TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aschwanden,Markus
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Self-Organized Criticality in Astrophysics: The Statistics of Nonlinear Processes in the Universe 
T2  - Springer Praxis Books
SN  - 9783642150012
AV  - QB1-991 
U1  - 520 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Physics
KW  - Physical geography
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Astrophysics
KW  - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
KW  - Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity
KW  - Geophysics/Geodesy
KW  - Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
KW  - Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
N1  - 1 Self-Organized Criticality in the Universe -- 2 Numerical SOC Models -- 3 Statistics of Random Processes -- 4 Time Series Analysis -- 5 Time Scale Distributions -- 6 Waiting Time Distributions -- 7 Occurrence Frequency Distributions -- 8 Fractal Geometry -- 9 Scaling Laws -- 10 Physical SOC Models in Astrophysics
N2  - 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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ER  -