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Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space by Torbert, R B, Burch, J L, Phan, T D, Hesse, M, Argall, M R, Shuster, J, Ergun, R E, Alm, L, Nakamura, R, Genestreti, K J, Gershman, D J, Paterson, W R, Turner, D L, Cohen, I, Giles, B L, Pollock, C J, Wang, S, Chen, L-J, Stawarz, J E, Eastwood, J P, Hwang, K J, Farrugia, C, Dors, I, Vaith, H, Mouikis, C, Ardakani, A, Mauk, B H, Fuselier, S A, Russell, C T, Strangeway, R J, Moore, T E, Drake, J F, Shay, M A, Khotyaintsev, Yuri V, Lindqvist, P-A, Baumjohann, W, Wilder, F D, Ahmadi, N, Dorelli, J C, Avanov, L A, Oka, M, Baker, D N, Fennell, J F, Blake, J B, Jaynes, A N, Le Contel, O, Petrinec, S M, Lavraud, B, Saito, Y

“…Magnetic reconnection is an energy conversion process that occurs in many astrophysical contexts including Earth's magnetosphere, where the process can be…”
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The FIELDS Instrument Suite on MMS: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Data Products by Torbert, R. B., Russell, C. T., Magnes, W., Ergun, R. E., Lindqvist, P.-A., LeContel, O., Vaith, H., Macri, J., Myers, S., Rau, D., Needell, J., King, B., Granoff, M., Chutter, M., Dors, I., Olsson, G., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Eriksson, A., Kletzing, C. A., Bounds, S., Anderson, B., Baumjohann, W., Steller, M., Bromund, K., Le, Guan, Nakamura, R., Strangeway, R. J., Leinweber, H. K., Tucker, S., Westfall, J., Fischer, D., Plaschke, F., Porter, J., Lappalainen, K.

“…The FIELDS instrumentation suite on the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission provides comprehensive measurements of the full vector magnetic and electric…”
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Electron Jet of Asymmetric Reconnection by Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Graham, D. B., Norgren, C., Eriksson, E., Li, W., Johlander, A., Vaivads, A., Andre, M., Pritchett, P. L., Retino, A., Paterson, W. R., Gershman, D. J., Dorelli, J. C., Avanov, L. A., Giles, B. L., Pollock, C. J.

“…We present Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of an electron-scale current sheet and electron outflow jet for asymmetric reconnection with guide field at…”
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Earth's ionospheric outflow dominated by hidden cold plasma by Cully, C. M, Engwall, E, André, M, Torbert, R, Vaith, H, Eriksson, A. I

“…The Earth constantly loses matter, mostly in the form of H+ and O+ ions, through various outflow processes from the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. Most of…”
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Evidence of an extended electron current sheet and its neighboring magnetic island during magnetotail reconnection by Chen, L.-J., Bessho, N., Lefebvre, B., Vaith, H., Fazakerley, A., Bhattacharjee, A., Puhl-Quinn, P. A., Runov, A., Khotyaintsev, Y., Vaivads, A., Georgescu, E., Torbert, R.

“…We have identified a spatially extended electron current sheet (ECS) and its adjacent magnetic island during a magnetotail reconnection event with no…”
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Electron Dynamics Within the Electron Diffusion Region of Asymmetric Reconnection by Argall, M. R., Paulson, K., Alm, L., Rager, A., Dorelli, J., Shuster, J., Wang, S., Torbert, R. B., Vaith, H., Dors, I., Chutter, M., Farrugia, C., Burch, J., Pollock, C., Giles, B., Gershman, D., Lavraud, B., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R., Magnes, W., Lindqvist, P.‐A., Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Ergun, R. E., Ahmadi, N.

“…We investigate the agyrotropic nature of electron distribution functions and their substructure to illuminate electron dynamics in a previously reported…”
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The Electron Drift Instrument for MMS by Torbert, R. B., Vaith, H., Granoff, M., Widholm, M., Gaidos, J. A., Briggs, B. H., Dors, I. G., Chutter, M. W., Macri, J., Argall, M., Bodet, D., Needell, J., Steller, M. B., Baumjohann, W., Nakamura, R., Plaschke, F., Ottacher, H., Hasiba, J., Hofmann, K., Kletzing, C. A., Bounds, S. R., Dvorsky, R. T., Sigsbee, K., Kooi, V.

“…The Electron Drift Instrument (EDI) on the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission measures the in-situ electric and magnetic fields using the drift of a weak…”
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Velocity Rotation Events in the Outer Magnetosphere Near the Magnetopause by Matsui, H., Farrugia, C. J., Goldstein, J., Torbert, R. B., Argall, M. R., Vaith, H., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J., Giles, B. L., Pollock, C. J., Taguchi, S., Hosokawa, K.

“…We report velocity rotation events with amplitudes more than a few tens of kilometers per second observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission. The events…”
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The FIELDS Instrument Suite on MMS: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Data Products by Torbert, R. B., Russell, C. T., Magnes, W., Ergun, R. E., Lindqvist, P.-A., LeContel, O., Vaith, H., Macri, J., Myers, S., Rau, D., Needell, J., King, B., Granoff, M., Chutter, M., Dors, I., Olsson, G., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Eriksson, A., Kletzing, C. A., Bounds, S., Anderson, B., Baumjohann, W., Steller, M., Bromund, K., Le, Guan, Nakamura, R., Strangeway, R. J., Leinweber, H. K., Tucker, S., Westfall, J., Fischer, D., Plaschke, F., Porter, J., Lappalainen, K.

