Stealing celestial fire [artificial lightning].

Stealing celestial fire [artificial lightning].

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By shining powerful laser pulses between two electrodes, a group of French and German scientists found that they can elicit a controllable form of lightning. Using pulses from the Teramobile laser, electrons are ripped from air molecules creating a plasma and the refractive index of the air is chang...

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I publikationen:IEEE spectrum 42, 4(duplicate) (2005).
Huvudupphovsman: Predd, P.P
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Ämnen:
Kerr effect.
Charged electrodes.
Electrode.
Lightning bolt.
Plasma-induced diffraction.
Powerful laser pulse.
Refractive index.
Teramobile laser.