Similarity of skeletal structures in laboratory and space and the probable role of self-assembling of a fractal dust in fusion devices

TL;DR

This paper reviews the presence of skeletal, fractal-like structures across a vast range of scales in fusion devices, Earth's atmosphere, and space, suggesting a universal self-assembling process of fractal dust.

Contribution

It provides evidence of similar skeletal structures at scales from nanometers to cosmic sizes and discusses their potential role in fusion and space phenomena.

Findings

Skeletal structures observed across 10^{-5} cm to 10^{23} cm.

Evidence of self-similarity and fractal topology in these structures.

Possible role of self-assembling fractal dust in fusion and space environments.

Abstract

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.