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SIOM THz Soliton Ball Lightning (2026)
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Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) team (Song Liwei, Tian Ye, Li Ruxin) published "Ball-lightning-like relativistic terahertz solitons" in Nature Photonics (2026). First laboratory creation of ball-lightning-like phenomenon. Spherical THz EM soliton, ~80 μm initial size, >100 ns lifetime. Electron temperature 6 eV → 0.5 eV. Uses "Xihe" laser facility. STILL ARGON ONLY — not tested in air or nitrogen. Scaling R∝t^(2/5) corresponds to natural ball lightning of tens of cm, several seconds.
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Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) team (Song Liwei, Tian Ye, Li Ruxin) published "Ball-lightning-like relativistic terahertz solitons" in Nature Photonics (2026). First laboratory creation of ball-lightning-like phenomenon. Spherical THz EM soliton, ~80 μm initial size, >100 ns lifetime. Electron temperature 6 eV → 0.5 eV. Uses "Xihe" laser facility. STILL ARGON ONLY — not tested in air or nitrogen. Scaling R∝t^(2/5) corresponds to natural ball lightning of tens of cm, several seconds.
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