Calculation of a static potential created by plane fractal cluster

Abstract

In this paper we demonstrate new approach that can help in calculation of electrostatic potential of a fractal (self-similar) cluster that is created by a system of charged particles. For this purpose we used the simplified model of a plane dendrite cluster [1] that is generated by a system of the concentric charged rings located in some horizontal plane (see Fig. 2). The radiuses and charges of the system of concentric rings satisfy correspondingly to relationships: rn=r0ξn and en=e0bn, where n determines the number of a current ring. The self-similar structure of the system considered allows to reduce the problem to consideration of the functional equation that similar to the conventional scaling equation. Its solution represents itself the sum of power-low terms of integer order and non-integer power-law term multiplied to a log-periodic function [5,6]. The appearance of this term was confirmed numerically for internal region of the self-similar cluster (r0≪r≪rN-1), where r0, rN-1 determine the smallest and the largest radiuses of the limiting rings correspondingly. The results were obtained for homogeneously (b>0) and heterogeneously (b<0) charged rings. We expect that this approach allows to consider more complex self-similar structures with different geometries of charge distributions. © 2011.