M. L. Adrian

TL;DR: The Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) was developed for flight on the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission to measure the differential directional flux of magnetospheric electrons and ions with unprecedented time resolution to resolve kinetic-scale plasma dynamics as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that the plasmaspheric notches can extend over more than 2 R(sub E) in radial distance and 3 hours MLT in the magnetic equatorial plane, as observed by the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imager on the IMAGE mission.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the magnetic topology of a pair of spiral nulls that may be topologically connected and found a strong current along the spine along with a somewhat more modest current perpendicular to the spine that tilts the fan toward the axis of the spine.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the geometric factor (GF) as determined from simulations and laboratory measurements of the new Dual Electron Spectrometer (DES) being developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as part of the Fast Plasma Investigation on NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the distribution of parallel electric fields and their relationship to the location and rate of magnetic reconnection in a large particle-in-cell simulation of 3D turbulent magnetic reconnections with open boundary conditions.