DocumentCode
3608273
Title
Modeling of Artificial Ball Lightning With a Help of Capillary Discharge
Author
Bychkov, Vladimir L. ; Chernikov, Vladimir A. ; Osokin, Andrey S. ; Stepanov, Aleksander I. ; Stepanov, Ilya G.
Author_Institution
Phys. Dept., M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia
Volume
43
Issue
12
fYear
2015
Firstpage
4043
Lastpage
4047
Abstract
Experiments on creation of artificial ball lightning (BL) by capillary gas discharges at interaction of plasmas with a wire made of a Sn alloy have been undertaken. Two types of long-lived luminescent objects have been realized with sizes 1-5 mm and a lifetime of about 1 s. The first type is a solid metallic sphere and the second one is a sphere with a solid cover filled by a vapor. The obtained results confirm a model where a natural BL consists of a core filled by a vapor of fused material and a solid cover.
Keywords
lightning; tin alloys; artificial ball lightning modeling; capillary gas discharges; fused material vapor; long-lived luminescent objects; size 1 mm to 5 mm; solid cover filled vapor; solid metallic sphere; time 1 s; tin alloy; Discharges (electric); Explosions; Lightning; Modeling; Plasmas; Tin; Wires; Artificial ball lightning (ABL); capillary gas discharge; natural ball lightning (BL); vapor; vapor.;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2015.2478441
Filename
7297872
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