Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Plasmas

✍ Scribed by A. Surjalal Sharma, Daniel N. Baker, Joseph E. Borovsky (auth.), W.B. Burton, J. M. E. Kuijpers, E. P. J. Van Den Heuvel, H. Van Der Laan, I. Appenzeller, J. N. Bahcall, F. Bertola, J. P. Cassinelli, C. J. Cesarsky, O. Engvold, R. McCray, P. G. Murdin, F. Pacini, V. Radhakrishnan, K. Sato, F. H. Shu, B. V. Somov, R. A. Sunyaev, Y. Tanaka, S. Tremaine, N. O. Weiss, A. Surjalal Sharma, Predhiman K. Kaw (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 345
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library 321
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The complexity of plasmas arises mainly from their inherent nonlinearity and far from equilibrium nature. The nonequilibrium behavior of plasmas is evident in the natural settings, for example, in the Earth's magnetosphere. Similarly, laboratory plasmas such as fusion bottles also have their fair share of complex behavior.

Nonequilibrium phenomena are intimately connected with statistical dynamics and form one of the growing research areas in modern nonlinear physics. These studies encompass the ideas of self-organization, phase transition, critical phenomena, self-organized criticality and turbulence.

This book presents studies of complexity in the context of nonequilibrium phenomena using theory, modeling, simulations, and experiments, both in the laboratory and in nature.

✦ Table of Contents

Nonequilibrium Phenomena in the Magnetosphere....Pages 3-22
Complexity and Intermittent Turbulence in Space Plasmas....Pages 23-49
Complexity and Topological Disorder in the Earth's Magnetotail Dynamics....Pages 51-69
Simulation Study of SOC Dynamics in Driven Current-Sheet Models....Pages 71-89
Two State Transition Model of the Magnetosphere....Pages 91-115
Global and Multiscale Phenomena of the Magnetosphere....Pages 117-143
Low Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations in the Earth's Plasma Sheet....Pages 145-177
Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission....Pages 179-195
Perspectives of Intermittency in the Edge Turbulence of Fusion Devices....Pages 199-218
Transition to Self-Organized High Confinement States in Tokamak Plasmas....Pages 219-237
Internal Transport Barriers in Magnetised Plasmas....Pages 239-256
Characterization of Turbulence in Terms of Probability Density Function....Pages 257-272
Phase Transition in Dusty Plasmas....Pages 273-290
Precursors of Catastrophic Failures....Pages 293-310
Multi-Scale Interactions and Predictability of the Indian Summer Monsoon....Pages 311-340

✦ Subjects

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology;Mathematical Methods in Physics;Astrophysics;Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma Physics