Flinders University
Prof Michael Brunger
Prof
Michael
Brunger
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/michael.brunger
| Position/s: | Level D+ School of Chemical and Physical Sciences |
| Phone: | +61 8 82012958, +61 8 82012656 |
| Email: | michael.brunger@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Physical Sciences (309), Plaza (0101) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Professor Michael Brunger has experimental research interests in positron and electron scattering from a range of molecular species and radicals that are of medical, technological and atmospheric importance. With colleague Dr Laurence Campbell, he has also developed a modelling faculty that enables the role of electron-driven processes in our atmosphere and that of other planets to be simulated.
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Flinders) 1988
Honours, awards and grants
1982 University Medal
1995 Elected as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics
2005 Awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship
2008 Elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society
2010 Elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK)
Key responsibilities
Node Director and Chief Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Antimatter-Matter Studies at Flinders University.
Associate Dean (Research), School of Chemical and Physical Sciences.
Teaching
Teaching interests
Professor Brunger has teaching interests that span quantum mechanics, spectroscopy and physical chemistry.
Research and supervision
Research expertise
- Atomic, molecular, nuclear, particle and plasma physics
- Quantum physics
Research interests
Professor Brunger has research interests that span atomic and molecular physics, chemical physics and physical chemistry. They include:
Electron scattering from atoms, molecules and radicals of fundamental and applied relevance.
Positron scattering from atoms and molecules of fundamental and applied relevance.
Electron Momentum Spectroscopy or (e,2e) spectroscopy on atoms, molecules and clusters.
Modelling the role of electron-driven processes in our atmosphere, other planetary atmospheres (e.g. Venus, Mars and Titan) and comets.
RHD research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor:
Atomic and Molecular Physics (2);
Completion
Principal supervisor:
Atomic and Molecular Physics (15);
RHD Student Achievements
- Darryl Jones
ARC DECRA - September 2012
JSPS Fellowship - September 2012
- Kate Nixon
Newton International Fellowship - September 2012
Marie Curie Fellowship - September 2012
Publications
Book chapters
White, R., Sullivan, J.P., Bankovic, A., Dujko, S., Robson, R., Petrovic, Z., et al. (2012). Positron and Electron Interactions and Transport in Biological Media: Modeling Tracks and Radiation Damage. In Gustavo Garcia Gomez-Tejedor, Martina Christina Fuss, ed. Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems. London, UK: Springer, pp. 227-238. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2564-5_14.
Chiari, L., Brunger, M. and Zecca, A. (2012). Total Cross Sections for Positron Scattering from Bio-Molecules. In Gustavo Garcia Gomez-Tejedor & Martina Christina Fuss, ed. Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems. London, UK: Springer, pp. 155-163. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2564-5_9.
Zecca, A. and Brunger, M.J. (2007). Zero energy determination in positron(electron)-scattering experiments: Total cross sections. In Feng Wang, ed. Nanoscale interactions and their applications?: essays in honour of Ian McCarthy. India: Transworld Research Network, pp. 21-26.
Karaganov, V., Teubner, P.J. and Brunger, M.J. (2002). Super elastic electron scattering from alkali atoms. In Madison, Don H.; Schulz, Michael (Eds.), ed. Correlations, Polarization and Ionisation in Atomic Systems. Melville, NY, USA: American Institute of Physics, pp. 196-201. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1449337.
Refereed journal articles
Murai, H., Ishijima, Y., Mitsumura, T., Sakamoto, Y., Kato, H., Hoshino, M., et al. (2013). A comprehensive and comparative study of elastic electron scattering from OCS and CS2 in the energy region from 1.2 to 200eV. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(5), pp.054302-054302. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4788666.
Chiari, L., Palihawadana, P., Machacek, J., Makochekanwa, C., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., et al. (2013). Experimental and theoretical cross sections for positron collisions with 3-hydroxy-tetrahydrofuran. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(7), p.074302. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4790620.
Chiari, L., Anderson, E., Tattersall, W., Machacek, J., Palihawadana, P., Makochekanwa, C., et al. (2013). Total, elastic, and inelastic cross sections for positron and electron collisions with tetrahydrofuran. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(7), p.074301. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4789584.
Brunton, J., Hargreaves, L., Buckman, S., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., Zatsarinny, O., et al. (2013). Anomalously large low-energy elastic cross sections for electron scattering from the CF3 radical. Chemical Physics Letters, 568-569, pp.55-58. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2013.03.023.
