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Аннотация:A model of ball lightning in the form of a "frozen" shock wave from a point explosion which is blocked by laser radiation along its front is proposed. Under high density of photons, ponderomotive forces of surface tension overcompensate the gas pressure. The lifetime of the photon shell of the ball is determined by the probability of tunnel transitions of photons through the potential barrier formed by combined action of
electrostriction and orbital forces. The energy of the lightning consists of the thermal energy of the captured gas, the energy of photons confined in the spherical layer, and the electrical energy of the spherical capacitor with charge appearing during the explosion. Discharge of the capacitor is prevented by the photon layer. Feasibility of laboratory generation of ball lightning is discussed.