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On the penetration of glass by a plasmoid

N. A. Miskinova^a, B. N. Shvilkin<sup>b

a</sup> Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics
^b Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Abstract: It is shown experimentally that an artificial plasmoid being similar to ball lightning can penetrate through glass, leaving a round smooth-edged hole in it.

Keywords: plasmoid, pulsed discharge, ball lightning, exploding wires.

PACS: 52.80.Mg, 52.80.Qj

Received: July 14, 2015
Revised: September 6, 2015
Accepted: September 8, 2015

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0185.201512d.1333

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2015, 58:12, 1215–1217

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