Ball lightning

Stenhoff, Mark

doi:10.1088/0031-9112/34/1/002

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“…Rainfall can lead to m s > 60% 43 and thus is favorable for the ball lightning formation. As stated by Stenhoff 4 , more than 50% of reports show that medium or heavy rainfall happens before the observation. Moreover, there is ≈ 65% for either pure or sea water 44 .…”

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“…However, Stenhoff4 noticed that some superficial burns are difficult to explain. In the Smethwick event454, the female witness did not get an electric shock but felt a burning heat all over.…”

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“…Ball lightning2345 exhibits very diverse characteristics, such as close association with ordinary lightning, globate structure with steady glow for 1–5 seconds, and mostly horizontal motion. Ball lightning can be formed even inside aircraft and closed rooms, permeate glass plates, decay explosively or silently, and produce sound and acrid odours.…”

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Relativistic-microwave theory of ball lightning

2016

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Ball lightning, a fireball sometimes observed during lightnings, has remained unexplained. Here we present a comprehensive theory for the phenomenon: At the tip of a lightning stroke reaching the ground, a relativistic electron bunch can be produced, which in turn excites intense microwave radiation. The latter ionizes the local air and the radiation pressure evacuates the resulting plasma, forming a spherical plasma bubble that stably traps the radiation. This mechanism is verified by particle simulations. The many known properties of ball lightning, such as the occurrence site, relation to the lightning channels, appearance in aircraft, its shape, size, sound, spark, spectrum, motion, as well as the resulting injuries and damages, are also explained. Our theory suggests that ball lighting can be created in the laboratory or triggered during thunderstorms. Our results should be useful for lightning protection and aviation safety, as well as stimulate research interest in the relativistic regime of microwave physics.

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Relativistic-microwave theory of ball lightning

2016

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“…Planetarily, this models a lightning strike and pre-lightning emissions [ 92 , 93 , 94 ]. Furthermore, given that the electrogyre expands omnidirectionally from within to without, it manifests as a high-energy, unstable electromagnetic sphere ( electrosphere ) that filled with light; this explains the enigmatic nature of ball lightning [ 95 , 96 ].…”

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Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life

Andrulis

2011

Life

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Life is an inordinately complex unsolved puzzle. Despite significant theoretical progress, experimental anomalies, paradoxes, and enigmas have revealed paradigmatic limitations. Thus, the advancement of scientific understanding requires new models that resolve fundamental problems. Here, I present a theoretical framework that economically fits evidence accumulated from examinations of life. This theory is based upon a straightforward and non-mathematical core model and proposes unique yet empirically consistent explanations for major phenomena including, but not limited to, quantum gravity, phase transitions of water, why living systems are predominantly CHNOPS (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur), homochirality of sugars and amino acids, homeoviscous adaptation, triplet code, and DNA mutations. The theoretical framework unifies the macrocosmic and microcosmic realms, validates predicted laws of nature, and solves the puzzle of the origin and evolution of cellular life in the universe.

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“…The results here may be useful for understanding storage of intense light, as well as interpretation of phenomenon associated with highly localized light in nature. 32,33 We would like thank S. H. Luan for useful discussions. …”

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Containing intense laser light in circular cavity with magnetic trap door

Yang

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Applied Physics Letters

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Ball lightning

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Relativistic-microwave theory of ball lightning

Relativistic-microwave theory of ball lightning

Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life

Containing intense laser light in circular cavity with magnetic trap door

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