Abstract When conducting experiments on the electric explosion of titanium foil in water, a “strange” radiation was detected, leaving dotted traces on the film. The velocity of the carriers of this radiation was estimated as 20–40 m/s, and their energy, estimated by the Coulomb drag mechanism, turned out to be equal to 700 MeV. Subsequently, it was found that similar traces are formed at various types of high-current arc discharges, both of artificial and natural origin. Many solutions have been proposed to explain the nature of “strange” radiation, but none of them describes the details of the process of formation of dotted traces. We believe that these traces on the film could appear due to the action of charged micron-sized clusters. The possibility of the existence of clusters in the form of a nucleus from a certain number of similarly charged ions enclosed in a spherical shell of water molecules is shown. The force of the Coulomb repulsion of ions is compensated by the compression force of the shell polarized by the inhomogeneous electric field created by the nuclear charge. As the cluster approaches the surface of the film, a cluster with a small charge separates from it. It is accelerated in the electric field of a “large” cluster to energy of about 1 GeV. Having received a recoil momentum, a large cluster moves away from the film, braking in an inhomogeneous electric field, and then “falls” onto it again, and the process is repeated.

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一些放电中的“奇怪”粒子和微型球状闪电

摘要 在进行钛箔在水中的电爆炸实验时，检测到一种“奇怪”的辐射，在薄膜上留下点状痕迹。这种辐射的载流子速度估计为 20-40 m/s，它们的能量由库仑阻力机制估计，结果等于 700 MeV。随后，发现在人工和自然来源的各种类型的高电流电弧放电中形成了类似的痕迹。已经提出了许多解决方案来解释“奇怪”辐射的性质，但没有一个描述点状痕迹形成过程的细节。我们相信薄膜上的这些痕迹可能是由于带电的微米级簇的作用而出现的。显示了由包围在水分子球壳中的一定数量的类似带电离子以核形式存在簇的可能性。由核电荷产生的不均匀电场极化的壳层的压缩力补偿了离子的库仑排斥力。当团簇接近薄膜表面时，带有小电荷的团簇会从它分离出来。它在“大”簇的电场中被加速到大约 1 GeV 的能量。收到反冲动量后，一个大的团簇从薄膜上移开，在不均匀的电场中制动，然后再次“落”到它上面，重复这个过程。由核电荷产生的不均匀电场极化的壳层的压缩力补偿了离子的库仑排斥力。当团簇接近薄膜表面时，带有小电荷的团簇会从它分离出来。它在“大”簇的电场中被加速到大约 1 GeV 的能量。收到反冲动量后，一个大的团簇从薄膜上移开，在不均匀的电场中制动，然后再次“落”到它上面，重复这个过程。由核电荷产生的不均匀电场极化的壳层的压缩力补偿了离子的库仑排斥力。当团簇接近薄膜表面时，带有小电荷的团簇会从它分离出来。它在“大”簇的电场中被加速到大约 1 GeV 的能量。收到反冲动量后，一个大的团簇从薄膜上移开，在不均匀的电场中制动，然后再次“落”到它上面，重复这个过程。