Observations of ball-lightning-like plasmoids ejected from silicon by localized microwaves

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4011-4030

  Meir, Yehuda ^a   Jerby, Eli ^a   Barkay, Zahava ^a   Ashkenazi, Dana ^a   Mitchell, James Brian ^b   Narayanan, Theyencheri ^c   Eliaz, Noam ^a   LeGarrec, Jean Luc ^b   Sztucki, Michael ^c   Meshcheryakov, Oleg ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d Wing Ltd Company   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Atmospheric plasma; Ball lightning; Complex plasma; Dusty plasma; Localized microwaves; Microwave heating; Nanoparticles; Plasmoids; Silicon spheres

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMAS; BALL LIGHTNING; COMPLEX PLASMA; DUSTY PLASMAS; PLASMOIDS;

DUST; IGNITION; LIGHTNING; MICROWAVE HEATING; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMA THEORY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMAS; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 84884543136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6094011     Document Type: Article

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