All publications have been refereeed, except as indicated.
C. K. Birdsall, N. F. Otani, and B. I. Cohen, Simulation of plasma dynamics
using many particles, IEEE ElectroTechnology Review 1986, 43-44.
N. F. Otani and B. I. Cohen, Effect of large-amplitude perpendicularly-propagating
radio frequency waves on the interchange instability, Physics of Fluids 31,
158-176 (1988). Abstract | Full
text and figures.
N. F. Otani and H. R. Strauss, Current-driven resistive ballooning modes
in axially-bounded solar flare plasmas, Astrophysical Journal 325, 468-475
(1988). Abstract | Full
text and figures.
H. R. Strauss and N. F. Otani, Current sheets in the solar corona. Astrophysical
Journal 326, 418-424 (1988). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
N. F. Otani, Application of nonlinear dynamical invariants in a single
electromagnetic wave to the study of the Alfvén-ion-cyclotron instability,
Physics of Fluids 31, 1456-1464 (1988). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
N. F. Otani, The Alfvén ion-cyclotron instability, simulation theory
and techniques. Journal of Computational Physics 78, 251-277 (1988). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
N. G. Azari, S.-Y. Lee, and N. F. Otani, Parallel gather-scatter algorithms
for particle-in-cell simulation, Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Hypercubes,
Concurrent Computers, and Applications, 1241-1245 (1989). Abstract.
N. F. Otani, P. C. Gray, and M. K. Hudson, Particle simulation of the
interaction between kinetic Alfvén waves and double layers, in Modeling
Magnetospheric Plasma Processes, Geophysical Monograph 62, American Geophysical
Union, 95-101 (1991). Abstract.
N. F. Otani, J.-S. Kim, C. K. Birdsall, B. I. Cohen, W. M. Nevins, N.
Maron, Elimination of velocity space rings-and-spokes instabilities in magnetized
electrostatic particle simulations of plasmas, Journal of Computational Physics
102, 227-235 (1992). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
A. D. Gilbert, N. F. Otani, and S. Childress, Simple dynamical fast dynamos,
Proc. NATO ASI---Theory of Solar and Planetary Dynamos, Cambridge, U.K., 20 Sept.-
2 Oct., 1992, Cambridge Univ. Press, 129-136 (1993). Abstract.
N. F. Otani, A fast kinematic dynamo in 2-d time dependent flows, Journal
of Fluid Mechanics 235, 327-340 (1993). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
M. Silberstein and N. F. Otani, Computer simulation of Alfvén waves
and double layers along auroral magnetic field lines, Journal of Geophysical Research
99, 6351-6365 (1994). Abstract. |
Full text and figures.
N. F. Otani and R. Hwa, Topological considerations in the generation of
scroll waves in excitable and cyclical media, Physica D 77 434-455 (1994).
Abstract.
M. Oppenheim, N. Otani, and Corrado Ronchi, Hybrid simulations of the
saturated Farley-Buneman instability in the ionosphere, Geophysical Research Letters
22, 353-356 (1995). Abstract. |
Full text and figures.
M. Watanabe, N. F. Otani, and R. F. Gilmour, Jr., Biphasic restitution
of action potential duration and complex dynamics in ventricular myocardium, Circulation
Research 76, 915-921 (1995). Abstract.
P. C. Gray, C. W. Smith, W. H. Matthaeus, and N. F. Otani, Heating of
the solar wind by pickup ion driven Alfvén ion cyclotron instability, Geophysical
Research Letters 23, 113-116 (1996). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
R. Andrulis, C. Seyler, and N. Otani, Growth of short wavelength lower
hybrid modes in a density depletion and transverse acceleration of ionospheric ions,
Journal of Geophysical Research 101, 15723-15735 (1996). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
M. Oppenheim, N. Otani, and C. Ronchi, Saturation of the Farley-Buneman
instability via nonlinear electron ExB drifts, Journal of Geophysical Research
101, 17273-17286 (1996). Abstract.
| Full text and figures.
M. Oppenheim and N. Otani, Spectral characteristics of the Farley-Buneman
instability: Simulations versus observations, Journal of Geophysical Research
101, 24573-24582 (1996). Abstract.
| Full text and figures.
