An Introduction to Space Plasma Complexity

by Tom Tien Sun Chang, Tien Sun Chang, Mats Andri

Book Overview

An Introduction to Space Plasma Complexity considers 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. This book provides a guided tour of the ideas behind forced and/or self-organized criticality, intermittency, multifractals, and the theory of the dynamic renormalization group, with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01LD3O3MS
• ISBN13: 9780521642620
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 10.3"