Ball Lightning An Electromagnetic Knot

Scientists bound the magnetic fields of a supercooled quantum object into a complex knot.

Ball lightning an electromagnetic knot. It is remarkable that we could create the synthetic electromagnetic knot that is quantum ball lightning essentially with just two counter circulating electric currents says dr mikko. Rañada a trueba j. And what they found may have finally solved the centuries old riddle of ball lightning luminous orbs that. It is remarkable that we could create the synthetic electromagnetic knot that is quantum ball lightning essentially with just two counter circulating electric currents.

Ball lightning is a rare and little understood phenomenon commonly thought to be a localized traveling electrical discharge with a lifetime significantly exceeding that of ordinary lightning a topological theory of ball lightning 2 3 ascribes this surprising persistence to the presence of an electromagnetic knot with magnetic field lines consisting of closed linked. Thus it may be possible that a natural ball lighting could arise in a normal lightning strike says dr mikko möttönen leader of the theoretical effort at aalto. Ball lightning an electromagnetic knot.