R. F. Gilmour, Jr., N. F. Otani, and M. Watanabe, Memory and complex dynamics
in cardiac Purkinje fibers, American Journal of Physiology 272 (Heart and Circulatory
Physiology 41), H1826-H1832 (1997). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
N. F. Otani and R. F. Gilmour, Memory models for the electrical properties
of local cardiac systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology 187, 409-436 (1997).
Abstract | Full
text and figures.
M. L. Riccio, N. S. Moise, N. F. Otani, J. C. Belina, A. R. M. Gelzer,
and R. F. Gilmour, Jr., Vector quantization of T wave abnormalities with a predisposition
to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death, Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
3, 46-53 (1998). Abstract.
N. F. Otani and M. Oppenheim, A saturation mechanism for the Farley-Buneman
instability, Geophysical Research Letters 25, 1833-1836 (1998). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
N. F. Otani, Two-dimensional detailed ion channel model of abnormal cardiac
action potential propagation, Computers in Cardiology 1998, Vol. 25, 565-568
(1998). (Not refereed.) Abstract
| Full text and figures.
N. F. Otani, A. Bhattacharjee, and X. Wang, A unified model of acoustic
and lattice waves in a one-dimensional strongly coupled dusty plasma, Physics
of Plasmas 6, 409-412 (1999). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
A. Bhattacharjee, C. A. Kletzing, Z.W. Ma, C. S. Ng, N. F. Otani, X. Wang,
Four-field model for dispersive field-line resonances: Effects of coupling between
shear-Alfvén and slow modes, Geophysical Research Letters 26, 3281-3284
(1999). Abstract. | Full
text and figures.
R. F. Gilmour, Jr., M. A. Watanabe, and N. F. Otani, Restitution properties
and dynamics of reentry, in Cardiac Electrophysiology, From Cell to Bedside, 3rd
Edition, D. P. Zipes and J. Jalife, eds., 378-385, W.B. Saunders Co., Phila.,
PA (2000).
N. F. Otani, Computer modeling in cardiac electrophysiology, Journal
of Computational Physics 161, 21-34 (2000). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
T. J. Hund, N. F. Otani, and Y. Rudy, The dynamics of action potential
head-tail interaction during reentry in cardiac tissue: Ionic mechanisms, American
Journal of Physiology (Heart and Circulatory Physiology) 279, H1869-H1879 (2000).
Abstract | Full
text and figures.
T. J. Hund, J. Kucera, N. F. Otani, and Y. Rudy, Ionic charge conservation
and long-term steady state in the Luo-Rudy dynamic cell model, Biophysical Journal
81, 3324-3331 (2001).Abstract
| Full text and figures.
N. F. Otani, A primary mechanism for spiral wave meandering, Chaos
12, 829-842 (2002). This article was also selected for publication in the Sept.
1, 2002 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (Vol. 4, Issue
5) (2002). Abstract | Full
text and figures
M. Li and N. F. Otani, Ion channel basis for alternans and memory in cardiac
myocytes, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 31, 1213-1230 (2003). Abstract | Full
text and figures
N. F. Otani, Deep entry of defibrillating effects into homogeneous cardiac
tissue, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 51, 401-407 (2004).
Abstract| Full
text and figures.
M. Li and N. F. Otani, Controlling alternans in cardiac cells, Annals
of Biomedical Engineering 32, 784-792 (2004). Abstract
| Full text and figures.
D. Allexandre and N. F. Otani, Preventing alternans-induced spiral wave
breakup in cardiac tissue: An ion-channel-based approach, Physical Review E 70,
061903 (2004). Abstract |
Full text and figures.
N. F. Otani, M. Li and R. F. Gilmour, Jr., What can nonlinear dynamics
teach us about the development of ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation?,
Heart Rhythm 2, 1261-1263 (2005). Full
text and figures.
N. F. Otani and M. Oppenheim, Saturation of the Farley-Buneman intability
via three-mode coupling, Journal of Geophysical Research 111(A3), A03302 (2006).
Abstract | Full
text and figures.
N. F. Otani, Theory of action potential wave block at-a-distance in the
heart, Physical Review E 75, 021910 (2007). Abstract | Full text and figures.
R. F. Gilmour Jr., A. R. Gelzer, N. F. Otani, Cardiac electrical dynamics:
maximizing dynamical heterogeneity, Journal of Electrocardiology 40, S51-S55
(2007). Abstract | Full
text and figures.
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