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Comment on the Article by A.I. Grigor’ev and S.O. Shiryaeva “Estimate of the Electromagnetic Radiation Intensity of Ball Lightning” (Tech. Phys.64 (1), 14–18 (2019))

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OPINION ON THE WORK BY M. L. SHMATOV “COMMENT ON THE ARTICLE BY A.I. GRIGOR’EV AND S. O. SHIRYAEVA ‘ESTIMATE OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION INTENSITY OF BALL LIGHTNING’”

Unfortunately, both remarks by M.L. Shmatov are fair, and the authors are very grateful for them.

The first remark, however, does not change much in the numerical estimates, which were carried out in order of magnitude, and the remark itself (despite the gross error of the authors), when taken into account, leads to a numerical coefficient of 3.

The second remark is really significant (systems of physical units are confused): as a result, the role of the charge induced by an external electric field in the generation of electromagnetic radiation of BL is insignificant in comparison with the role of the intrinsic uncompensated charge.

Nevertheless, the authors, recognizing their own unfortunate blunder, believe that the material presented in the work is of scientific interest and the scrupulous attitude of the attentive reader has improved the quality of the study of the issue considered in the work.

A.I. Grigor’ev

Translated by E. Chernokozhin

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Shmatov, M.L. Comment on the Article by A.I. Grigor’ev and S.O. Shiryaeva “Estimate of the Electromagnetic Radiation Intensity of Ball Lightning” (Tech. Phys.64 (1), 14–18 (2019)). Tech. Phys. 65, 1340–1341 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784220080174

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