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25 Years of Self-organized Criticality: Space and Laboratory Plasmas

dc.contributor.authorSharma, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorAschwanden, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorCrosby, N.B.
dc.contributor.authorKlimas, A.J.
dc.contributor.authorMilovanov, A.V.
dc.contributor.authorMorales, L.
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, R.
dc.contributor.authorUritsky, V.
dc.date2016
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-23T13:00:25Z
dc.date.available2016-03-23T13:00:25Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/2683
dc.descriptionStudies of complexity in extended dissipative dynamical systems, in nature and in laboratory, require multiple approaches and the framework of self-organized criticality (SOC) has been used extensively in the studies of such nonequilibrium systems. Plasmas are inherently nonlinear and many ubiquitous features such as multiscale behavior, intermittency and turbulence have been analyzed using SOC concepts. The role of SOC in advancing our understanding of space and laboratory plasmas as nonequilibrium systems is reviewed in this article. The main emphasis is on how SOC and related approaches have provided new insights and models of nonequilibrium plasma phenomena. Among the natural plasmas the magnetosphere, driven by the solar wind, is a prominent example and extensive data from ground-based and space-borne instruments have been used to study phenomena of direct relevance to space weather, viz. geomagnetic storms and substorms. During geomagnetically active periods the magnetosphere is far from equilibrium, due to its internal dynamics and being driven by the turbulent solar wind, and substorms are prominent features of the complex driven system. Studies using solar wind and magnetospheric data have shown both global and multiscale features of substorms. While the global behavior exhibits system-wide changes, the multiscale behavior shows scaling features. Along with the studies based on observational data, analogue models of the magnetosphere have advanced the understanding of space plasmas as well as the role of SOC in natural systems. In laboratory systems, SOC has been used in modeling the plasma behavior in fusion experiments, mainly in tokamaks and stellarators. Tokamaks are the dominant plasma confinement system and modeling based on SOC have provided a complementary approach to the understanding of plasma behavior under fusion conditions. These studies have provided insights into key features of toroidally confined plasmas, e.g., the existence of critical temperature gradients above which the transport rates increase drastically. The SOC models address the transport properties from a more general approach, compared to those based on turbulence arising from specific plasma instabilities, and provide a better framework for modeling features such as superdiffusion. The studies of space and laboratory plasmas as nonequilibrium systems have been motivated by features such as scaling and critical behavior, and have provided new insights by highlighting the properties that are common with other systems. © 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
dc.languageeng
dc.title25 Years of Self-organized Criticality: Space and Laboratory Plasmas
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeCriticality (nuclear fission)
dc.subject.freeDynamical systems
dc.subject.freeElectromagnetic fields
dc.subject.freeGeomagnetism
dc.subject.freeLaboratories
dc.subject.freeMagnetohydrodynamics
dc.subject.freeMagnetosphere
dc.subject.freePlasma confinement
dc.subject.freePlasma diagnostics
dc.subject.freePlasma interactions
dc.subject.freeSolar wind
dc.subject.freeTemperature
dc.subject.freeTurbulence
dc.subject.freeMultiscale phenomena
dc.subject.freeNonequilibrium system
dc.subject.freeSelf-organized criticality
dc.subject.freeSpace plasmas
dc.subject.freeTokamaks
dc.subject.freeMagnetoplasma
dc.source.titleSpace Science Reviews
dc.source.volume198
dc.source.issue1-4
dc.source.page167-216
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11214-015-0225-0
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84951892361


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