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Complexity and Intermittent Turbulence in Space Plasmas

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Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Plasmas

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Sporadic and localized interactions of coherent structures arising from plasma resonances can be the origin of “complexity” of the coexistence of non-propagating spatiotemporal fluctuations and propagating modes in space plasmas. Numerical simulation results are presented to demonstrate the intermittent character of the non-propagating fluctuations. The technique of the dynamic renormalization-group is introduced and applied to the study of scale invariance of such type of multiscale fluctuations. We also demonstrate that the particle interactions with the intermittent turbulence can lead to the efficient energization of the plasma populations. An example related to the ion acceleration processes in the auroral zone is provided.

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    Tom Chang & Sunny W.Y. Tam

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  4. Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  5. Astronomical Institute, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  6. Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Germany

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  7. The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

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  8. Universitá di Padova, Italy

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  9. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

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  10. Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

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  11. Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway

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  13. Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

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  14. Istituto Astronomia Arcetri, Firenze, Italy

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Chang, T., Tam, S.W., Wu, Cc. (2005). Complexity and Intermittent Turbulence in Space Plasmas. In: Burton, W., et al. Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Plasmas. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 321. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3109-2_2

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