Faculty of Science

Mount Allison University Physics


Dr. Robert Hawkes

 

REFEREED JOURNAL CONTRIBUTIONS (1985-2002)

Brown, P., Campbell, M.D., Hawkes, R.L., Theijsmeijer, C., Jones, J., 2002, Planetary Space Science.,50, 45-55, "Multi-station electro-optical observations of the 1999 Leonid meteor storm",

Pawlowski, J., Hebert, T., Hawkes, R.L., Matney, M.J., Stansbery, E.G., 2001, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1467-1477, "Flux of very faint Leonid meteors observed with a 3m liquid mirror telescope intensified CCD system"

Campbell, M.D., Brown, P.G. , LeBlanc, A.G., Hawkes, R.L., Jones, J., Worden, S.P. and Correll, R.R., 2000, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 35, 1259-1268, "Electro-Optical Results from the 1998 Leonid Shower: I. Atmospheric Trajectories and Physical Structure"

Fisher, A.A., Hawkes, R.L., Murray, I.S., Campbell, M.D., and LeBlanc, A.G., 2000, Planet. Space Sci., 48, 911-920, "Are most meteoroids really dustballs?"

Murray, I.S., Beech, M., Taylor, M.J., Jenniskens, P., and Hawkes, R.L.., 2000, Earth, Moon and Planets, 82-83, 351-367, "Comparison of 1998 and 1999 Leonid Light Curve Morphology and Meteoroid Structure"

Brown, P., Campbell, M.D., Ellis, K.J., Hawkes, R.L., Jones, J., Gural, P., Babcock, D.D., Barnbaum, C., Bartlett, R.K., Medard, M., Bedient, J., Beech, M., Brosch, N., Clifton, S., Connors, M., Cooke, B., Goetz, P., Gaines, J.K., Gramer, L., Gray, J., Hildebrand, A.R., Jewell, D., Jones, A., Leake, M., LeBlanc, A.G., Looper, J.K., McIntosh, B.A., Montague, T., Morrow, M.J., Murray, I.S., Nikolova, S., Robichaud, J., Spondor, R., Talarico, J., Theijsmeijer, C., Tilton, B., Treu, M., Vachon, C., Webster, A.R., Weryk, R., and Worden, S.P., 2000, Earth Moon Planets, 82-83, 167-190 "Global Ground-Based Electro-Optical and Radar Observations of the 1999 Leonid Shower: First Results"

LeBlanc, A.G., Murray, I.S., Hawkes, R.L., Campbell, M.D., Brown, P., Worden, S.P., Jenniskens, P., Correll, R.R., Montague, T., Babcock, D.D., 2000, Mon. Not. Roy. Astr. Soc., 313, L9-L13, "Evidence for transverse spread in Leonid meteors"

Murray, I.S., Hawkes, R.L., Jenniskens, P., 1999, Meteoritics & Planetary Sci., 34, 949-958, "Airborne intensified charge-coupled device observations of the 1998 Leonid shower"

Hawkes, R.L., 1999, Highlights of Astronomy, 11B, 1017-1018, "Video techniques for the observation of the Leonid storms"

Ceplecha, Z., Borovicka, J., Elford, W.G., Revelle, D.O., Hawkes, R.L., Porubcan, V., Simek, M., 1998, Space Science Reviews, 84, 327&endash;471, "Meteor Phenomena and Bodies"

Hawkes, R.L. & Woodworth, S.C., 1997, J. Roy. Astron. Soc. Can., 91, 218&endash;219, "Optical detection of two small meteoroids from interstellar space" (Research Note)

Hawkes, R.L. & Woodworth, S.C., 1997, J. Roy. Astron. Soc. Can., 91, 68-73, "Do some meteorites come from interstellar space?"