Bjarnason, E., Omarsson, F., Hoshino, M., Tanaka, H., Brunger, M., Limao-Vieira, P., et al. (2013). Negative ion formation through dissociative electron attachment to the group IV tetrafluorides: Carbon tetrafluoride, silicon tetrafluoride and germanium tetrafluoride. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 339-340, pp.45-53. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2013.02.006.
Jones, D., Builth-Williams, J., Bellm, S., Chiari, L., Chaluvadi, H., Madison, D., et al. (2013). Dynamical (e,2e) investigations of tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol as DNA analogues. Chemical Physics Letters, 572, pp.32-37. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2013.04.028.
Book chapters
Chiari, L., Brunger, M. and Zecca, A. (2012). Total Cross Sections for Positron Scattering from Bio-Molecules. In Gustavo Garcia Gomez-Tejedor & Martina Christina Fuss, ed. Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems. London, UK: Springer, pp. 155-163. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2564-5_9.
White, R., Sullivan, J.P., Bankovic, A., Dujko, S., Robson, R., Petrovic, Z., et al. (2012). Positron and Electron Interactions and Transport in Biological Media: Modeling Tracks and Radiation Damage. In Gustavo Garcia Gomez-Tejedor, Martina Christina Fuss, ed. Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems. London, UK: Springer, pp. 227-238. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2564-5_14.
Zecca, A. and Brunger, M.J. (2007). Zero energy determination in positron(electron)-scattering experiments: Total cross sections. In Feng Wang, ed. Nanoscale interactions and their applications?: essays in honour of Ian McCarthy. India: Transworld Research Network, pp. 21-26.
Brunger, M.J., Buckman, S.J. and Elford, M.T. (2003). Excitation Cross Sections. In Y. Itikawa, ed. Photon and Electron Interactions with Atoms, Molecules and Ions. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 118-201.
Buckman, S.J., Brunger, M.J. and Elford, M.T. (2003). Integral excitation cross sections. In Y. Itikawa, ed. Photon and Electron Interactions with Atoms, Molecules and Ions. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 52-84.
Elford, M.T., Buckman, S.J. and Brunger, M.J. (2003). Elastic momentum transfer cross sections. In Y. Itikawa, ed. Photon and Electron Interactions with Atoms, Molecules and Ions. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 85-117.
Karaganov, V., Teubner, P.J. and Brunger, M.J. (2002). Super elastic electron scattering from alkali atoms. In Madison, Don H.; Schulz, Michael (Eds.), ed. Correlations, Polarization and Ionisation in Atomic Systems. Melville, NY, USA: American Institute of Physics, pp. 196-201. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1449337.
Refereed journal articles
Fuss, M., Sanz, A., Munoz, A., Do, T., Nixon, K., Brunger, M., et al. (2013). Interaction model for electron scattering from ethylene in the energy range 1-10000 eV. Chemical Physics Letters, 560, pp.22-28. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.01.020.
Hoshino, M., Horie, M., Kato, H., Blanco, F., Garcia, G., Limao-Vieira, P., et al. (2013). Cross sections of elastic scattering of electrons by CF3CI, CF2CI2, and CFCI3. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138, pp.214305-1-214305-11. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807610.
Jones, D., Builth-Williams, J., Bellm, S., Chiari, L., Chaluvadi, H., Madison, D., et al. (2013). Dynamical (e,2e) investigations of tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol as DNA analogues. Chemical Physics Letters, 572, pp.32-37. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2013.04.028.
Murai, H., Ishijima, Y., Mitsumura, T., Sakamoto, Y., Kato, H., Hoshino, M., et al. (2013). A comprehensive and comparative study of elastic electron scattering from OCS and CS2 in the energy region from 1.2 to 200eV. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(5), pp.054302-054302. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4788666.
Engmann, S., Stano, M., Papp, P., Brunger, M., Matejcik, S. and Ingolfsson, O. (2013). Absolute cross sections for dissociative electron attachment and dissociative ionization of cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl in the energy range from 0 eV to 140 eV. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(4), pp.044305-1-044305-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4776756.
Chiari, L., Zecca, A., Trainotti, E., Bettega, M., Sanchez, S., Varella, M., et al. (2013). Cross sections for positron scattering from ethane. Physical Review A, 87, pp.032707-1-032707-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.032707.
Chiari, L., Palihawadana, P., Machacek, J., Makochekanwa, C., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., et al. (2013). Experimental and theoretical cross sections for positron collisions with 3-hydroxy-tetrahydrofuran. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(7), p.074302. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4790620.
