Publications

All publications have been refereeed, except as indicated.

  1. C. K. Birdsall, N. F. Otani, and B. I. Cohen, Simulation of plasma dynamics using many particles, IEEE ElectroTechnology Review 1986, 43-44.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. H. R. Strauss and N. F. Otani, Current sheets in the solar corona. Astrophysical Journal 326, 418-424 (1988). Abstract | Full text and figures.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.

  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. N. F. Otani and A. Bhattacharjee, Debye shielding and particle correlations in strongly coupled dusty plasmas, Physical Review Letters 78, 1468-1471 (1997). Abstract | Full text and figures | Draft of the paper and figures.
  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.
  24. 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.

  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.

  28. 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).

  29. N. F. Otani, Computer modeling in cardiac electrophysiology, Journal of Computational Physics 161, 21-34 (2000). Abstract | Full text and figures.
  30. 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.

  31. 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.

  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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.
  35. M. Li and N. F. Otani, Controlling alternans in cardiac cells, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 32, 784-792 (2004). Abstract | Full text and figures.

  36. 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.

  37. 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.

  38. 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.

  39. 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.

  40. 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.

  41. A. R. M. Gelzer, M. L. Koller, N. F. Otani, J. J. Fox, M. W. Enyeart, G. J. Hooker, M. L. Riccio, C. R. Bartoli, R. F. Gilmour, Jr., Dynamic mechanism for initiation of ventricular fibrillation in vivo, Circulation 118, 1123-1129 (2008).  Abstract | Full text and figures.

  42. N. F. Otani, A. Mo, S. Mannava, F. H. Fenton, E. M. Cherry, S. Luther, R. F. Gilmour, Jr., Characterization of multiple spiral wave dynamics as a stochastic predator-prey system, Physical Review E 78, 021913 (2008).  Abstract | Full text and figures.

  43. F. Siso-Nadal, N. F. Otani, R. F. Gilmour, Jr., J. J. Fox, Boundary-induced reentry in homogeneous excitable tissue,  Physical Review E 78, 031925 (2008).  Abstract | Full text and figures.

  44. R. Pariaut, N. S. Moise, B. D. Koetje, J. A. Flanders, S. A. Hemsley, T. B. Farver, R. F. Gilmour, Jr., A. R. M. Gelzer, M. S. Kraus, N. F. Otani, Lidocaine converts acute vagally associated atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in German shepherd dogs with inherited arrhythmias, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 22, 1274-1282 (2008). Abstract | Full text and figures.

  45. R. Pariaut, N. S. Moise, B. D. Koetje, J. A. Flanders, S. A. Hemsley, T. B. Farver, R. F. Gilmour, Jr., A. R. M. Gelzer, M. S. Kraus, N. F. Otani, Evaluation of atrial fibrillation induced during anesthesia with fentanyl and pentobarbital in German shepherd dogs with inherited arrhythmias, American Journal of Veterinary Research 69, 1434-1445 (2008). Abstract | Full text and figures.

  46. N. F. Otani, D. Allexandre, M. Li, Advanced methods for assessing the stability and control of alternans, in Cardiac Bioelectric Therapy--Mechanisms and Practical Implications,  I. R. Efimov, M. W. Kroll, P. J. Tchou, eds., Chapter 6.4, 525-549, Springer Science+Business Media, New York, NY (2008).

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