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On physical investigation of ball lightnings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2021

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A.G. Oreshko*
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Moscow Aviation Institute (National Aerospace Research University), Volokolamskoye shosse 4, 125871Moscow, Russia
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†Email address for correspondence: A.G.Oreshko@gmail.com
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Abstract

Explanations for the long lifetime of spherically symmetric objects in nature and the short lifetime of laboratory plasma are given. A qualitative description of the relativistic model of ball lightning is also given, which is a spherical electric region with strong electric and magnetic fields. The plasma temperature in the zone of the ball-lightning generation is measured by the spectroscopic method. A large ball lightning, the maximum diameter of which is equal to one meter and which stands in the region of its generation, is also registered after the formation and departure of a high-energy ball lightning. The reason for the low emissive power in the optical range characteristic for the atmospheric ball lightning is explained by the absence of electron transitions in the outer proton-containing shell. The absence of electrical breakdown at ultrahigh electric field between the core and the outer shell of the ball lightning and its destruction at the moment when the resulting force becomes nonzero are also explained.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 87 , Issue 6 , December 2021 , 905870609
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