Chiari, L., Anderson, E., Tattersall, W., Machacek, J., Palihawadana, P., Makochekanwa, C., et al. (2013). Total, elastic, and inelastic cross sections for positron and electron collisions with tetrahydrofuran. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(7), p.074301. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4789584.
Campbell, L. and Brunger, M. (2013). Modelling of plasma processes in cometary and planetary atmospheres. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 22(1), pp.013002-1-013002-34. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/22/1/013002.
Buckman, S., Brunger, M. and Ratnavelu, K. (2013). Atomic Scattering Data and Their Evaluation: Strategies for Obtaining Complete Cross-Section Sets for Electron Collision Processes. Fusion Science and Technology, 63(3), pp.385-391. [online]. http://www.new.ans.org/pubs/journals/fst/a_16446.
Bjarnason, E., Omarsson, F., Hoshino, M., Tanaka, H., Brunger, M., Limao-Vieira, P., et al. (2013). Negative ion formation through dissociative electron attachment to the group IV tetrafluorides: Carbon tetrafluoride, silicon tetrafluoride and germanium tetrafluoride. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 339-340, pp.45-53. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2013.02.006.
Brunton, J., Hargreaves, L., Buckman, S., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., Zatsarinny, O., et al. (2013). Anomalously large low-energy elastic cross sections for electron scattering from the CF3 radical. Chemical Physics Letters, 568-569, pp.55-58. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2013.03.023.
Chiari, L., Zecca, A., Girardi, S., Defant, A., Feng, W., Ma, X., et al. (2012). Positron scattering from chiral enantiomers. Physical Review A, 85(5), pp.052711-1-052711-6. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.052711.
Campbell, L., Tanaka, H., Kato, H., Jayaraman, S. and Brunger, M. (2012). Electron impact excitation of higher energy states of molecular oxygen in the atmosphere of Europa. The European Physical Journal D, 66(1), pp.26-1-26-5. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20625-x.
Do, T., Nixon, K., Fuss, M., Garcia, G., Blanco, F. and Brunger, M. (2012). Electron impact excitation of the?? 3B1u electronic state in C2H4: An experimentally benchmarked system? Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(18), pp.184313-1-184313-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4716184.
Fathi, R., Bolorizadeh, M., Akbarabadi, F. and Brunger, M. (2012). Polarization of Lyman-alpha and Balmer-alpha emission in proton-hydrogen collisions: a study using first-order Born-Faddeev-type equations. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 45(20), pp.205201-1-205201-6. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/45/20/205201.
Fuss, M., Colmenares, R., Sanz, A., Munoz, A., Oller, J.C., Blanco, F., et al. (2012). Electron interactions with tetrahydrofuran. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 373(1), pp.012010-1-012010-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/373/1/012010.
Jones, D., Bellm, S., Blanco, F., Fuss, M., Garcia, G., Limao-Vieira, P., et al. (2012). Differential cross sections for the electron impact excitation of pyrimidine. Journal of Chemical Physics, 137(7), pp.074304-1-074304-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4743961.
Jones, D., Bellm, S., Limao-Vieira, P. and Brunger, M. (2012). Low-energy electron scattering from pyrimidine: Similarities and differences with benzene. Chemical Physics Letters, 535, pp.30-34. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2012.03.044.
Kato, H., Anzai, K., Ishihara, T., Hoshino, M., Blanco, F., Garcia, G., et al. (2012). A study of electron interactions with silicon tetrafluoride: elastic scattering and vibrational excitation cross sections. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 45(9), pp.095204-1-095204-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/45/9/095204.
Kato, H., Suga, A., Hoshino, M., Blanco, F., Garcia, G., Limao-Vieira, P., et al. (2012). Elastic cross sections for electron scattering from GeF4: Predominance of atomic-F in the high-energy collision dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(13), pp.134313-1-134313-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3699040.
Masin, Z., Gorfinkiel, J., Jones, D., Bellm, S. and Brunger, M. (2012). Elastic and inelastic cross sections for low-energy electron collisions with pyrimidine. Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(14), pp.144310-1-144310-10. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3702629.
McEachran, R., Sullivan, J.P., Buckman, S., Brunger, M., Fuss, M., Munoz, A., et al. (2012). Modelling single positron tracks in Ar. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 45(4), pp.045207-1-045207-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/45/4/045207.
