Open AccessExperimental conditions for ball lightning creation by using air gap discharge embedded in a microwave field
Author(s) -
Ofuruton Hideho,
Kondo Norihisa,
Kamogawa Masashi,
Aoki Masao,
Ohtsuki YoshiHiko
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: atmospheres
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2000jd900726
Subject(s) - ball lightning , microwave , plasma , electromagnetic radiation , lightning (connector) , physics , electric field , electric discharge , radiation , ball (mathematics) , environmental science , power (physics) , optics , electrode , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , mathematics
An experiment was carried out to reproduce ball lightning by using microwave radiation and electric discharge without a metal cavity. When the energy of the discharge was high, a plasma fireball was produced. When high‐power microwave existed, a plasma fireball was produced even if the power of the discharge was low. We must pay more attention to places where high‐power electromagnetic waves exist to see ball lightning.