{"title":"Two explanatory hypotheses for the generation of lightning and ball-lightning phenomena","authors":"Marius Arghirescu","doi":"10.15406/PAIJ.2020.04.00214","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the paper is presented a possible explanation of the initiation of the lightning phenomenon, by the conclusion that the gamma-ray glows which precede and cause the lightning strikes, having low energy, are generated by collisions of accelerated electrons at non-relativistic speeds (v<<c) and on short distances with air molecules, by the converting of infrared and visible radiation photons into ionizing (X, γ) quanta inside the vibrated/excited electrons considered in a vortexial model, these ionizing quanta generating more free electrons and ionized discharge channels with lower electric resistance, by the repetition of the phenomenon, which explains the discharge streamers specific to weak initiatory flashes with durations of 0.5÷2 μs and peak VHF powers of 0.09 W÷0.64 W. Regarding the ball lightning phenomenon, the fibrillary black ball-lightning is explained by the hypothesis that the annular B-field generated by the normal lightning generates positively ionized ozone molecules and quasi-annular chains of N-O + linked by neutral atoms of oxygen, which attracts thereafter neutral molecules of O 2 , N 2 and H 2 O- forming atomic fibrils with the central chain in the form: O - -O + -O=O - -O + -O or/and -N-ONO=ONO + O- which explain the lifetime of the BL by the additional known conclusion that the plasmatic sphere forming the BL is enveloped by a layer of neutral molecules generating a superficial tension σ.","PeriodicalId":137635,"journal":{"name":"Physics & Astronomy International Journal","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physics & Astronomy International Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15406/PAIJ.2020.04.00214","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In the paper is presented a possible explanation of the initiation of the lightning phenomenon, by the conclusion that the gamma-ray glows which precede and cause the lightning strikes, having low energy, are generated by collisions of accelerated electrons at non-relativistic speeds (v<
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