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Natural and Artificial Ball Lightning in the Earth’s Atmosphere

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This chapter is devoted to a brief discussion of the theoretical models of ball lightning that have appeared in recent decades. Material models and models of BL as chemical-thermal formations are given.

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    Vladimir L. Bychkov

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Bychkov, V.L. (2022). About Theoretical Hypotheses of BL. In: Natural and Artificial Ball Lightning in the Earth’s Atmosphere. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07861-3_5

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