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Recent studies evidenced that the magnetotail dynamics looks like the one of an avalanching system. This fact has been related with a near criticality dynamics and modelled by singular diffusion and transport equations. Here, we discuss some features of the Earth’s magnetotail dynamics using a thermodynamic approach. In detail we discuss the role played by fluctuations in singular diffusion and relaxation processes from a non-equilibrium thermodynamics point of view. Moreover, the emergence of non-Gaussian statistics is discussed in the framework of the thermodynamics of composite systems.
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Consolini, G., De Michelis, P. & Kretzschmar, M. A Thermodynamic Approach to the Magnetospheric Complexity: The Role of Fluctuations. Space Sci Rev 122, 293–299 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-006-7020-x
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