Anomalous transport phenomena in turbulent geospace and laboratory plasma.

The project is an interdisciplinary effort to comprehend "strange" kinetic processes in turbulent plasmas in connection with topological features of the underlying self-organized quasi-stationary state. In collaboration with mathematicians at the Universi ty of Tromsø, we intend to bring together novel theoretical tools, and innovative experimental instrumentation, in order to achieve a more complete picture of the dynamical plasma system in self-organization. The project is the first attempt to compare multi-point satellite data against relevant laboratory tests. We believe the results of the project will shed light not only on the turbulence-associated events specific of cosmical geophysics, but rather, on th e most general dynamical properties of complex systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium. In this regard, we consider geospace as a suitable environment for examination of the rich variety of anomalous phenomena associated with the notion of turbulence. The first mulitpoint spacecraft measurements onboard the CLUSTER II satellite help forefront these intriguing issues. This project is complementary to subproject E of a researcher project entitled "The polar upper atmosphere......" submitted to ROMFORSK from the Department of Physics, University of Tromsø. That subproject will provide some funds for running cost and coll aboration with groups involved with CLUSTER-II, which will strengthen this project.