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Fractal spatial structure of lightning discharge and its relation to the structures of high-voltage discharges of other types

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The fractal dimension of a lightning discharge is determined. It is established that, with respect to the fractal dimension and, hence, the character of spatial structure organization, the lighting discharge is analogous to high-voltage discharges of other types, including streamer corona, surface, nanosecond diffuse, spark, and streamer-free discharges. This analogy leads to a conclusion concerning the generality of physical mechanisms involved in the self-organization of various high-voltage discharges.

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Tren’kin, 2010, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2010, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 13–17.

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Tren’kin, A.A. Fractal spatial structure of lightning discharge and its relation to the structures of high-voltage discharges of other types. Tech. Phys. Lett. 36, 299–301 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785010040036

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