Ceplecha, Z., Brown, P., Hawkes, R.L., Wetherill, G., Beech, M., & Mossman, K., 1996 , Earth, Moon & Planets, 72, 395-404, "Video observations, atmospheric path, orbit and fragmentation record of the fall of the Peekskill meteorite"

Shadbolt, L. & Hawkes, R.L., 1995, Earth, Moon & Planets, 68, 493-502, "Absence of wake in faint television meteors"

Hawkes, R.L. & Fleming, D.E.B., 1995, Earth, Moon & Planets, 68, 303-310, "TVZHR profile of the 1991 Perseid shower"

Beech, M., Brown, P., Hawkes, R.L., Ceplecha, Z., Mossman, K. & Wetherill, G., 1995, Earth, Moon & Planets, 68, 189-197, "Peekskill meteorite: video observations, atmospheric path, orbit and fragmentation"

Brown, P., Ceplecha, Z., Hawkes, R.L., Wetherill, G., Beech, M. and Mossman, K., 1994, Nature, 367, 624-626 "The orbit and atmospheric trajectory of the Peekskill meteorite from video records"

Piers, P.A. and Hawkes, R.L., 1993, WGN J. Inter. Meteor Org., 21, 168-174 "An unusual meteor cluster observed by image intensified video"

Hawkes, R.L. and Lemay, D., 1993, J. Roy. Astron. Soc. Can., 87, 140-150 "A revised Canadian fireball reporting system"

Jones, J., McIntosh, B.A. and Hawkes, R.L., 1989, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 238, 179-191, "The age of the Orionid meteor stream".

Duffy, A.G., Hawkes, R.L., and Jones, J., 1988, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 234, 643-654, "Television observations of the 1984 Orionid shower".

Duffy, A.G., Hawkes, R.L., and Jones, J., 1987, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 228, 55-75, "The determination of shower meteor parameters from single station observations".

Hawkes, R.L. and Jones, J., 1986, Quart. J. Roy. Astr. Soc., 27, 569-589, "Electro-optical meteor observation techniques and results".

Fyfe, J.D.D. and Hawkes, R.L., 1986, Planet. Space Sci., 34, 1201-1212, "Residual mass from ablation of meteoroid grains detached during atmospheric flight"

Jones, J. and Hawkes, R.L., 1986, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 223, 479-486, "The structure of the Geminid meteor stream. II. The combined action of the cometary ejection process and gravitational perturbations".

Nicol, E.J., Macfarlane, J. and R.L. Hawkes ,1985, Planet. Space Sci., 33, 315-320, "Residual mass from atmospheric ablation of small meteoroids"

 

SUBMITTED ARTICLES TO REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Hawkes, R.L., 2001 in Monograph on Meteors (ed. Ed. Murad and Iwan Williams, Cambridge University Press) (in press, to be published in early 2002) "Detection and analysis procedures for visual, photographic and image intensified CCD meteor observations."

Hawkes, R.L., Campbell, M.D., LeBlanc, A.G., Parker, L., Brown, P., Jones, J.,Worden, S.P., Correll, R.R , Woodworth, S.C., Fisher, A.A., Gural, P., Murray, I.S., Connors, M., Montague, T., Jewell, D., Babcock, D.D., 2000, Proceedings IAU 181 Dust in the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems (submitted Sept. 4 2000, awaiting referee reports) "The Size of Meteoroid Constituent Grains: Implications for Interstellar Meteoroids"

 

PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS

R.L. Hawkes, J.E. Bussey, S.L. MacPhee, C.S. Pollock, & LW. Taggart, "TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH RESOLUTION METEOR LIGHT CURVE INVESTIGATIONS" in Proceedings Meteoroids 2001, European Space Agency Publication (ESA Publications, Noordwijk, The Netherlands , editor Barbara Warmbein) (submitted)

Campbell, M., Hawkes, R.L., and Babcock, D., 1999, in Meteoroids 1998, (ed. W.J. Baggaley and V. Porubcan), 363-366, "Light Curves of Shower Meteors: Implications for Physical Structure"

