From:
Paul M Koloc <xpmk@starpower.net>
Reply-To: pmk@plasmak.com
Organization:
Prometheus II, Ltd.
Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
Subject: Re: Ball
Lightning and Fusion
References: <c2laan$5fpv$1@saturn.cs.uml.edu>
<c4hblp$c5al$1@saturn.cs.uml.edu>
jonesrob@emporia.edu
wrote:
>>Saw a program on the Discovery channel the other night
about
>>Ball Lightning.
There was some talk of some scientists
>>thinking that a
fusion process was at play here. The
show
>>didn't appear to be that recent. Have any new attempts been
>>made to verify whether
Ball Lightning has anything to do with
>>a fusion reaction ?.
>>If
it is a fusion process at work here,
how would this influence
>>future fusion work if at all
?
>>
>>Thanks,
Adrian.
> If ball lightning exists (if probably does) and if it
is plasma (many
> theories say it is but not all) and if it is not
continuously being
> driven by unseen power sources (some theories have
external currents
> drive it others microwaves) and if it lasts for
more than a fraction
> of a second then it might be interesting in that
it is confined for so
> long.
However, most theories say it is a rather cool plasma which makes
it
> easy to confine. So its of
less interest in learning how to confine
> a hot plasma. But any knowledge MIGHT be useful.
>
As for dangerous "radiation" from ball lightning? I'd worry first about
> UV.
We
have postulated a theory of ball lightning that supposes a central
toroidal
ring with its currents and fields and a surrounding mantle of
plasma that
surrounds and contains the outer surface of the internally
generated
poloidal field. The bounding pressure of the atmosphere
provides the
force balance at the mantle. A rather cool plasma with
thermal currents
are so resistive the plasma would only last a order ten
microseconds
before its energy would be gone and the remnant plasma
would collapse and
extinguish. Our experimental work has
produced
magnetoplasmoids in ordinary air which have five or six orders
of
magnitude longer life times than the order ten microseconds of a
plasmoid with thermal currents.
To produce these lifetimes the currents
are accelerated with an
intense discharge pulse that produce EMF that
generate runaway electron
currents. We need to improve the front
end of
our current signature by adding capacitors and making the circuit
lower
in inductance. A disrupted
magnetoplasmoid generated X-rays from 80 to
150 keV (the upper limit of
our multichannel X-ray detector).
However,
if the plasmoid does not disrupt, the extreme UV 1 to 2
eV is absorbed
in the atmosphere within an inch of the mantle
surface.
We now have enough energy to form 30-35 cm diameter
balls.
Modification for fusion experiments will have to wait until a
funding
source can be found. Air borne magnetoplasmoids definitely will
not
produce fusion. However, use
of a particular Hafnium plasma might make
an interesting
investigation.
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