MMS-SMART Library

This page provides access to a "library" of downloadable papers, presentations, and other material related to the SMART investigation and the MMS mission. It will be updated regularly as new material becomes available.

• Fact Sheet from the SMART Concept Study Report, June 2004 (8 MB)

• Large MMS Poster (3.5 MB)

• Small MMS Poster (1.2 MB)

• "Technique for increasing dynamic range of space-borne ion composition instruments,"** a paper by J.L. Burch et al. describing the novel technique that enables MMS's Hot Plasma Composition (HPCA) instrument to reduce the proton background counts and measure minor ion species.

• The Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, a PowerPoint presentation given by SMART PI Jim Burch at the 2008 Hunt sville Workshop on "The Physical Processes for Energy and Plasma Transport across Magnetic Boundaries" (14.4 MB)

• "Reconnecting Magnetic Fields," an article from the September-October 2009 issue of "The American Scientist" by SMART PI Jim Burch and SMART Theory Team member Jim Drake (.5 MB).