A hypothetical dusty plasma mechanism of Hessdalen lights

Hessdalen lights (HL) are unexplained light balls usually seen in the valley of Hessdalen, Norway. In this work, it is suggested that HL are formed by a cluster of macroscopic Coulomb crystals in a plasma produced by the ionization of air and dust by alpha particles during radon decay in the dusty a...

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Published inJournal of atmospheric and solar-terrestrial physics Vol. 72; no. 16; pp. 1200 - 1203
Main Authors Paiva, G.S., Taft, C.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2010
Elsevier
Subjects
Alpha particles
Coulomb crystal
Crystals
Decay
Dust
Dusty plasma
Dusty plasmas
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Hessdalen lights
Oscillations
Physical properties
Physics of the ionosphere
Physics of the magnetosphere
Plasma (physics)
Radon decay
Norway
Scandinavia
Europe
Radon decay
Dusty plasma
Hessdalen lights
Coulomb crystal
Particle desintegration
models
Plasma
physical properties
aerosols
Geometrical properties
Ionization
dust
Alpha particle
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Summary:Hessdalen lights (HL) are unexplained light balls usually seen in the valley of Hessdalen, Norway. In this work, it is suggested that HL are formed by a cluster of macroscopic Coulomb crystals in a plasma produced by the ionization of air and dust by alpha particles during radon decay in the dusty atmosphere. Several physical properties (oscillation, geometric structure, and light spectrum) observed in HL phenomenon can be explained through the dust plasma model.
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ISSN:1364-6826
1879-1824
DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2010.07.022