Hawkes, R.L., Close, T. and Woodworth, S., 1999, in Meteoroids 1998, (ed. W.J. Baggaley and V. Porubcan), 257-264, "Meteoroids from outside the solar system"

Woodworth, S.C. & Hawkes, R.L., 1996, Physics, Chemistry and Dynamics of Interplanetary Dust (ASP Conference Series Vol. 104, eds. B.A.S. Gustafson and M.S. Hanner, from IAU Colloq. 150, Gainesville, FL, Aug. 1995), 83&endash;86, "Optical search for high meteors in hyperbolic orbits"

Hawkes, R.L., 1993, proceedings of IAS Symposium Meteoroids and Their Parent Bodies (ed. by J. Stohl and I.P.W. Williams), 227-234 "Television meteors" (invited review)

Fleming, D.E.B., Hawkes, R.L. and Jones, J., 1993, proceedings IAS Symposium Meteoroids and Their Parent Bodies (ed. by J. Stohl and I.P.W. Williams), 261-265 "Light curves of faint television meteors"

Hawkes, R.L., Mason, K.I., Fleming, D.E.B., and Stultz, C.T., 1993, Proceedings of International Meteor Conference 1992 , 28-43 "Analysis procedures for two station television meteors"

Robertson, M.C. and Hawkes, R.L., 1992, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors {editors A. Harris and E. Bowell} (Houston: Lunar & Planetary Institute) 517-520 "Wake in faint television meteors"

 

 

ENTRIES IN BOOKS

Hawkes, R.L. 1992&endash;2001 RASC Observer's Handbooks (Toronto: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada), "Meteors".

Hawkes, R.L. and Lemay, D., 1994&endash;2000, RASC Observer's Handbooks (Toronto: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada), "Fireballs".

Hawkes, R.L., 1996, entry in Encyclopedia of Physics (New York: MacMillan, ed. John Rigden), "Meteor showers"

Cant, P., Hawkes, R.L. and Vogan, N.F., 1996, entry in Liberal Education at the Small University in Canada (Queens-McGill Press, ed. C. Storm), pgs. 218&endash;230, "Technological Innovation and Liberal Education"

Arlt, R. and Hawkes, R.L., 1995, "Photographic and video observations" entry in Handbook for Visual Meteor Observers (International Meteor Organization).

Hawkes, R.L., 1991 entry in The Reference Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold) "Meteor showers and sproadic meteors", 444-445.

 

EDITOR-REFEREED AND NON-REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS (a selection)

Hawkes, R.L. "Television Meteors" in Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Reports on Astronomy, XXIVA (ed. Johannes Anderson), 1999 (Pub. by Astronomical Society of the Pacific)

Correll, R.R., Campbell, M.D., LeBlanc, A.G., Worden, S.P., Hawkes, R.L., Montague, T., Brown, P., 1999, Proc. of Leonid Meteor Storm and Satellite Threat Conference (Los Angeles: Aerospace Corp. and AIAA, April 1999) "Electro-Optical Observational Results of the 1998 Leonid Shower

Brown, P., Jones, J., Ellis, K., Hawkes, R.L., Webster, A.R., Campbell, M.D., 1999, Leonid Meteor Storm and Satellite Threat Conference (Los Angeles: Aerospace Corp. and AIAA, April 1999) "The Leonid Shower in 1998: Modeling Advances and Preliminary Observational Results"

Hawkes, R.L., Campbell, M.D., Babcock, D.D. and Brown, P., 1998, Leonid Meteor Storm and Satellite Threat Conference (Los Angeles: Aerospace Corp. and AIAA, April 1998) "The Physical Structure of Leonid Meteoroids: Evidence from Optical Observations"

Hawkes, R.L., 1996, Reports on Astronomy (Kluwar Academic Pub., I. Appenzeller ed.), XXIIIA, 240-241, "Television meteors" (also co-edited with I.P. Williams section "Meteors and Interplanetary Dust", pgs. 237-249)

Molau, S., Nitschke, M., de Lignie, M., Hawkes, R.L., & Rendtel, J., 1997, WGN:Journal of the International Meteor Organization, 25, (1), 15-20, "Video observation of meteors: History, current status and future prospects"

Hawkes, R.L., 1995, Academic Leader, 11 (7), 1-2 "Students offer teaching tips"

Hawkes, R.L., 1994 Reports on Astronomy , XXIIA (J. Bergeron, ed.; Kluwar Academic Pub.) "Television meteors" 216-217.

