Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Fundamentals of SOC
- Part II Astrophysical SOC Phenomena
- 4 Solar Flare Hard X-Rays
- 5 Solar Flare Soft X-Rays
- 6 Solar EUV Nanoflares
- 7 Solar Photospheric Events
- 8 Solar Radio Bursts
- 9 Coronal Mass Ejections
- 10 Solar Energetic Particle Events
- 11 Solar Wind
- 12 Magnetospheric Phenomena
- 13 Planetary Systems
- 14 Stellar Systems
- 15 Galactic and Black-Hole Systems
- Part III Conclusions
- References
- Index
13 - Planetary Systems
from Part II - Astrophysical SOC Phenomena
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Fundamentals of SOC
- Part II Astrophysical SOC Phenomena
- 4 Solar Flare Hard X-Rays
- 5 Solar Flare Soft X-Rays
- 6 Solar EUV Nanoflares
- 7 Solar Photospheric Events
- 8 Solar Radio Bursts
- 9 Coronal Mass Ejections
- 10 Solar Energetic Particle Events
- 11 Solar Wind
- 12 Magnetospheric Phenomena
- 13 Planetary Systems
- 14 Stellar Systems
- 15 Galactic and Black-Hole Systems
- Part III Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
Empirically we find that many phenomena in planetary science reveal power law-like size distributions with a power law slope of for differential size distributions, or for cumulative size distributions. These observational results fully agree with theoretical predictions of the FD-SOC model. These observations include lunar craters, Saturn ring particles, near-Earth objects, Jovian Trojans, asteroids, Neptune Trojans, the Kuijper belt, and extrasolar planets. Mars fluvial systems and dust storms reveal fractal structures. Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes indicate also scale-free power law slopes. It appears that the scale-free behavior of planetary phenomena could result from both accumulation and fragmentation processes.
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- Power Laws in AstrophysicsSelf-Organized Criticality Systems, pp. 159 - 167Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024