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2622413 
Journal Article 
A hypothetical dusty plasma mechanism of Hessdalen lights 
Paiva, GS; Taft, CA 
2010 
Yes 
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
ISSN: 1364-6826 
72 
16 
1200-1203 
WOS:000283410100008 
Hessdalen lights (HL) are unexplained light balls usually seen in the valley of Hessdalen, Norway. In this work, it is suggested that HL are formed by a cluster of macroscopic Coulomb crystals in a plasma produced by the ionization of air and dust by alpha particles during radon decay in the dusty atmosphere. Several physical properties (oscillation, geometric structure, and light spectrum) observed in HL phenomenon can be explained through the dust plasma model. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 
Hessdalen lights; Radon decay; Dusty plasma; Coulomb crystal