Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Plasmas

ISBN-13: 9781402031083 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 347 str.

A. Surjalal Sharma; Predhiman K. Kaw

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Preface.- Section 1: Space Plasmas.- Nonequilibrium Phenomena in the Earth's Magnetosphere: Phase Transition, Self-organized Criticality and Turbulence; A.S. Sharma, D.N. Baker and J. Borovsky. Complexity and Intermittent Turbulence in Space Plasmas; T. Chang, S.W.Y. Tam and C.C. Wu. Complexity and Topological Disorder in the Earth's Magnetotail Dynamics; G. Consolini, T. Chang and A.T.Y. Lui. Simulation Study of SOC Dynamics in Driven Current Sheet Models; J. Klimas, V.M. Uritsky, D. Vassiliadis and D.N. Baker. Two State Transition Model of the Magnetosphere; T. Tanaka. Global and Multiscale Phenomena of the Magnetosphere; A.S. Sharma, A.Y. Ukhorskiy and M.I. Sitnov. Low-Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations in the Plasma Sheet; A. Petrukovich. Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission: Cross-scale Exploration of Complexity in the Magnetosphere; A.S. Sharma and S.A. Curtis. Section 2: Laboratory Plasmas.- Perspectives of Intermittency in the Edge Turbulence of Fusion Devices; R. Jha, P.K. Kaw and A. Das. Transition to Self-organized High Confinement States in Tokamak Plasmas: Transition to H-mode in Tokamak Plasmas; P.N. Guzdar, R.G. Kleva, R.J. Groebner and P. Gohil. Internal Transport Barriors in Magnetized Plasmas; X. Garbet, P. Ghendrih, Y. Sarazin, P. Beyer, C. Figarella and S. Benkadda. Characterization of Turbulence in terms of Probability Density Function: A New Approach to Describe Transport in Fusion Plasmas; C. Hidalgo, B. Goncalves and M.A. Pedrosa. Phase Transition in Dusty Plasmas; G. Ganguli, G. Joyce and M. Lampe. Section 3: Cross-disciplinary Studies.- Precursors of Catastrophic Failures; S. Pradhan and B.K. Chakrabarti. Multiscale Interactions and Predictability of the Indian Summer Monsoon; B.N. Goswami and R.S. Ajaya Mohan