Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agufmsm23a0392t&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #SM23A-0392
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
2100 Interplanetary Physics, 2700 Magnetospheric Physics (6939), 7500 Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy, 7827 Kinetic And Mhd Theory
Scientific paper
One of the most challenging scientific requirements of MMS is to provide precise measurements of ExB flows and parallel electric fields within and around the diffusion regions associated with reconnection. The FIELDS suite as part of the selected SMART payload will resolve transient structures on scales down to 1 km (sampling time scales of 1-10 ms), determine boundary orientation and motion, and detect plasma waves that play a critical role in reconnection. The FIELDS instrumentation combines the most accurate 3D double-probe electric-field measurement yet assembled for high-altitude missions with two precise fluxgate instruments, a set of electric and magnetic wave detectors, and a flight-proven electron drift instrument in one integrated package in which time bases are coordinated, offsets inter-determined, and in-flight calibration performed. This talk will describe the FIELDS instrumentation and how it will address the critical measurements that must be performed on MMS to improve our understanding of the reconnection process.
Anderson Brandon
André Martial
Auster Uli
Baumjohann Wolfgang
Bodet D.
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