Ness, K., Robson, R., Brunger, M. and White, R. (2012). Transport coefficients and cross sections for electrons in water vapour: Comparison of cross section sets using an improved Boltzmann equation solution. Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(2), pp.024318-1-024318-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3675921.
Palihawadana, P., Sullivan, J.P., Buckman, S. and Brunger, M. (2012). Electron scattering from pyrazine: Elastic differential and integral cross sections. Journal of Chemical Physics, 137(20), pp.204307-1-204307-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4767570.
Sanz, A., Fuss, M., Munoz, A., Blanco, F., Limao-Vieira, P., Brunger, M., et al. (2012). Modelling low energy electron and positron tracks for biomedical applications. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 88(1-2), pp.71-76. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09553002.2011.624151.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Trainotti, E. and Brunger, M. (2012). Very low-energy total cross sections and the experimental scattering length for the positron-xenon system. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 45(8), pp.085203-1-085203-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/45/8/085203.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Trainotti, E., Fursa, D., Bray, I., Sarkar, A., et al. (2012). Positron scattering from argon: total cross sections and the scattering length. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 45(1), pp.015203-1-015203-6. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/45/1/015203.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Trainotti, E., Sarkar, A., Sanchez, S., Bettega, M., et al. (2012). Positron scattering from methane. Physical Review A, 85(1), pp.012707-1-012707-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.012707.
Zecca, A., Trainotti, E., Chiari, L., Bettega, M., Sanchez, S., Varella, M., et al. (2012). Positron scattering from the cyclic ethers oxirane, 1,4-dioxane, and tetrahydropyran. Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(12), pp.124305-1-124305-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3696378.
Campbell, L., Ingolfsson, O. and Brunger, M. (2012). On the role of electron-driven processes in planetary and cometary atmospheres. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 399(1), pp.012018-1-012018-10. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/399/1/012018.
Builth-Williams, J., Bellm, S., Jones, D., Chaluvadi, H., Madison, D., Ning, C., et al. (2012). Experimental and theoretical investigation of the triple differential cross section for electron impact ionization of pyrimidine molecules. Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(2), pp.024304-1-024304-6. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3675167.
Bolorizadeh, M., Sadeghi, M., Akbarabadi, F., Fathi, R. and Brunger, M. (2012). Application of Haar multi-resolution analysis in subspace V2 to calculate Faddeev partial amplitudes of electron transfer in three-body proton-hydrogen scattering. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 45(16), pp.165201-1-165201-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/45/16/165201.
Bettega, M., Sanchez, S., Varella, M., Lima, M., Chiari, L., Zecca, A., et al. (2012). Positron collisions with ethene. Physical Review A, 86(2), pp.022709-1-022709-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.022709.
Bellm, S., Builth-Williams, J., Jones, D., Chaluvadi, H., Madison, D., Ning, C., et al. (2012). Dynamical (e,2e) studies of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(24), pp.244301-1-244301-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4729466.
Anzai, K., Kato, H., Hoshino, M., Tanaka, H., Itikawa, Y., Campbell, L., et al. (2012). Cross section data sets for electron collisions with H2, O2, CO, CO2, N2O and H2O. The European Physical Journal D, 66(2), pp.36-1-36-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20630-1.
Chiari, L., Zecca, A., Girardi, S., Trainotti, E., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., et al. (2012). Positron scattering from O2. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 45(21), pp.215206-1-215206-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/45/21/215206.
Campbell, L., Allan, M. and Brunger, M. (2011). Electron impact vibrational excitation of carbon monoxide in the upper atmospheres of Mars and Venus. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, pp.A09321-1-A09321-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JA016848.
Do, T.P.T., Leung, M., Fuss, M., Garcia, G., Blanco, F.G., Ratnavelu, K., et al. (2011). Excitation of electronic states in tetrahydrofuran by electron impact. Journal of Chemical Physics, 134(14), pp.144302-1-144302-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3575454.
Ganesan, A., Feng, W., Brunger, M. and Prince, K. (2011). Effects of alkyl side chains on properties of aliphatic amino acids probed using quantum chemical calculations. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 18(5), pp.733-742. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0909049511029499.
Hargreaves, L.R., Brunton, J.R., Prajapati, A.G., Hoshino, M., Blanco, F.G., Garcia, G., et al. (2011). Elastic cross sections for electron scattering from iodomethane. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(4), pp.045207-1-045207-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/4/045207.
Kato, H., Hoshino, M., Tanaka, H., Limao-Vieira, P., Ingolfsson, O., Campbell, L., et al. (2011). A study of electron scattering from benzene: Excitation of the 1B1u, 3E2g, and 1E1u electronic states. Journal of Chemical Physics, 134(13), pp.134308-1-134308-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3575497.
