Open AccessComplexity in astroplasmas
Author(s) -
Chapman Sandra,
Freeman Mervyn,
Oughton Sean
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-4004.2001.42222.x
Subject(s) - criticality , self organized criticality , operations research , computer science , engineering , physics , nuclear physics
Ideas of complexity theory – including self‐organized criticality – are being applied to the study of turbulence and astroplasmas in the solar system. An RAS MIST meeting in London brought together researchers from different disciplines to compare established paradigms with more recent ideas. Sandra Chapman , Mervyn Freeman and Sean Oughton report.