Self-organized criticality in astrophysics the statistics of nonlinear processes in the universe

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,...

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Main Author:	Aschwanden, Markus
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg Springer 2011.
Series:	Springer praxis books
Subjects:	Astrophysics > Mathematics. Critical phenomena (Physics). Self-organizing systems. Nonlinear systems. Nonlinear theories. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access