Evidences for and the models of self-similar skeletal structures in fusion devices, severe weather phenomena and space

Abstract

The paper briefly reviews (i) the evidences for self-similar structures of a skeletal form (namely, tubules and cartwheels, and their simplest combinations), called the Universal Skeletal Structures (USS), observed in the range 10-5 cm - 1023 cm. in the high-current electric discharges in various fusion devices, severe weather phenomena, and space, (ii) the models for interpreting the phenomenon of skeletal structures, including the hypothesis for a fractal condensed matter (FCM), assembled from nanotubular dust, and (iii) probable role of FCM, which might be responsible for the USS phenomenon, in tornado, ball lightning, and waterspout.

arXiv comment17 pages, 6 figures, reported at the 6-th Symposium "Current Trends in International Fusion Research: A Review", Washington, D.C., USA, 2005

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