Eur. Phys. J. D 36, 319-327 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00240-4

Physical nature of Ball lightning

Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovsky prospect, 36/1, Moscow 119278, Russia

Corresponding author: ^a v_torchigin@mail.ru

Received: 20 May 2004
Revised: 28 February 2005
Published online: 30 August 2005

Abstract

Physical effects responsible for existence of Ball lightning are considered. It is shown that Ball lightning can be a pure optical phenomenon where only an intense light and compressed air interact. An anomalous great light intensity and light lifetime within Ball lightning are analyzed.