Kato, H., Ohkawa, M., Tanaka, H., Shimamura, I. and Brunger, M. (2011). Vibrational excitation functions for inelastic and superelastic electron scattering from the ground electronic state in hot N2O. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(19), pp.195208-1-195208-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/19/195208.
Palihawadana, P., Sullivan, J.P., Brunger, M., Winstead, C., McKoy, V., Garcia, G., et al. (2011). Low-energy elastic electron interations with pyrimidine. Physical Review A, 84(6), pp.062702-1-062702-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physRevA.84.062702.
Suzuki, D., Kato, H., Ohkawa, M., Anzai, K., Tanaka, H., Limao-Vieira, P., et al. (2011). Electron excitation of the Schumann-Runge continuum, longest band, and second band electronic states in O2. Journal of Chemical Physics, 134(6), pp.064311-1-064311-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3533442.
Zatsarinny, O., Bartschat, K., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., Hargreaves, L.R., Jones, D.B., et al. (2011). Electron-collision cross sections for iodine. Physical Review A, 83(4), pp.042702-1-042702-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.042702.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., Trainotti, E. and Brunger, M. (2011). Total cross-sections for positron and electron scattering from {alpha}-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. New Journal of Physics, 13, pp.063019-1-063019-11. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/6/063019.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Sarkar, A. and Brunger, M. (2011). Positron scattering from the isoelectronic molecules N2, CO and C2H2. New Journal of Physics, 13, pp.115001-1-115001-17. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/11/115001.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Trainotti, E., Fursa, D., Bray, I. and Brunger, M. (2011). Experimental determination of the scattering length for positron scattering from krypton. The European Physical Journal D, 64(2-3), pp.317-321. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20333-7.
Zecca, A., Trainotti, E., Chiari, L., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., Bettega, M., et al. (2011). An experimental and theoretical investigation into positron and electron scattering from formaldehyde. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(19), pp.195202-1-195202-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/19/195202.
Kato, H., Ohkawa, M., Hoshino, M., Campbell, L., Brunger, M.J. and Tanaka, H. (2010). The vibrational excitation of hot molecules by low energy electron impact. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 204(012002), pp.1-5. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/204/1/012002.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Trainotti, E., Sarkar, A. and Brunger, M.J. (2010). Total cross section measurements for positron scattering from acetone. PMC Physics B, 3(4), pp.1-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1186/1754-0429-3-4.
Kato, H., Hoshino, M., Nagai, Y., Tanaka, T., Brunger, M.J., Ingolfsson, O., et al. (2010). Resonant vibrational excitation of CH3X (X = F, Cl, Br and I) by low-energy electron impact. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 43(6), pp.065205-1-065205-6. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/43/6/065205.
Kato, H., Asahina, T., Masui, H., Hoshino, M., Tanaka, H., Cho, H., et al. (2010). Substitution effects in elastic electron collisions with CH3X (X=F, Cl, Br, I) molecules. Journal of Chemical Physics, 132(7), pp.074309-1-074309-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3319761.
Hoshino, M., Kato, H., Suzuki, D., Tanaka, H., Bray, I., Fursa, D.V., et al. (2010). Benchmark Integral Cross Sections for Electron Impact Excitation of the n=2 States in Helium. Plasma Science and Technology, 12(3), pp.348-352. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1088/1009-0630/12/3/20.
Hargreaves, L.R., Brunton, J.R., Brunger, M.J. and Buckman, S.J. (2010). Electron interaction cross sections for a low-temperature plasma-like gas mixture. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 19, pp.065021-1-065021-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/19/6/065021.
Ganesan, A., Brunger, M.J. and Wang, F. (2010). Influence of functional groups on the C{alpha} - C{beta} chain of L-phenylalanine. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 619, pp.143-146. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.02.122.
Francis-Staite, J., Schmerl, B.A., Brunger, M.J., Kato, H. and Buckman, S.J. (2010). Elastic electron scattering from CF3I. Physical Review A, 81(2), pp.022704-1-022704-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.022704.
Campbell, L., Kato, H., Brunger, M.J. and Bradshaw, M.D. (2010). Electron-impact excitation heating rates in the atmosphere of Titan. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, pp.A09320-1-A09320-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010JA015482.
