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We use a thermodynamic formalism to describe multifractal sets. A thermodynamic function, ‘free energy’ as a function of ‘temperature’, is obtained. This function may exhibit a discontinuity in some order of the derivative, indicating a phase transition. For a strange attractor of the Hénon type we find a transition from the non-singular manifold to the turnbacks. In some fractal aggregates (especially experimental) there might be a transition from the tip-structure to the fjord-structure. This can be interpreted as a screening of the fjords from the diffusing field.
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D. Ruelle: Statistical Mechanics, Thermodynamic Formalism (Addison-Wesley, Reading 1978)
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Jensen, M.H. (1988). Phase Transitions on Strange Attractors and Fractal Aggregates. In: Jullien, R., Peliti, L., Rammal, R., Boccara, N. (eds) Universalities in Condensed Matter. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51005-2_47
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