Publications

Refereed Journals:

S. E. Gibson and Y. Fan Coronal prominence structure and dynamics: A magnetic flux rope interpretation, JGR, doi:10.1029/2006JA011871, 2006.
S. E. Gibson, D. Foster, J. Burkepile, G. de Toma, A. Stanger, The calm before the storm: The link between quiescent cavities and CMEs, ApJ, 641, 590, 2006.
Y. Fan and S. E. Gibson, On the nature of the X-ray bright core in a stable filament channel, ApJL, 641, L149, 2006.
S. E. Gibson and Y. Fan, The partial expulsion of a magnetic flux rope ApJL, 637, L65, 2006.
S. E. Gibson, Y. Fan, C. Mandrini, G. Fisher, and P. Demoulin, Observational consequences of a magnetic flux rope emerging into the corona, ApJ, 617, 600, 2004.
Y. Fan and S. E. Gibson, Numerical simulations of 3D coronal magnetic field resulting from the emergence of twisted magnetic flux tubesApJ, 609, 1123, 2004.
S. Gibson, D. Foster, M. Guhathakurta, T. Holzer, and O. C. St. Cyr,Three-dimensional coronal density structures: Paper 1 - model, JGR, 108, A12, SSH 7-1, CiteID 1444, 2003.
Y. Fan and S. E. Gibson, Emergence of a magnetic flux rope into a pre-existing coronal arcade, ApJ Letters, 589, L505, 2003.
E. C. Sittler Jr., L. Ofman, S. Gibson, M. Guhathakurta, J. Davila, R. Skoug, A. Fludra, and T. Holzer, Development of multidimensional MHD model for the solar corona and solar wind, Solar Wind 10, 2003, in press.
S. E. Gibson, L. Fletcher, D. Alexander, D. A. Biesecker, J. Burkepile, G. Del Zanna, P. Demoulin, C. Mandrini, H. E. Mason, Y. Liu, N. Nitta, C. D. Pike, J. Qiu, Y-K. Ko, B. Schmieder, B. Thompson, Sigmoid structure and evolution:  Results from the third Whole Sun Month campaign ApJ, 574,1021, 2002.
G. Del Zanna, S. E. Gibson, H. E. Mason, C. D. Pike, and C. H. Mandrini, Sigmoidal diagnostics with SOHO/CDS, Adv. Space Research, in press, 2001.
L. Strachan, A. Panasyuk, D. Dobrzycka, J. Kohl, G. Noci, S. Gibson, and D. Biesecker, Latitudinal Dependence of Outflow  Velocities from O VI Doppler Dimming Observations during the Whole Sun Month, JGR, 105, 2345, 2000.
S. E. Gibson and B. C. Low, 3-d and twisted:  An MHD interpretation of on-disk observational characteristics of CMEs, JGR., 105, 18,187, 2000.
S. E. Gibson, D. Biesecker, M. Guhathakurta, J. T. Hoeksema, A. J. Lazarus, J. Linker, Z. Mikic, Y. Pisanko, P. Riley, J. Steinberg, L. Strachan, A. Szabo, and B. J. Thompson, The Three-Dimensional Coronal Magnetic Field During Whole Sun Month, ApJ, 520, 871, 1999.
S. E. Gibson, A. Fludra, F. Bagenal, D. Biesecker, G. Del Zanna, B. Bromage,  Solar minimum streamer densities and temperatures using Whole Sun Month coordinated data-sets, JGR, 104, A5, 9691, 1999.
D. A. Biesecker, B.J. Thompson, S.E. Gibson, D. Alexander, A. Fludra, N. Gopalswamy, J.T. Hoeksema, A. Lecinski, L. Strachan, The synoptic sun during the first Whole Sun Month Campaign: Aug 10 - Sep 8, 1996, JGR, 104, A5, 9679, 1999.
M. Guhathakurta, A. Fludra, S. E. Gibson, D. Biesecker, and R. Fisher, Physical properties of a coronal hole from a coronal diagnostic spectrometer, Mauna Loa coronagraph, and LASCO observations during the Whole Sun Month , JGR, 104, A5, 9801, 1999.
J. A. Linker, Z. Mikic, D. A. Biesecker, R. J. Forsyth, S. E. Gibson, A. J. Lazarus, A. Lecinski, P. Riley, A. Szabo, and B. J. Thompson, Magnetohydrodynamic Modeling of the Solar Corona During Whole Sun Month , JGR, 104, A5, 9809, 1999.
S. E. Gibson and B. C. Low, A Time-dependent three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic model of the coronal mass ejection, ApJ, 493, 460, 1998.
S. E. Gibson and P. Charbonneau, Empirical modeling of the solar corona using genetic algorithms,  JGR, 103, 14511, 1998.
S. E. Gibson, F. Bagenal, and B. C. Low, Current sheets in the solar minimum corona, JGR, 101, 4813, 1996.
S. E. Gibson and F. Bagenal, Large-scale magnetic field and density distribution in the solar minimum corona, JGR, 100, 198651, 1995.
S. Gibson, D. Newman, and M. Goldman, Langmuir turbulence and three-wave nonlinear dynamics, Phys. Rev. E, 52, 558, 1995.
F. Bagenal and S. Gibson, Modeling the large-scale structure of the solar corona, JGR, 96, 17663, 1991.

Invited Reviews:

S. E. Gibson, Y. Fan, T. Toeroek, and B. Kliem, The evolving sigmoid: evidence for magnetic flux ropes before, during, and after CMEs SSR, in press, 2006.
S. E. Gibson, Global solar wind structure from solar minimum to solar maximum: Sources and evolution , invited review paper for Proc. of the 34th ESLAB symposium, ESA publications (refereed), in press.
S. E. Gibson and M. S. Miesch, Sun, invited review article for Space Sciences for Students Encyclopedia, Macmillan Reference, USA, in press.

Selected Conference Proceedings Publications:
 

S. E. Gibson, B. C. Low, K. D. Leka, Y. Fan, and L. Fletcher, Magnetic flux ropes: would we know one if we saw one?,  Proceedings of IAU 188: Magnetic Coupling in the Solar Atmosphere, ESA publications, in press, 2002.
S. E. Gibson, H. E. Mason, D. Pike, P. R. Young, Searching for Sigmoids in SOHO/CDS ,  in Plasma Dynamics and Diagnostics in the Solar Transition Region and Corona, edited by J.C. Vial and B. Kaldeich-Schurmann, ESA publications, Noordwijk, 331, 1999.
S. E. Gibson, D. Alexander, D. Biesecker, R. Fisher, M. Guhathakurta, H. Hudson and B. J. Thompson, Modeling CMEs in Three Dimensions Using an Analytic MHD Model, in Solar Wind 9, edited by S. R. Habbal, R. Esser, R. V. Hollweg, and P. A. Iseberg, 645, Woodbury, New York, 1999.
S. Gibson and P. Scherrer, Supergranule power leakage through an observing mask, in IAU Symp. 181: Sounding solar and stellar interiors (Poster volume, eds. J. Provost & F.-X. Schmider, 1998).
S. E. Gibson , D. Biesecker, R. Fisher, R. A. Howard, and B. J. Thompson, Fitting a 3-D analytic model of the coronal mass ejection to observations, Proc. of the 31st ESLAB Symposium, ESA SP-415, 111, 1997.
S. E. Gibson , F. Bagenal, D. Biesecker, M. Guhathakurta, J. T. Hoeksema, and B. J. Thompson, Modeling a simple coronal streamer during Whole Sun Month, Proc. of the Fifth SOHO WORKSHOP, ESA SP-404, 319, 1997.