Turbulence and Diffusion : Scaling Versus Equations
Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-68222-6
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This book is an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of anomalous diffusion in complex systems, with emphasis on the scaling approach as opposed to techniques based on the quantitative analysis of underlying transport equations. Typical examples of such systems are turbulent plasmas, convective rolls, zonal flow systems and stochastic magnetic fields. From the more methodological point of view, the approach relies on the general use of correlations estimates, quasilinear equations and continuous time random walk techniques. Yet, the mathematical descriptions are not meant to become a fixed set of recipes but rather develop and strengthen the reader's physical intuition and understanding on the underlying mechanisms involved.
Subject: Physics and Astronomy, Diffusion, Plasma, fluid dynamics, scaling laws, transport equations, turbulence, Classical and Continuum Physics, Complex Systems, Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Plasma Physics, Geophysics, Geodesy, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
