Ball lightning with the nonrelativistic electrons of the core
Abstract
The lifetimes, volume densities of energy, electron and ion densities and other parameters of ball lightning cores with the nonrelativistic electrons are estimated. The model according to which the motion of the electrons of the ball lightning core is the superposition of the oscillatory motion and the thermal motion in the directions perpendicular to those of the oscillations is proposed. Some problems related to isolation of the ball lightning core from the atmosphere and the transfer of the atmospheric pressure on it are considered.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- August 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377815000410
- Bibcode:
- 2015JPlPh..81d9006S