Title Self-Organized Criticality in Astrophysics : The Statistics of Nonlinear Processes in the Universe Author(s) Aschwanden, Markus Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. Description XIV, 416 p : online resource Abstract Note 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 ISBN,Price 9783642150012 Keyword(s) 1. ASTRONOMY 2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology 3. ASTROPHYSICS 4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 6. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. GEOPHYSICS 9. Geophysics/Geodesy 10. SPACE SCIENCES 11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) 12. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 13. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems 14. Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences 15. Statistics?? Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I08160     On Shelf