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A Multi‐Instrument Study of a Dipolarization Event in the Inner Magnetosphere by Matsui, H., Torbert, R. B., Spence, H. E., Argall, M. R., Cohen, I. J., Cooper, M. B., Ergun, R. E., Farrugia, C. J., Fennell, J. F., Fuselier, S. A., Gkioulidou, M., Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Lindqvist, P.‐A., Matsuoka, A., Russell, C. T., Shoji, M., Strangeway, R. J., Turner, D. L., Vaith, H., Wygant, J. R.

“…A dipolarization of the background magnetic field was observed during a conjunction of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft and Van Allen Probe B on…”
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Survey of cold ionospheric outflows in the magnetotail by ENGWALL, E, ERIKSSON, A. I, CULLY, C. M, ANDRE, M, PUHL-QUINN, P. A, VAITH, H, TORBERT, R

“…Low-energy ions escape from the ionosphere and constitute a large part of the magnetospheric content, especially in the geomagnetic tail lobes. However, they…”
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High-latitude plasma convection from Cluster EDI measurements : method and IMF-dependence by HAALAND, S. E, PASCHMANN, G, FÖRSTER, M, QUINN, J. M, TORBERT, R. B, MCILWAIN, C. E, VAITH, H, PUHL-QUINN, P. A, KLETZING, C. A

“…We have used vector measurements of the electron drift velocity made by the Electron Drift Instrument (EDI) on Cluster between February 2001 and March 2006 to…”
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Plasma transport in the magnetotail lobes by HAALAND, S, LYBEKK, B, SVENES, K, PEDERSEN, A, FÖRSTER, M, VAITH, H, TORBERT, R

“…The Earth's magnetosphere is populated by particles originating from the solar wind and the terrestrial ionosphere. A substantial fraction of the plasma from…”
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Plasma convection in the magnetotail lobes : statistical results from Cluster EDI measurements by HANLAND, S, PASCHMANN, G, FÖRSTER, M, QUINN, J, TORBERT, R, VAITH, H, PUHL-QUINN, P, KLETZING, C

“…A major part of the plasma in the Earth's magnetotail is populated through transport of plasma from the solar wind via the magnetotail lobes. In this paper, we…”
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Erratum to: The Electron Drift Instrument for MMS by Torbert, R. B., Vaith, H., Granoff, M., Widholm, M., Gaidos, J. A., Briggs, B. H., Dors, I. G., Chutter, M. W., Macri, J., Argall, M., Bodet, D., Needell, J., Steller, M. B., Baumjohann, W., Nakamura, R., Plaschke, F., Ottacher, H., Hasiba, J., Hofmann, K., Kletzing, C. A., Bounds, S. R., Dvorsky, R. T., Sigsbee, K., Kooi, V.

“…Issue Title: Magnetospheric Multiscale…”
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Electric field measurements on Cluster : comparing the double-probe and electron drift techniques by ERIKSSON, A. I, ANDRE, M, TORKAR, K, VAITH, H, KLECKER, B, LAAKSO, H, LINDQVIST, P.-A, MOZER, F, PASCHMANN, G, PEDERSEN, A, QUINN, J, TORBERT, R

“…The four Cluster satellites each carry two instruments designed for measuring the electric field: a double-probe instrument (EFW) and an electron drift…”
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High-latitude plasma convection from Cluster EDI : variances and solar wind correlations by FORSTER, M, PASCHMANN, G, HAALAND, S. E, QUINN, J. M, TORBERT, R. B, VAITH, H, KLETZING, C. A

“…Based on drift velocity measurements of the EDI instruments on Cluster during the years 2001–2006, we have constructed a database of high-latitude ionospheric…”
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Four-spacecraft determination of magnetopause orientation, motion and thickness : comparison with results from single-spacecraft methods by HAALAND, S. E, SONNERUP, B. U. Ö, VAITH, H, VAIVADS, A, DUNLOP, M. W, BALOGH, A, GEORGESCU, E, HASEGAWA, H, KLECKER, B, PASCHMANN, G, PUHL-QUINN, P, REME, H

“…In this paper, we use Cluster data from one magnetopause event on 5 July 2001 to compare predictions from various methods for determination of the velocity,…”
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"Crater" flux transfer events: Highroad to the X line? by Farrugia, C. J., Chen, Li-Jen, Torbert, R. B., Southwood, D. J., Cowley, S. W. H., Vrublevskis, A., Mouikis, C., Vaivads, A., André, M., Décréau, P., Vaith, H., Owen, C. J., Sibeck, D. J., Lucek, E., Smith, C. W.

“…We examine Cluster observations of a so‐called magnetosphere “crater FTE,” employing data from five instruments (FGM, CIS, EDI, EFW, and WHISPER), some at the…”
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High-latitude plasma convection during Northward IMF as derived from in-situ magnetospheric Cluster EDI measurements by FÖRSTER, M, HAALAND, S. E, PASCHMANN, G, QUINN, J. M, TORBERT, R. B, VAITH, H, KLETZING, C. A

“…In this study, we investigate statistical, systematic variations of the high-latitude convection cell structure during northward IMF. Using 1-min-averages of…”
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