A heavenly example of scale-free networks and self-organized criticality

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 158-163

  Paczuski, M ^a   Hughes, D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Networks; Self organized criticality; Solar flares

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DYNAMICS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

CORONA; NETWORKS; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; SOLAR FLARES;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION);

EID: 4544332788     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.04.073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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