The Heavens in a Pile of Sand

作者: Mervyn P Freeman , Nicholas W Watkins

DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.1075555

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摘要: Recent studies have shown that the intricate spatial and temporal patterns displayed by Earth9s aurora are fractal, is, they same when viewed on any scale. In their Perspective, Freeman Watkins discuss evidence for this fractal behavior ask how it may arise.

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