Published April 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Self-organized criticality in atmospheric cascades

Description

We argue that atmospheric cascades can be regarded as an example of the self-organized criticality and studied by using Levy flights and a nonextensive approach. It allows us to understand the scale-invariant energy fluctuations inside cascades in a natural way

Additional details

Identifiers

PII
S0920563201011859;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 81-84
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
11. international symposium on very high energy cosmic ray interactions
Dates
17-21 Jul 2000
Place
Campinas (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34064732
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CASCADE SHOWERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FLUCTUATIONS; SCALE INVARIANCE
Descriptors DEC
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; SHOWERS; VARIATIONS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.