinen and U. S. Inan, "Emission of ELF/VLF Waves by a Modulated Electrojet upwards into the Ionosphere and into the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide". Abstract, local copy.
  32. AGU 2007 Fall Meeting (10–14 December 2007, Monday–Friday Moscone West, 800 Howard Street Moscone South, Howard Street (between 3rd and 4th streets) San Francisco, CA, USA). Poster SA11A-0292, presented on Monday, Dec 10, 2007, at 8:00am, in session SA11A "SPA-Aeronomy General Contributions I Posters". M. B. Cohen, U. S. Inan, M. Golkowski and N. Lehtinen, "Geometric modulation: A new method of ELF/VLF wave generation with continuous HF heating of the auroral electrojet". Abstract, local copy.
  33. AGU 2007 Fall Meeting (10–14 December 2007, Monday–Friday Moscone West, 800 Howard Street Moscone South, Howard Street (between 3rd and 4th streets) San Francisco, CA, USA). Poster SA11A-0292, presented on Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007, at 1:40pm, in session AE23A "Lightning, Thunderstorm Electrification, and Transient Luminous Events I Posters (joint with A, NG, SA)". B. R. Cotts, U. S. Inan and N. G. Lehtinen, "Daytime Early VLF Perturbations Exhibiting Long Recoveries and Wide-angle Scattering". Abstract, local copy.
  34. National Radio Science Meeting, January 3-6, 2008, University of Colorado at Boulder. Invited talk GH5-9, presented on Saturday January 5, 2008, at 11:20am, in Session GH5 "Ionospheric Effects of Lightning". N. G. Lehtinen and U. S. Inan, "Possible Persistent Ionization Caused by Giant Blue Jets". Abstract.
  35. National Radio Science Meeting, January 3-6, 2008, University of Colorado at Boulder. Talk GH7-5, presented on Saturday January 5, 2008, at 14:40pm, in Session GH7 "Ionospheric Effects of Lightning II". B. E. Carlson, N. G. Lehtinen and U. S. Inan, "Energetic Electrons Accompanying Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes."

NON-CONFERENCE TALKS

  1. EE350 Seminar, Stanford, March 9, 2005, "Monte Carlo Simulations of Relativistic Runaway Electrons and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes (TGF)".

POPULAR PUBLICATIONS ABOUT MY RESEARCH

Some of them mention my name HAPPY, but some don't SAD.
  1. "1998 starburst more powerful than 3,000 years of sunshine, Stanford and UC Berkeley report" (University of California, Berkeley, News release, 12/14/99) [html].
  2. "Pop Goes The Neutrino" (New Scientist, April 14, 2001) [jpg]
  3. "Neutrino Whispers in the Sea" (Science, June 3, 2002) [pdf] [html]
  4. (contains an interview with me HAPPY) "Neutrino Hunters Borrow Military Ears--and Eyes" (Science, October 4, 2002) [pdf] [html]
  5. Umran Inan, "Gamma Rays Made on Earth" (Science, February 18, 2005) [pdf] [html]
  6. (a highlight of the above Science article) "De bouffées de rayons gamma dans l'atmosphère de la Terre" (Le Figaro, February 22, 2005)[pdf]
  7. Alexander V. Gurevich and Kirill P. Zybin, "Runaway Breakdown and the Mysteries of Lightning" (Physics Today, May 2005) [pdf] [html]
Wikipedia articles:
  1. Terrestrial gamma-ray flash
  2. Runaway breakdown
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