• DocumentCode
    1319886
  • Title

    Plasma Combustion Nature of Artificial Ball Lightning

  • Author

    Emelin, Sergey E. ; Bychkov, Vladimir L. ; Astafiev, Alexandr M. ; Kovshik, Aleksandr P. ; Pirozersky, Aleksey L.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., St. Petersburg State Univ., St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    3162
  • Lastpage
    3165
  • Abstract
    Works on the creation of gas discharge origination artificial ball lightning have been carried out with the help of specially designed gas discharge tubes, in which the condensed matter in the form of a thread-type or powder material was deposited. Origination of long-lived luminescent spheres, i.e., artificial ball lightning, has been detected. Some of them exploded during their lifetime. A nature of these objects is discussed.
  • Keywords
    combustion; discharges (electric); lightning; luminescence; plasma applications; plasma chemistry; plasma diagnostics; artificial ball lightning; condensed matter; gas discharge; gas discharge tubes; long-lived luminescent spheres; plasma combustion; powder material; thread-type material; Combustion; Discharges (electric); Lightning; Plasmas; Powders; Artificial ball lightning (BL); chemical reactions; plasma combustion; powders;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2012.2217351
  • Filename
    6332527