John Winston Belcher
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John Winston Belcher's Degrees
- Bachelors Physics University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Winston Belcher is a professor of physics emeritus holding the "Class of '22" professorship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Belcher's research interests are within the areas of space plasma physics. He was the principal investigator on the Voyager Plasma Science Experiment and is now a co-investigator on the Plasma Science Experiment on board the Voyager Interstellar Mission. Professor Belcher has twice received the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, and received the 2016 Oersted Medal for his exceptional work in revolutionizing the Undergraduate Physics department at MIT by introducing novel teaching formats such as TEAL. Belcher is actively involved in Mental Health initiatives at the institute and is an active MacVicar Faculty Fellow
John Winston Belcher's Published Works
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Published Works
- Large-Amplitude Alfvn Waves in the Interplanetary Medium' (1971) (1454)
- How Does Technology-Enabled Active Learning Affect Undergraduate Students' Understanding of Electromagnetism Concepts? (2005) (499)
- Cool heliosheath plasma and deceleration of the upstream solar wind at the termination shock (2008) (363)
- Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) Investigation: Design of the Solar Wind and Coronal Plasma Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus (2015) (336)
- Large‐amplitude Alfvén waves in the interplanetary medium: Mariner 5 (1969) (263)
- ALFVÉNIC Wave Pressures and the Solar Wind (1971) (261)
- The plasma experiment on the 1977 Voyager Mission (1977) (258)
- Alfvénic velocity spikes and rotational flows in the near-Sun solar wind (2019) (233)
- Plasma Observations Near Jupiter: Initial Results from Voyager 1 (1979) (227)
- Positive ion observations in the middle magnetosphere of Jupiter (1981) (188)
- Solar wind oscillations with a 1.3 year period (1994) (184)
- The low energy plasma in the Jovian magnetosphere (1980) (182)
- Plasma observations near saturn: initial results from voyager 1. (1981) (174)
- Radial evolution of the solar wind from IMP 8 to Voyager 2 (1995) (152)
- Plasma Observations Near Uranus: Initial Results from Voyager 2 (1979) (150)
- A statistical study of the properties of interplanetary coronal mass ejections from 0.3 to 5.4 AU (2005) (146)
- Constraints on the global structure of magnetic clouds: Transverse size and curvature (2006) (139)
- Technology active learning (2003) (122)
- Plasma Observations Near Jupiter: Initial Results from Voyager 2 (1979) (115)
- Magnetic acceleration of winds from solar-type stars (1976) (114)
- Physics of the Jovian magnetosphere. 3. The low-energy plasma in the Jovian magnetosphere. (1983) (109)
- Departure from rigid co-rotation of plasma in Jupiter's dayside magnetosphere (1979) (100)
- Plasma Observations Near Neptune: Initial Results from Voyager 2 (1989) (94)
- Solar wind conditions in the outer heliosphere and the distance to the termination shock (1993) (88)
- Evidence for a solar wind slowdown in the outer heliosphere (1995) (84)
- Revised ion temperatures for Voyager plasma measurements in the Io plasma torus (1985) (79)
- How Much Have They Retained? Making Unseen Concepts Seen in a Freshman Electromagnetism Course at MIT (2007) (69)
- The heliospheric boundary response to large‐scale solar wind fluctuations: A gasdynamic model with pickup ions (1999) (69)
- Pickup protons and pressure‐balanced structures: Voyager 2 observations in merged interaction regions near 35 AU (1994) (69)
- Voyager 2 plasma observations of the heliopause and interstellar medium (2019) (67)
- Alfvén waves and directional discontinuities in the interplanetary medium (1975) (67)
- Plasma observations of the Alfven wave generated by Io (1981) (65)
- The Uranian bow shock - Voyager 2 inbound observations of a high Mach number shock (1987) (59)
- Plasma depletion and mirror waves ahead of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (2006) (56)
- Temperature Anisotropy in a Shocked Plasma: Mirror-Mode Instabilities in the Heliosheath (2007) (54)
