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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Autore principale:	Aschwanden, Markus
Ente Autore:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Natura:	Electronic Resource
Lingua:	English
Pubblicazione:	Berlin, Heidelberg Springer 2011.
Serie:	Springer praxis books
Soggetti:	Astrophysics > Mathematics. Critical phenomena (Physics). Self-organizing systems. Nonlinear systems. Nonlinear theories. Electronic books.
Accesso online:	Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access