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How ball lightning manages to catch up a flying aircraft and penetrate into its salon

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Abstract On assumption that a nature of Ball Lightning (BL) is optical one where no plasma is required and BL is a bubble of self-confined light, we show that optically… Click to show full abstract

Abstract On assumption that a nature of Ball Lightning (BL) is optical one where no plasma is required and BL is a bubble of self-confined light, we show that optically induced forces that are negligibly small for the light of conventional intensity begin to play a decisive role at an interaction between the bubble and the terrestrial atmosphere. We show that these forces make it possible to detect a flying aircraft, catch up with it and enter the salon.

Keywords: catch flying; manages catch; ball lightning; lightning manages; flying aircraft; salon

Journal Title: Optik
Year Published: 2017

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