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Power Laws in Astrophysics : Self-Organized Criticality Systems / Markus Aschwanden.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Aschwanden, Markus J., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Astrophysics--Mathematics.
Astrophysics.
Critical phenomena (Physics).
Self-organizing systems.
Nonlinear theories.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxii, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]
Summary:
"This book demonstrates quantitatively how to use power law statistics to explain fractal-diffusive self-organized criticality systems for observed astrophysical phenomena. Students, post-docs, and researchers interested in nonlinear physics or complex systems generally will appreciate this demonstration of the universality of physical scaling laws"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
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
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Dec 2024).
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781009562966
1009562967
9781009562942
1009562940

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