DocumentCode
1711369
Title
Electro-nuclear reactions in micro ball lighting
Author
Matsumoto, Tad
Author_Institution
Dept. of Nucl. Eng., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
fYear
1999
Firstpage
190
Abstract
Summary form only given, as follows. The artificial generation of micro ball lightning (BL) during underwater spark discharges (USB) is presented. An atomic cluster in a special state was generated, called an "itonic" cluster, which could exist for a moment as a stable body and run around underwater as well as in air. The curious behavior of the cluster resembled BL in the natural environment. It was amazing that several new kinds of nuclear reactions ("electro-nuclear reactions (ENRs)") took place in the cluster. The most significant of ENRs among them was nuclear collapse, "electro-nuclear collapse (ENC)". Since the electromagnetic force is 40 orders stronger than the gravitational force, ENC was very easy to induce even in the laboratory. Nuclear transmutation (ENT) was also stimulated in the cluster. Experimental evidence for ENRs is shown. The mechanisms of ENRs is explained by the Nattoh model.
Keywords
electron-nucleus reactions; lightning; (e,X); atomic cluster; electro-nuclear reactions; electromagnetic force; gravitational force; itonic cluster; micro ball lighting; nuclear collapse; nuclear transmutation; underwater spark discharges; Earthquakes; Electromagnetic forces; Gravity; Laboratories; Lightning; Nuclear power generation; Sparks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Science, 1999. ICOPS '99. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Monterey, CA, USA
ISSN
0730-9244
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5224-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.1999.829469
Filename
829469
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