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Self-Organized Criticality in Astrophysics: The Statistics of Nonlinear Processes in the Universe

By Markus Aschwanden (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2011
ISBN
3642150004, 9783642150005
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-15001-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (28992260 bytes)
Series
Springer Praxis Books - Astronomy and Planetary Sciences
Edition
1
Pages
416\432
Topic
Physics Astronomy
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
AstronomyAstrophysics and Cosmology;Statistical PhysicsChemistry and Earth ScienceComputer ScienceDynamical Systems and Complexity;Geophysics/GeodesPhysicsSpace Sciences;Statistics for Engineering

Description

The concept of ‘self-organized criticality’ (SOC) has been applied to a variety of problems, ranging from population growth and traffic jams to earthquakes, landslides and forest fires. The technique is now being applied to a wide range of phenomena in astrophysics, such as planetary magnetospheres, solar flares, cataclysmic variable stars, accretion disks, black holes and gamma-ray bursts, and also to phenomena in galactic physics and cosmology. Self-organized Criticality in Astrophysics introduces the concept of SOC and shows that, due to its universality and ubiquity, it is a law of nature. The theoretical framework and specific physical models are described, together with a range of applications in various aspects of astrophyics. The mathematical techniques, including the statistics of random processes, time series analysis, time scale and waiting time distributions, are presented and the results are applied to specific observations of astrophysical phenomena.

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