Possible detection of high-energy photons from ball lightning

M. L. Shmatov
Phys. Rev. E 99, 043203 – Published 8 April 2019

Abstract

It is shown that photons of the prolonged emission recorded by the Gamma-Ray Observation of Winter Thunderclouds (GROWTH) experiment on January 13, 2012 [D. Umemoto et al., Phys. Rev E 93, 021201(R) (2016)] could be emitted by ball lightning and generated by annihilation of positrons which arose mainly due to production of the β+-active isotopes by the sharp γ-ray flash, accompanying the formation of ball lightning, and production of electron-positron pairs by photons from ball lightning. The model of ball lightning is based on the assumption that ball lightning has a core consisting of clouds of electrons and almost totally ionized ions which oscillate with respect to each other.

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  • Received 24 December 2018
  • Revised 25 February 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.043203

©2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Plasma Physics

Authors & Affiliations

M. L. Shmatov*

  • Ioffe Institute, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia

  • *M.Shmatov@mail.ioffe.ru

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Vol. 99, Iss. 4 — April 2019

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