Further insight into the nature of ball-lightning-like atmospheric pressure plasmoids

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 9931-9940

  Friday, David M ^a   Broughton, Peter B ^a   Lee, Tanner A ^a   Schutz, Garrett A ^a   Betz, Jeremiah N ^a   Lindsay, C Michael ^a,b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; DENSITY GRADIENTS; ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; PRESENCE OF WATER; SCHLIEREN IMAGE; TURBULENT MIXING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LIGHTNING; VIDEO RECORDING;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84885233759     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400001y     Document Type: Article

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