RE: Plasmoid (Ball Lightening) with a microwave resonator

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Original poster: "Wall Richard Wayne by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>

List,

If you venture over to JLN's site and view the plasmoid video please note
the free rotation of the plasma.  Again this is consistent with S = E x B
forces.  These forces are easily noted with the spiral discharges of our
TCs.

RWW



 > Apparently J Naudin of France, (an emminent
 > experimentalist with many web pages) has been able to
 > use  pencil lead, (graphite) to produce a stable
 > plasmoid, ( Ball Lightening?).  He uses  a microwave
 > and the standard Tesla coil quarterwavelength method
 > to achieve this. At
 > http://jlnlabs.imars-dot-com/plasma/gmr/index.htm
 > he notes the following;
 > The frequency of the magnetron is 2.45 GHz, its wave
 > length is l = 12.2 cm, this gives the height of the
 > 1/4 wave microwave antenna : l/4 = 3 cm
 >
 > This looks like a easily reproducible experiment if
 > the materials were available.(pyrex glass globe might
 > be a problem) The page is nicely done.
 > HDN
 >



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