An observation of synthetic ball lightning

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 498-499

  Alexeff, Igor ^a   Parameswaran, Sriram ^a   Thiayagrajan, Magesh ^b   Grace, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc discharges; Ball lightning; Lightning; Plasma confinement; Plasma lifetime; Plasma scaling; Spheres

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; PLASMA SOURCES; SPHERES;

ARC DISCHARGES; BALL LIGHTNING; PLASMA LIFETIME; PLASMA SCALING;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 18844414268     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.845043     Document Type: Article

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