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Jim L. Burch

Member Since 1965

Jim L. Burch

Senior Vice-President, Southwest Research Institute

Member, Development Board

Professional Experience

Southwest Research Institute

Senior Vice-President

1977 - Present

Education

Doctorate

1968

Rice University

Doctorate

Honors & Awards

William Bowie Medal

Received 2021

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John Adam Fleming Medal

Received 2010

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James Van Allen Lecture

Received 2001

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Publications

The Evolution of Parallel Electron Temperature in Magnetospheric Reconnection Inflows

Using data from NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission captured in a reconnection inflow on the magnetospheric side of Earth's dayside magnetopau...

December 09, 2024

Capsule Electron Distributions Near the Diffusion Region of ...

November 29, 2024

Evidence of Plasma Mixing at the Earth's Magnetopause Due To...

September 05, 2024

Direct In‐Situ Estimates of Energy and Force Balance Associa...

August 23, 2024

Earth's Alfven Wings Driven by the April 2023 Coronal Mass E...

July 24, 2024

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AGU Abstracts

Pressure-Strain Interaction in a Magnetotail Reconnection Region

AGU 2024

spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024

James L. Burch, Kevin J. Genestreti, Steven V. Heu...

The NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission explores the boundary regions of the Earth's magnetosphere with high-accuracy measurements of charged...

The Diffusion Interaction Region of Dayside Magnetic Reconnection

AGU 2024

spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024

Jason Beedle, Daniel J. Gershman, Jason R. Shuster...

Magnetic reconnection is a universal process that allows for the transfer and release of energy previously stored in a magnetic field configuration. A...

Statistical Study of Plasma Mixing Induced by Kelvin Helmholtz Vortices at the Earth's Magnetopause

AGU 2024

spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024

Dinesh K V Radhakrishnan, Stephen A. Fuselier, Ste...

Kelvin Helmholtz Instabilities (KHI) result from interactions between the shocked solar wind and the Earths magnetosphere. These are formed due to the...

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2020 - 2024

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2017 - 2019

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