With regard to the recent arXiv article:
J. D. Shelton, Eddy Current Model of Ball Lightening
http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.1224
I wonder if this is a reasonable explanation of ball lightening, or if there is such an explanation. The paper is somewhat technical and E&M is one of my worst subjects.
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