Generation of confined plasma balls propagating along discharge channels: A comparison with ball lightning

Ball lightning is a mysterious phenomenon reported by numerous eyewitnesses. The very limited instrumental characterization of ball lightning recorded in nature has maintained the mystery surrounding this phenomenon and given rise to many theories on their generation mechanism. In this work, we repr...

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Main Authors: Francis Théberge, Gaston Nadeau, Vivian Issa, François Vidal, Jean-Claude Kieffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-03-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013266