- Plasma field characteristics of directional discontinuities in the interplanetary medium (1977) (47)
- Learning Electromagnetism with Visualizations and Active Learning (2005) (47)
- Radial evolution of corotating merged interaction regions and flows between ≃14 AU and ≃43 AU (1997) (43)
- Thermodynamic structure of collision-dominated expanding plasma: Heating of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (2006) (42)
- Energy densities of Alfven waves between 0.7 and 1.6 AU. [in interplanetary medium] (1974) (41)
- The Jupiter-Io Connection: An Alfv�n Engine in Space (1987) (40)
- A variation of the Davis‐Smith method for in‐flight determination of spacecraft magnetic fields (1973) (40)
- Field line motion in classical electromagnetism (2003) (37)
- Observation and analysis of abrupt changes in the interplanetary plasma velocity and magnetic field. (1973) (36)
- Participation And performance In 8.02x Electricity And Magnetism: The First Physics MOOC From MITx (2013) (36)
- Plasma Observations Near Saturn: Initial Results from Voyager 2 (1982) (35)
- Pickup protons and pressure-balanced structures from 39 to 43 AU: Voyager 2 observations during 1993 and 1994 (1996) (35)
- Statistical properties of the solar wind (1995) (35)
- Stellar winds driven by Alfvén waves. (1975) (34)
- The effect of Alfvén waves on MHD fast shocks (1971) (33)
- Meridional plasma flow in the outer heliosphere (1988) (31)
- On the minimum variance direction of magnetic field fluctuations in the azimuthal velocity structure of the solar wind (1976) (31)
- Continued observations of the H Ly α emission from Uranus (1986) (31)
- Plasma flows in the heliosheath (2009) (30)
- Numerical investigation of hydrodynamic instabilities of the heliopause (1998) (30)
- Determining the Magnetic Field Orientation of Coronal Mass Ejections from Faraday Rotation (2007) (27)
- Sunward flow in Jupiter's magnetosheath (1980) (26)
- Low‐energy ions near Neptune (1991) (25)
- Understanding Physical Concepts using an Immersive Virtual Learning Environment (2012) (20)
- Design and Evaluation of a Learner-Centric Immersive Virtual Learning Environment for Physics Education (2013) (19)
- Evidence for periodic reconnection at Uranus (1988) (19)
- Disturbances observed near Ganymede by Voyager 2 (1980) (18)
- Voyager observations of the magnetic field, interstellar pickup ions and solar wind in the distant heliosphere (1996) (15)
- Power spectra of the interplanetary magnetic field, 0.7-1.6 AU (1974) (15)
- SUNWARD-PROPAGATING ALFVÉNIC FLUCTUATIONS OBSERVED IN THE HELIOSPHERE (2016) (15)
- Voyager 2 fine‐scale velocity oscillations at 48 AU (1996) (12)
- Low‐frequency waves in the solar wind near Neptune (1991) (12)
- Alfven waves and associated energetic ions downstream from Uranus (1991) (12)
- The plasma environment of Uranus (1991) (12)
- Comparison of electromagnetic and gravitational radiation: What we can learn about each from the other (2012) (11)
- Large-scale density structures in the outer heliosphere (1993) (11)
- Non-radial flows in the solar wind (2008) (10)
- Statistical properties of the interplanetary microscale fluctuations (1975) (10)
- PLASMA HEATING INSIDE INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS BY ALFVÉNIC FLUCTUATIONS DISSIPATION (2016) (10)
- Improving Students' Understanding of Electromagnetism through Visualizations - A Large Scale Study * (2004) (10)
- MIT educators share success (2001) (9)
- The dynamic expansion and contraction of the jovian plasma sheet (1980) (8)
- Propagation and Evolution of ICMES in the Solar Wind (2005) (8)
- Global properties of the plasma in the outer heliosphere. I - Large-scale structure and evolution (1992) (8)
- Mercury Orbiter: Report of the Science Working Team (1991) (7)
- Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism (2019) (7)
- Preliminary results from the Voyager solar wind experiment (1978) (6)
- Towards an immersive virtual environment for physics experiments supporting collaborative settings in higher education (2011) (6)
- Bringing space physics concepts into introductory electromagnetism (2005) (6)
- Plasma observations near Neptune: Results from Voyager 2 (1992) (6)