Campbell, L. and Brunger, M.J. (2010). Modeling of kinetics, ionospheric and auroral contributions to the 557.7-nm nightglow. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, pp.L22104-1-L22104-4. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045444.
Kato, H., Suzuki, D., Ohkawa, M., Hoshino, M., Tanaka, H., Campbell, L., et al. (2010). Benchmarking electronic-state excitation cross sections for electron-N2 collisions. Physical Review A, 81(4), pp.042717-1-042717-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.042717.
Yoon, J.-S., Song, M.-Y., Kato, H., Hoshino, M., Tanaka, H., Brunger, M.J., et al. (2010). Elastic Cross Sections for Electron Collisions with Molecules Relevant to Plasma Processing. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 39(3), pp.033106-1-033106-24. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3475647.
Zatsarinny, O., Bartschat, K., Suvorov, V., Teubner, P.J. and Brunger, M.J. (2010). Electron-impact excitation of the (3d104s)2S1/2->(3d94s2)2D5/2,3/2 transitions in copper atoms. Physical Review A, 81, pp.062705-1-062705-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.062705.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Garcia, G., Blanco, F., Trainotti, E. and Brunger, M.J. (2010). Total cross sections for positron and electron scattering from pyrimidine. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 43(21), pp.215204-1-215204-5. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1088/0953-4075/43/21/215204.
Zecca, A., Chiari, L., Sarkar, A., Chattopadhyay, S. and Brunger, M.J. (2010). Procedures for conditioning W- and Ni-moderators for application in positron-scattering measurements. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms, 268(5), pp.533-536. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2009.11.013.
Kato, H., Masui, H., Hoshino, M., Cho, H., Ingolfsson, O., Brunger, M.J., et al. (2010). A-band methyl halide dissociation via electronic curve crossing as studied by electron energy loss spectroscopy. Journal of Chemical Physics, 133, pp.054304-1-054304-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3464483.
Kawahara, H., Suzuki, D., Kato, H., Hoshino, M., Tanaka, H., Ingolfsson, O., et al. (2009). Cross sections for electron impact excitation of the C 1 and D 1+ electronic states in N2O. Journal of Chemical Physics, 131(11), pp.114307-1-114307-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3230150.
Hoshino, M., Kato, H., Tanaka, H., Bray, I., Fursa, D.V., Buckman, S.J., et al. (2009). Benchmark differential cross sections for electron impact excitation of the n = 2 states in helium at near-ionization-threshold energies. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 42(14), pp.145202-1-145202-10. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/42/14/145202.
Fuss, M., Munoz, A., Oller, J.C., Blanco, F., Limao-Vieira, P., Huerga, C., et al. (2009). Modelling low energy electron interactions for biomedical uses of radiation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 194(012028), pp.1-8. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/194/1/012028.
Fuss, M., Munoz, A., Oller, J.C., Blanco, F., Almeida, D., Limao-Vieira, P., et al. (2009). Electron-scattering cross sections for collisions with tetrahydrofuran from 50 to 5000 eV. Physical Review A, 80(5), pp.052709-1-052709-6. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.80.052709.
Francis-Staite, J., Maddern, T.M., Brunger, M.J., Buckman, S.J., Winstead, C., McKoy, V., et al. (2009). Differential and integral cross sections for elastic electron scattering from CF2. Physical Review A, 79(5), pp.052705-1-052705-7. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.052705.
Fathi, R., Ghanbari-Adivi, E., Bolorizadeh, M.A., Shojaei, F. and Brunger, M.J. (2009). Excitation of hydrogen atoms at intermediate and high energies by proton impact under a three-body Born-Faddeev-type formalism. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 42(12), pp.125203-1-125203-9. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/42/12/125203.
Campbell, L. and Brunger, M.J. (2009). On the role of electron-driven processes in planetary atmospheres and comets. Physica Scripta, 80, pp.058101-1-058101-6. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/80/05/058101.
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Professional and community engagement
Professor Brunger is President of the Flinders University Branch of the National Tertiary Education Union and is a member of the Australian Labor Party. He serves on the editorial boards of the journals PMC Physics B and the European Journal of Physics D and on the international scientific advisory committees of the following conferences:
1) Low energy positron and positronium physics workshop
2) International symposium on electron-molecule collisions and swarms
3) International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions
4) Gaseous Electronics Meeting
He was recently Vice-Chair and then Chair of the "Will Allis PrIze" Committee of the American Physical Society (2006-10) and also served on the "Gold Bragg Medal" committee of the Australian Institute of Physics (2007-9).
