Magnetospheric Multiscale: A Mission to Investigate the Physics of Magnetic Reconnection (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Preface.- Magnetic Multiscale Overview and Science Objectives.- Magnetospheric Multiscale Science Mission Profile and Operations.- The MMS Observatory.- The Fast Plasma Instrument for MMS.- Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer for the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission.- The Energetic Particle Detector (EPD) Investigation and the Energetic Ion Spectrometer (EIS) for he Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission.- The Fly's Eye Energetic Particle Spectrometer (FEEPS) Sensors for the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission.- Magnetospheric Multiscale Instrument Suite Operations and Data System.- The FIELDS Instrument Suite on MMS: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Data Products.- The Magnetospheric Multiscale Magnetometers.- The Search-Coil Magnetometer for MMS.- The Axial Double Probe and Fields Signal Processing for the MMS Mission.- The Spin-Plane Double Probe Electric Field Instrument for MMS.- The Electron Drift Instrument for MMS.- Active Spacecraft Potential Control Investigation.- Theory and Modeling for the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission.- Establishing the Context for Reconnection Diffusion Region Encounters and Strategies for the Capture and Transmission of Diffusion Region Burst Data by MMS.- What Can We Learn about Magnetotail Reconnection from 2D PIC Harris-Sheet Simulations?.- Education and Communication for the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission.