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  • 1995 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

James L. Burch is affiliated with the Southwest Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within physics and astronomy, with a significant number of publications contributing to the subfields of astronomy and astrophysics, molecular biology, geophysics, nuclear and high energy physics, and atmospheric science.

Their work spans various main topics, including:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and space plasma dynamics
  • Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • Astro and planetary science
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by James L. Burch include:

  • Magnetotail reconnection onset caused by electron kinetics with a strong external driver, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Direct Evidence for Electron Acceleration Within Ion-Scale Flux Rope, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Observations of Particle Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection-driven Turbulence, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Statistics of Kinetic Dissipation in the Earth's Magnetosheath: MMS Observations, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • In Situ Observation of Hall Magnetohydrodynamic Cascade in Space Plasma, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • B. L. Giles
  • R. B. Torbert
  • D. J. Gershman
  • C. T. Russell
  • R. E. Ergun

James L. Burch's publications appear often in several key scientific venues, such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Physics of Plasmas

Their record includes over 550 publications in physics and astronomy fields, with notably high contributions to astronomy and astrophysics. The scientist has also been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 1995.

Best Publications

  • Magnetospheric Multiscale Overview and Science Objectives

    J. L. Burch;T. E. Moore;R. B. Torbert;B. L. Giles

  • Fast Plasma Investigation for Magnetospheric Multiscale

    C. Pollock;T. Moore;A. Jacques;J. Burch

  • Cassini plasma spectrometer investigation

    D. T. Young;J. J. Berthelier;M. Blanc;J. L. Burch

  • Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space.

    J. L. Burch;R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;T. D. Phan;L. J Chen

  • IMF By-dependent plasma flow and Birkeland currents in the dayside magnetosphere: 2. A global model for northward and southward IMF

    Patricia H. Reiff;J. L. Burch

  • The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS)

    V. Angelopoulos;P. Cruce;A. Drozdov;E. W. Grimes

  • Solar wind plasma injection at the dayside magnetospheric cusp

    P. H. Reiff;T. W. Hill;J. L. Burch

  • An extreme distortion of the Van Allen belt arising from the ‘Hallowe'en’ solar storm in 2003

    D. N. Baker;S. G. Kanekal;X. Li;S. P. Monk

  • Electron magnetic reconnection without ion coupling in Earth's turbulent magnetosheath

    T. D. Phan;J. P. Eastwood;M. A. Shay;J. F. Drake

  • Image Mission Overview

    J. L. Burch

  • Polar views of the Earth's aurora with Dynamics Explorer

    L. A. Frank;J. D. Craven;J. L. Burch;J. D. Winningham

  • The theta aurora

    L. A. Frank;J. D. Craven;D. A. Gurnett;S. D. Shawhan

  • Composition and dynamics of plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere.

    D. T. Young;Jean-Jacques Berthelier;M. Blanc;J. L. Burch

  • Correlated low‐frequency electric and magnetic noise along the auroral field lines

    D. A. Gurnett;R. L. Huff;J. D. Menietti;J. L. Burch

  • IMF By ‐dependent plasma flow and Birkeland currents in the dayside magnetosphere: 1. Dynamics Explorer observations

    J. L. Burch;P. H. Reiff;J. D. Menietti;R. A. Heelis

  • Ion convection velocity reversals in the dayside cleft

    R. A. Heelis;W. B. Hanson;J. L. Burch

  • Rate of erosion of dayside magnetic flux based on a quantitative study of the dependence of polar cusp latitude on the interplanetary magnetic field

    J. L. Burch

  • Precipitation of low‐energy electrons at high latitudes: Effects of interplanetary magnetic field and dipole tilt angle

    J. L. Burch

  • Auroral zone electric fields from DE 1 and 2 at magnetic conjunctions

    D. R. Weimer;C. K. Goertz;D. A. Gurnett;N. C. Maynard

  • Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space

    R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;J. L. Burch;T. D. Phan;M. Hesse;M. Hesse

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
Robert E. Ergun
Robert E. Ergun University of Colorado Boulder
Benoit Lavraud
Benoit Lavraud Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Yuri V. Khotyaintsev
Yuri V. Khotyaintsev Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Rumi Nakamura
Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences
Michael Hesse
Michael Hesse Ames Research Center
T. D. Phan
T. D. Phan University of California, Berkeley
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences
Hans Nilsson
Hans Nilsson Swedish Institute of Space Physics

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