2009/02/26 by Maxim Dvornikov, Dvornikov, Maxim
Physics and Astronomy · #Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph) #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.supr-con #physics.ao-ph #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0902.4596
8 pages, 1 eps and 1 ps figures, RevTeX4
arxiv created 2009/02/26 · openalex publication_date 2009/02/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study low energy quantum oscillations of electron gas in plasma. It is shown that two electrons participating in these oscillations acquire additional negative energy when they interact by means of a virtual plasmon. The additional energy leads to the formation a Cooper pair and possible existence of the superconducting phase in the system. We suggest that this mechanism supports slowly damping oscillations of electrons without any energy supply. Basing on our model we put forward the hypothesis the superconductivity can occur in a low energy ball lightning.