Eddy Current Model of Ball Lightning

TL;DR

This paper explores a model where ball lightning is a plasma ball with a circular eddy current, suggesting potential applications in plasma confinement for nuclear fusion.

Contribution

It combines three articles to provide new insights into the eddy current model of ball lightning and its possible use in nuclear fusion.

Findings

High-energy ball lightning may be a plasma with a circular eddy current.

Synthetic ball lightning could be used for plasma confinement in nuclear fusion.

The paper synthesizes existing research to deepen understanding of ball lightning phenomena.

Abstract

Eddy Current Model of Ball Lightning Calculations show that high-energy ball lightning may consist of a ball of plasma containing a large circular electric current arising as an eddy current generated by lightning. Synthetic ball lightning might serve as a method of plasma confinement for purposes of nuclear fusion. In this paper, three articles concerning ball lightning and the related phenomenon of large ball lightning are combined to provide insight into this rarely glimpsed occurrence.