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Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Plasmas

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Editors:
  1. W.B. Burton

    1. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, USA
      University of Leiden, The Netherlands

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  2. J. M. E. Kuijpers

    1. Faculty of Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  3. E. P. J. Heuvel

    1. Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  4. H. Laan

    1. Astronomical Institute, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  5. I. Appenzeller

    1. Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Germany

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  6. J. N. Bahcall

    1. The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

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  7. F. Bertola

    1. Universitá di Padova, Italy

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  8. J. P. Cassinelli

    1. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

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  9. C. J. Cesarsky

    1. Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

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  10. O. Engvold

    1. Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway

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  11. R. McCray

    1. University of Colorado, JILA, Boulder, USA

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  12. P. G. Murdin

    1. Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

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  13. F. Pacini

    1. Istituto Astronomia Arcetri, Firenze, Italy

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  14. V. Radhakrishnan

    1. Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India

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  15. K. Sato

    1. School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

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  16. F. H. Shu

    1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  17. B. V. Somov

    1. Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia

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  18. R. A. Sunyaev

    1. Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

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  19. Y. Tanaka

    1. Institute of Space & Astronautical Science, Kanagawa, Japan

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  20. S. Tremaine

    1. CITA, Princeton University, USA

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  21. N. O. Weiss

    1. University of Cambridge, UK

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  22. A. Surjalal Sharma

    1. University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  23. Predhiman K. Kaw

    1. Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India

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  • Presents studies of complexity in the context of nonequilibrium phenomena using theory, modeling, simulations and experiments, both in the laboratory and in nature

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 321)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Space Plasmas

    1. Nonequilibrium Phenomena in the Magnetosphere

      • A. Surjalal Sharma, Daniel N. Baker, Joseph E. Borovsky
      Pages 3-22

    2. Complexity and Intermittent Turbulence in Space Plasmas

      • Tom Chang, Sunny W.Y. Tam, Cheng-chin Wu
      Pages 23-49

    3. Complexity and Topological Disorder in the Earth's Magnetotail Dynamics

      • Giuseppe Consolini, Tom Chang, Anthony T. Y. Lui
      Pages 51-69

    4. Simulation Study of SOC Dynamics in Driven Current-Sheet Models

      • Alex J. Klimas, Vadim M. Uritsky, Dimitris Vassiliadis, Daniel N. Baker
      Pages 71-89

    5. Two State Transition Model of the Magnetosphere

      • T. Tanaka
      Pages 91-115

    6. Global and Multiscale Phenomena of the Magnetosphere

      • A. S. Sharma, A. Y. Ukhorskiy, M. I. Sitnov
      Pages 117-143

    7. Low Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations in the Earth's Plasma Sheet

      • A. A. Petrukovich
      Pages 145-177

    8. Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission

      • A. Surjalal Sharma, Steven A. Curtis
      Pages 179-195

  3. Laboratory Plasmas

    1. Perspectives of Intermittency in the Edge Turbulence of Fusion Devices

      • R. Jha, P. K. Kaw, A. Das
      Pages 199-218

    2. Transition to Self-Organized High Confinement States in Tokamak Plasmas

      • P. N. Guzdar, R. G. Kleva, R. J. Groebner, P. Gohil
      Pages 219-237

    3. Internal Transport Barriers in Magnetised Plasmas

      • X. Garbet, P. Ghendrih, Y. Sarazin, P. Beyer, C. Figarella, S. Benkadda
      Pages 239-256

    4. Characterization of Turbulence in Terms of Probability Density Function

      • C. Hidalgo, B. Gonçalves, M. A. Pedrosa
      Pages 257-272

    5. Phase Transition in Dusty Plasmas

      • Gurudas Ganguli, Glenn Joyce, Martin Lampe
      Pages 273-290

  4. Cross-Disciplinary Studies

    1. Precursors of Catastrophic Failures

      • Srutarshi Pradhan, Bikas K. Chakrabarti
      Pages 293-310

    2. Multi-Scale Interactions and Predictability of the Indian Summer Monsoon

      • B. N. Goswami, R. S. Ajaya Mohan
      Pages 311-340

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 341-347
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Editors and Affiliations

  • National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, USA

    W.B. Burton

  • University of Leiden, The Netherlands

    W.B. Burton

  • Faculty of Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    J. M. E. Kuijpers

  • Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    E. P. J. Heuvel

  • Astronomical Institute, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    H. Laan

  • Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Germany

    I. Appenzeller

  • The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

    J. N. Bahcall

  • Universitá di Padova, Italy

    F. Bertola

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    J. P. Cassinelli

  • Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    C. J. Cesarsky

  • Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway

    O. Engvold

  • University of Colorado, JILA, Boulder, USA

    R. McCray

  • Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

    P. G. Murdin

  • Istituto Astronomia Arcetri, Firenze, Italy

    F. Pacini

  • Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India

    V. Radhakrishnan

  • School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

    K. Sato

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    F. H. Shu

  • Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia

    B. V. Somov

  • Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

    R. A. Sunyaev

  • Institute of Space & Astronautical Science, Kanagawa, Japan

    Y. Tanaka

  • CITA, Princeton University, USA

    S. Tremaine

  • University of Cambridge, UK

    N. O. Weiss

  • University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    A. Surjalal Sharma

  • Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India

    Predhiman K. Kaw

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