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

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...

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Published in:	Optik (Stuttgart) Vol. 148; pp. 196 - 200
Main Authors:	Torchigin, V.P., Torchigin, A.V.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier GmbH 01-11-2017
Subjects:	Ball lightning Electrostriction pressure Integrated optics Optical space soliton Optically induced forces Ball lightning Integrated optics Optically induced forces Electrostriction pressure Optical space soliton
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	0030-4026 1618-1336
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijleo.2017.08.120