# Versteegh 2008: Long-living plasmoids from an atmospheric water discharge

> A. Versteegh, K. Behringer, U. Fantz et al., 2008. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The water-discharge laboratory analogue.

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# Long-living plasmoids from an atmospheric water discharge

A. Versteegh, K. Behringer, U. Fantz et al., 2008. _Plasma Sources Science and Technology 17(2), 024014_.

Capacitor discharges over a water surface make ball-like plasmoids up to 0.2 m across lasting some hundreds of milliseconds; electron temperatures of 2,000–5,000 K; visible light mainly from calcium hydroxide band emission, attributed to chemiluminescence.

**Ball lightning** Articledoi: **[10.1088/0963-0252/17/2/024014](https://doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/17/2/024014)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The water-discharge laboratory analogue.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[A chemically sustained plasmoid formed by a discharge into a wet or mineral surface.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/answers/ANS0D40AAVT67P7/a-chemically-sustained-plasmoid-formed-by-a-discharge-into-a)

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[The laboratory plasmoids live well under a second, shorter than most reports.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40ABBE4WYK/the-laboratory-plasmoids-live-well-under-a-second-shorter)

Evidence

EVD

[Water-discharge plasmoids last hundreds of milliseconds and emit mainly CaOH bands.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40AB3M2EZ1/water-discharge-plasmoids-last-hundreds-of-milliseconds-and)

Evidence

EVD

[Ball lightning](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning)

The mystery article

MYS

[What forms and powers ball lightning?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5FY652V/what-forms-and-powers-ball-lightning)

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## Cite it

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Versteegh, A., Behringer, K., Fantz, U., Fussmann, G., Jüttner, B., & Noack, S. (2008). Long-living plasmoids from an atmospheric water discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology 17(2), 024014. https://doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/17/2/024014
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/17/2/024014)

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