Introduction to Space Plasma Complexity - Dynamical Complexity, Intermittent Turbulence, Particle Energization

Informationen zum Autor Tom Chang is internationally known for his contributions to the physics of complexity, self-organized criticality, intermittent turbulence, and charged-particle acceleration processes in space plasmas. For thirty-five years, he has led theoretical geo/cosmo plasma research at the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Senior Fellow of the American Physical Society and has been president of the Society of Engineering Science. He was the editor of the journal Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics and associate editor of Reviews of Geophysics, and he served for many years as an editor of the international journal Plasma Physics. He is the recipient of the National Thompson Award from ASTM and of certificates of recognition from the Society of Engineering Science and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Klappentext This book for graduate students and researchers introduces examples of complexity phenomena related to observed plasma processes in the space environment.This book presents select examples of complexity phenomena related to observed plasma processes in the space environment, such as those pertaining to the solar corona, the interplanetary medium, and Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. Readers will be able to apply the concepts and methodologies to their own research interests and activities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Dynamical criticality far from equilibrium and associated phenomena; 3. Physics of complexity; 4. Probability distribution and structure functions; 5. Partition functions, generalized dimensions, and singularity spectra; 6. Rank ordered multifractal analysis (ROMA); 7. Dynamic renormalization group and connection between criticality and multifractals; Finale.

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• Authors: Tom Tien Sun Chang, Tom Tien Sun (Massachusetts Institute of Te Chang, Tom Tien Sun (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Chang, Chang Tom Tien Sun, Tom Tien Andri Sun Chang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2015
• EAN: 9780521642620
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64262-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series; Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series; Cambridge Atmospheric and Spac
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Atmospheric physics, Plasma Physics