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Elmo lights and glow on objects in a cloud of electrically charged water droplets

General Physics 2025-05-12 v1
Authors: B. B. Voitsekhovskii
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Abstract

We made a detailed study of Saint Elmo's Fire in the laboratory and discovered that the fire is due to sparking along the jets emitted from conically shaped water droplets located on objects.

Keywords

Saint Elmo's Fire electrically charged water droplets sparking conical droplets

Cite

@article{arxiv.2505.05503,
  title  = {Elmo lights and glow on objects in a cloud of electrically charged water droplets},
  author = {B. B. Voitsekhovskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05503},
  year   = {2025}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures

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