Fireballs excited by Microwaves

Eli Jerby

Physical Review Letters:

Fireball ejection from a molten hot-spot to air by localized microwaves

Evidence for nanoparticles in microwave-generated fireballs observed by

synchrotron X-ray scattering

Applied Physics Letter:

Nanoparticle plasma ejected directly from solid copper by localized microwaves

GCMEA Proceedings:

Fireballs ejected from solids and liquids by localized microwaves

Video clips:

Fireball generation from hot spot in glass

Fireball floating in air

Fire column

Secondary fireball

Spontaneous fireball generation

Media:

Nature Physics Research Highlights

Nature Nanotechnology

Physics World

Physics Web

Fox News

The Economist

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German)

Globes

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