• DocumentCode
    41820
  • Title

    High-Energy Ball Lightning Observations

  • Author

    Nikitin, A.I. ; Bychkov, V.L. ; Nikitina, T.F. ; Velichko, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Talrose Inst. for Energy Problems of Chem. Phys., Moscow, Russia
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    3906
  • Lastpage
    3911
  • Abstract
    The cases of ball lightning (BL) energy estimations when the energy density of its substance was greater than 1010 J/m3 are described. The high energy can be explained if one assumes that BL energy is a kinetic energy of elements of its core. It is shown that moving particles may be kept inside a heterogeneous system, composed of a unipolarly charged core and a dielectric cover.
  • Keywords
    lightning; ball lightning energy estimations; dielectric cover; energy density; heterogeneous system; high-energy ball lightning observations; kinetic energy; moving particles; unipolarly charged core; Energy density; Explosions; Kinetic energy; Lightning; Water heating; Ball lightning (BL); energy density; high energy; observations; observations.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2014.2359235
  • Filename
    6955855
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=41820