Similarity of skeletal structures in laboratory and space and the probable role of self-assembling of a fractal dust in fusion devices
| dc.creator | Kukushkin, A. B. | |
| dc.creator | Rantsev-Kartinov, V. A. | |
| dc.date | 2004-01-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:50:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:50:51Z | |
| dc.description | This papers briefly reviews the progress in studying the long-lived filamentary structures of a skeletal form (namely, tubules and cartwheels, and their simple combinations) in electric discharges in various fusion devices. These include fast Z-pinch, tokamak and laser produced plasmas. We also report on the results of a search for the phenomenon of skeletal structures -- formerly revealed in laboratory data from fusion devices -- at larger and much larger length scales, including the powerful electromagnetic phenomena in the Earth atmosphere and cosmic space. It is found that the similarity of, and a trend toward self-similarity in, the observed skeletal structures more or less uniformly covers the range 10^{-5} cm - 10^{23} cm. These evidences suggest all these skeletal structures, similarly to skeletons in the particles of dust and hail, to possess a fractal condensed matter of particular topology of the fractal. The probable role of the phenomenon of self-assembling of a fractal dust in fusion devices and outside the fusion is discussed briefly. | |
| dc.description | 17 pages, 8 figures. This a shortened version of the paper to be published in "Current Trends in International Fusion Research" (Proc. 5-th Symposium, Washington D. C., USA, March 2003). Eds. C.D. Orth, E. Panarella, and R.F. Post. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0401027 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0401027 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/85845 | |
| dc.subject | Plasma Physics | |
| dc.subject | General Physics | |
| dc.title | Similarity of skeletal structures in laboratory and space and the probable role of self-assembling of a fractal dust in fusion devices | |
| dc.type | text |