Complexity and Space Plasmas
Abstract
In this study the general theoretical framework of Complexity theory is presented, viewed through non-extensive statistical theory introduced by Constantino Tsallis in 1988. Nonlinear dynamics, fractional dynamics, thermodynamics and statistical physics constitute the basic elements of Complexity theory which can be applied to processes near, as well as, far from equilibrium. Moreover, the nonextensive statistics can be the fundamental linchpin of Complexity theory from microscopical to macroscopical level. Finally, a brief review of results concerning nonlinear analysis of space plasma time series corresponding to different complex systems is given.
- Publication:
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11th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013hell.conf...12P