Koschack, R. and Hawkes, R.L., 1993, WGN J. Inter. Meteor Org., 21, 92-94, "Observations during exceptionally high activity"

Hawkes, R.L., 1991, 3M Teaching Fellowship Journal, 2, 18-20, 31. "Computers, Mail and Teaching"

Hawkes, R.L., 1990, WGN J. Inter. Meteor Org., 18, 145-151, "Constructing a video based meteor observatory"

Hawkes, R.L., 1990, WGN J. Inter. Meteor Org., 18, 152-158, "Video-based meteor observation procedures"

Hawkes, R.L., 1988, Nova Notes, 19 (9), 78-80, "New Brunswick - Quebec fireball of April 17, 1988".

Hawkes, R.L., Hitchcock, P.E., Fyfe, J.D.D., Duffy, A.G., and Jones, J., 1987, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 19, 751 "Light curves of faint meteors" (abstract only).

Hawkes, R.L., Duffy, A.G., and Jones, J., 1986, Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 18, 686, "Single station meteor trajectory analysis technique: Orionid results" (abstract only).

Hawkes, R.L. ,1985, Nova Notes, 16, 68-70, "Comets: evidence from meteors"

 

CONTRACT RESEARCH REPORTS

Brown, P., Jones, J., Hawkes, R.L., LeBlanc, A., Campbell, M., Worden, P., Murray, I., Correll, R., Montague, T., Gray, J., 1999, Leonid 1998 Electro-Optical Final Report (to CRESTech, U.S. Space Command and other funding organizations), Oct. 15, 1999 (72 pages)

Babcock, D., Hawkes, R.L., and Campbell, M., 1998, Electro-Optical Equipment Design and Construction for the 1997 Leonid Campaign, Contractor Report under CRESTech Contract #5FUSA-7-J151/001/SV. (20 pages)

Campbell, Margaret, Hawkes, R.L., and Babcock, D., 1998, Leonid Light Curves and Implications for Physical Structure, Contractor Report under CRESTech Contract #5FUSA-7-J151/001/SV. (33 pages)

Hawkes, R.L., Babcock, D., and Campbell, Margaret, 1998, Analysis Procedures and Final Electro-Optical Results, Contractor Report under CRESTech Contract #5FUSA-7-J151/001/SV. (57 pages)

Jones, J. and Hawkes, R.L., 1998, Relating Event Rate for a Liquid Mirror Telescope to Meteor Flux (Report to NASA JSC, Houston)

 

MULTIMEDIA PUBLISHING:

Mackay, C.B., Hawkes, R.L., Archibald, G., Murphy, J., Mossman, A., Rideout, D., 1998, The Universe from Canada, on Canada's SchoolNet site at http://collections.ic.gc.ca/universe/.

Mackay, C.B. & Hawkes, R.L., 1996, Fundamental Astronomy: from observation to understanding, Macintosh CD-ROM courseware published and internationally distributed by Mount Allison University.

Bales, C., Cant, P., Hawkes, R. & Walker, S., 1996, Fundamental Physics: from seeing to understanding, Macintosh CD-ROM courseware published and internationally distributed by Mount Allison University.

Hawkes, R.L. "Night Sky", "Amazing Balance" entries in The Innovators CD (Apple Canada/Harvest Interactive Media, Nov. 1994) (multimedia productions)

 

 

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Maintained by rhawkes@mta.ca

Last updated Feb. 26, 2002