- ElectroVR: An Electrostatic Playground for Collaborative, Simulation-Based Exploratory Learning in Immersive Virtual Reality (2019) (5)
- Recent observations of the solar wind in the outer heliosphere (1995) (5)
- Plasma fluctuations in the magnetosheath downstream from Uranus (1990) (5)
- Evaluation Results of a 3D Virtual Environment for Internet- accessible Physics Experiments (2009) (4)
- Thermal plasma in outer planet magnetospheres (1990) (4)
- The distance to the heliospheric VLF emission region (1995) (4)
- Alfvén Waves in the Interplanetary Medium (1971) (4)
- The low energy plasma in the Uranian magnetosphere (1987) (4)
- Revised Ion Temperatures for Voyager Plasma Measurements (2007) (4)
- Plasmas in the outer heliosphere (1995) (4)
- Large-Scale Structure of the Distant Solar Wind and Heliosphere (R) (1987) (3)
- Equipment and planning for neonatal air transport. (1982) (3)
- Using Animated Textures to Visualize Electromagnetic Fields and Energy Flow (2008) (3)
- Voyager 2 Solar Wind Observations in the Outer Heliosphere (1998) (3)
- Voyager 2 Observations of Plasma and Pressure Pulses (2018) (3)
- Voyager 2 Observations Near the Heliopause (2020) (3)
- Propagation of transverse waves in a radially expanding plasma (1974) (3)
- Magnetic Flux Diffusion and Expulsion with Thin Conducting Sheets (2007) (2)
- Detecting the termination shock and beyond (2008) (2)
- The creation and propagation of radiation: Fields inside and outside of sources (2011) (2)
- A simple method for obtaining a three-dimensional proton distribution function from Voyager plasma data (1981) (1)
- The Electromagnetic Fields of a Spinning Spherical Shell of Charge (2010) (1)
- Visualizing Electricity and Magnetism (2009) (1)
- How Much Have They Retained? The Retention of Concepts from a Freshman Electromagnetism Course by MIT Upperclass Students (2005) (1)
- The MIT TEAL Simulations and Visualizations in Electromagnetism (2007) (1)
- Alfvénic velocity spikes and rotational flows in the near-Sun solar wind (2019) (1)
- Parity Violating Deep Inelastic Electron Scattering from the Deuteron at JLab 6GeV (2013) (0)
- Plasma heating inside ICMEs by Alfvenic fluctuations dissipation (2016) (0)
- The 3-D effects in the long-term solar wind speed rise observed by Voyager 2 in early 1994 (1995) (0)
- Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) Investigation: Design of the Solar Wind and Coronal Plasma Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus (2015) (0)
- Visualizing Electricity and Magnetism: The Collaborative Development of a Multimedia Text (2010) (0)
- Dr Norman Pattinson (1990) (0)
- Herbert S. Bridge (1996) (0)
- The magnetosphere of Uranus (1987) (0)
- Voyager 2 observations of plasma in the heliosheath (2015) (0)
- A Scale-Free Analysis of Magnetic Holes in the Solar Wind (2007) (0)
- Forward and reverse shocks in the outer heliosphere: Observations from Voyager 2 (2008) (0)
- 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism: TEAL:Studio Physics Project, Fall 2002 (2002) (0)
- Multi-Spacecraft Modeling of the Topological Evolution of ICMEs (2005) (0)
- Plasma flows in the heliosheath Citation (2009) (0)
- Thermodynamics of Collision-Dominated Expanding Plasma: Heating of ICMEs (2005) (0)
- Coronal Alfven waves and the solar wind (1972) (0)
- A simple method for obtaining a three-dimensional proton distribution function from Voyager plasma data. [on a solar wind experiment (1978) (0)
- Statistical properties of the interplanetary microscale fluctuations. [in plasma velocity and magnetic field] (1975) (0)
- The plasma enviroment of Neptune. (1995) (0)
- A New Proposed SB Degree in Chemical-Biological Engineering : Course XB (2003) (0)
- Maxwell Displacement Current (2021) (0)
- How Active Learning Affects Student Understanding of Concepts in Electromagnetism (2009) (0)
- Plasma Depletion and Mirror Waves Ahead of Interplanetary Mass (2008) (0)
- Improving Student Understanding Using Interactive Engagement At MIT (2004) (0)
- Erratum: “Sunward-propagating Alfvénic Fluctuations Observed in the Heliosphere” (2016, ApJL, 824, L2) (2018) (0)
- Detailed analysis of low energy plasma data under the Voyager Uranus data analysis program (1992) (0)
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