Seminar, Hosted by University of Bonn — Particle Physics Seminar
Ball Lightning: an unsolved problem in atmospheric Electricity
Abstract
Ball lightning has resisted explanation for nearly two centuries. Correlating eyewitness reports with lightning-location measurements now provides evidence beyond isolated observations. The talk examines the strokes associated with ball-lightning formation, develops a hypothesis for its production, and evaluates competing classes of theory against observed properties and the proposed creation mechanism.