Cohesion in ball lightning and cook plasmas

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Gilman, JJ ^{[1
]}

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[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

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SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER - 2003, PTS 1 AND 2, PROCEEDINGS | 2004年 / 706卷

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The phenomenon of ball lightning has been observed for a long time, but the nature of these luminous balls has been unknown. It is proposed here that they consist of highly excited Rydberg atoms with large polarizabilities. Thus the cohesion of the balls comes from photon exchange forces (London dispersion forces) rather than electron exchange (chemical) forces. The cohesion in plasmas generated at the back faces of detonating explosives (Cook's plasmas) may have a similar basis. Numerical estimates are given to justify these interpretations.

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