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Laboratory demonstration of ball lightning

A.I. Egorov, S.I. Stepanov, G.D. Shabanov
B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Orlova Roshcha, 188350 Gatchina, Leningrad Region, Russian Federation
Tel. (7-81271) 4-60 47. Fax (7-81271) 3-13 47
E-mail: stepanov@omrb.pnpi.spb.ru
A simple laboratory facility for creating glowing ying plasmoids is described, which allows a number of experiments to be performed to
study the main properties of the ball lightning.
PACS numbers: 52.80. s, 92.60.Pw
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