T. E. Moore

TL;DR: Magnetospheric multiscale (MMS) as mentioned in this paper is a NASA four-spacecraft constellation mission to investigate magnetic reconnection in the boundary regions of the Earth's magnetosphere.

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: For example, NASA's magnetospheric multiscale (MMS) mission has found direct evidence for electron demagnetization and acceleration at sites along the sunward boundary of Earth's magnetosphere where the interplanetary magnetic field reconnects with the terrestrial magnetic field as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the ionospheric contribution of the polar wind and cleft ion fountain at energies less than 10 eV has been added to previously measured sources; this total ion outflow has then been used to calculate the resulting ion density in the different internal regions of the earth's magnetosphere: plasmasphere, plasma trough, plasma sheet, and magnetotail lobes.

TL;DR: The largest component of H(+) flow, along the local magnetic field (30 to 60 kilometers per second), is faster than predicted by theory as mentioned in this paper, but also has elevated ion temperatures.