Power laws in astrophysics: self-organized criticality systems

Research applications of complex systems and nonlinear physics are rapidly expanding across various scientific disciplines. A common theme among them is the concept of "self-organized criticality systems", which this volume presents in detail for observed astrophysical phenomena, such as s...

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1. Verfasser: Aschwanden, Markus J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 2025
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Zusammenfassung:Research applications of complex systems and nonlinear physics are rapidly expanding across various scientific disciplines. A common theme among them is the concept of "self-organized criticality systems", which this volume presents in detail for observed astrophysical phenomena, such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar energetic particles, solar wind, stellar flares, magnetospheric events, planetary systems, galactic and black-hole systems. The author explores fundamental questions: Why do power laws, the hallmarks of self-organized criticality, exist? What power law index is predicted for each astrophysical phenomenon? Which size distributions have universality? What can waiting time distributions tell us about random processes? This is the first monograph that tests comprehensively astrophysical observations of self-organized criticality systems for students, post-docs, and researchers. A highlight is a paradigm shift from microscopic concepts, such as the traditional cellular automaton algorithms, to macroscopic concepts formulated in terms of physical scaling laws
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Fundamentals -- Power-law size distributions -- Waiting time distributions -- Solar flare hard x-rays -- Solar flare soft x-rays -- Solar EUV nanoflares -- Solar photospheric events -- Solar radio bursts -- Coronal mass ejections -- Solar energetic particle events (SEP) -- Solar wind -- Magnetospheric phenomena -- Planetary systems -- Stellar systems -- Galactic and black-hole systems -- Conclusions
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 264 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009562942
DOI:10.1017/9781009562942

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