Simulation of Nikola Tesla Atmospheric (Maser) Discharges

In this paper, an attempt is made in the laboratory to simulate Nikola Tesla atmospheric maser discharges. The ground lightning bolt, commonly observed, takes the form of filamentary lightning channels called the leader and the return strokes. It is taken that Nikola Tesla atmospheric discharges are obtained when a powerful high-frequency source triggers the atmospheric discharge and enables the energy stored in the cumulonimbus clouds to be released in the form of maser radiations, which are accompanied by a diffuse glow-like discharge covering a large area, as in the case of the aurora borealis. The main point in the current investigation is the generation of the powerful hydrogen atom (maser) line at 1.420 GHz recorded under the condition of high humidity present in air. This suggests that the driving frequency of high power at a frequency close to 1 GHz is capable of electrolysis of the water vapor present in air, dissociation of the hydrogen molecule into atoms, excitation of atomic hydrogen, and consequent emission from the hydrogen atoms in the manner found in the hydrogen atomic clock.