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| author | Petrov, N. I. |
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| contents | A physical model of the formation of a vortex current in a plasma channel of lightning discharges due to the anomalous Hall effect caused by relativistic spin-orbit interaction phenomenon is proposed. The existence of fast electromagnetic surface plasmon waves propagating along the lightning discharge channel at a speed close to the speed of light in vacuum is shown. The spin properties of electrons become important at relativistic velocities, so the spin-orbit coupling arises as an effective magnetic force acting on the spin of an electron, leading to the formation of a spin-induced vortex current in the absence of an external magnetic field. This makes it possible to consider the lightning discharge channel as a charged particle accelerator that generates microwave, X-ray, gamma-ray and RF emissions by a current pulse moving along a helical trajectory via synchrotron and cyclotron radiation mechanisms. The proposed theoretical model of the formation of a spin-induced vortex current in the lightning plasma channel is consistent with observations of lightning and spark discharges. |
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| publishDate | 2021 |
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| spellingShingle | Lightning as a natural accelerator of relativistic particles and a source of synchrotron radiation Petrov, N. I. Plasma Physics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics A physical model of the formation of a vortex current in a plasma channel of lightning discharges due to the anomalous Hall effect caused by relativistic spin-orbit interaction phenomenon is proposed. The existence of fast electromagnetic surface plasmon waves propagating along the lightning discharge channel at a speed close to the speed of light in vacuum is shown. The spin properties of electrons become important at relativistic velocities, so the spin-orbit coupling arises as an effective magnetic force acting on the spin of an electron, leading to the formation of a spin-induced vortex current in the absence of an external magnetic field. This makes it possible to consider the lightning discharge channel as a charged particle accelerator that generates microwave, X-ray, gamma-ray and RF emissions by a current pulse moving along a helical trajectory via synchrotron and cyclotron radiation mechanisms. The proposed theoretical model of the formation of a spin-induced vortex current in the lightning plasma channel is consistent with observations of lightning and spark discharges. |
| title | Lightning as a natural accelerator of relativistic particles and a source of synchrotron radiation |
| topic | Plasma Physics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.14454 |