General Nature of Luminous Body Transition Produced by Pulsed Discharge on an Electrolyte Solution in the Atmosphere

A luminous body (LB) was produced by a pulsed electric discharge that initiated at the tip of the cathode and widely propagated on the surface of an electrolyte in the atmosphere. Entire images of the LB transition taken by a high‐speed camera are visually demonstrated for the first time. It is indi...

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Published in:IEEJ transactions on electrical and electronic engineering 2009-09, Vol.4 (5), p.674-676
Main Authors: Hayashi, Noriyuki, Satomi, Hiroko, Mohri, Takahiro, Kajiwara, Toshinori, Tanabe, Tetsuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheres
ball lightning
Cameras
creeping discharge
Discharge
Electric discharges
electrolyte
Electrolytes
Electronic engineering
Exact sciences and technology
High speed
high-speed camera image
Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy
luminous body
Photography, photographic instruments and techniques
xerography
Physics
plasmoid
pulsed discharge
transition
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Summary:A luminous body (LB) was produced by a pulsed electric discharge that initiated at the tip of the cathode and widely propagated on the surface of an electrolyte in the atmosphere. Entire images of the LB transition taken by a high‐speed camera are visually demonstrated for the first time. It is indicated that the entire phenomenon of the LB transition can be classified into three sequential processes, regardless of the experimental conditions. It is estimated that the bright and octopus‐like discharge, which may act as a source of high‐energy ions and atoms, plays an essential role to make the mechanism of LB phenomena clear. Copyright © 2009 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN:1931-4973
1931-4981
DOI:10.1002/tee.20460