22 2, 2010 10. , 2006. 11. . . . . .— . ., : . ., . , . .: . : . 2002. — . 10“ ”, 2003. . 109. 12. . . . — .– .: . .. , 1947. 13. Ford R. A. Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity. — N. Y.: Mc Graw-Hill, 2002. 14. . ., . ., . .// . 1990. . 60. . 1. . 73. Role of eddy currents in lifting force creating for an autonomous emitter of radio-waves A. I. Nikitin, I. O. Leipunsky, T. F. