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Radiative processes involving fractal structures

B. M. Smirnov

Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Radiative processes of the flame of a candle and of fractal discharges associated with the presence in them of fractal aggregates are examined. A brief description is given of the modern fractal concept of ball lightning. An analysis is given of a specific physical object – a fractal tangle.

PACS: 61.43.Hv, 52.80.-s

Received: March 9, 1993

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0163.199307d.0051

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1993, 36:7, 592–603