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On the Question of Ball Lightning

 

作者: Paul A. Silberg,  

 

期刊: Journal of Applied Physics  (AIP Available online 1961)
卷期: Volume 32, issue 1  

页码: 30-35

 

ISSN:0021-8979

 

年代: 1961

 

DOI:10.1063/1.1735954

 

出版商: AIP

 

数据来源: AIP

 

摘要:

The hypothetical model of ball lightning first suggested by P. L. Kapitza [Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R.101, No. 2, 245 (1955)] is considered in some detail in an attempt to uncover evidence which will substantiate or contradict the theory. Observers' reports of the phenomenon are summarized briefly. Pro and con arguments concerning Kapitza's scheme are given. A theoretical model in an ideal environment is examined. The radio‐frequency field suggested by Kapitza is considered, and the interference effects resulting from the reflection of a discrete band spectrum of linearly polarized waves from a perfect reflector are presented. The gaseous discharge is discussed, under the assumption that the ball lightning phenomenon is analogous to a point‐to‐plane corona discharge. It is determined that, given a sufficiently intense electric field, a horizontal discharge along one of the electric field antinodes, suggestive of horizontal lightning, can result. It is concluded that this exploratory work supports Kapitza's hypothesis, but that much more must be done before the theory is fully substantiated.

 

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