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In this introductory chapter we want to get a flavor of physical processes that are governed by self-organized criticality, starting from small experiments in our laboratories, proceeding to nature phenomena on our planet, all the way to the remotest astrophysical realms of our universe.We will discover that most complex systems with many interactingcomponents display some nonlinear behavior that is governed by self-organized criticality.The remainder of the book will focus on numerical, analytical, and physical modeling ofself-organized criticality in astrophysical systems.
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Aschwanden, M. (2011). Self-Organized Criticality Phenomena. In: Self-Organized Criticality in Astrophysics. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15001-2_1
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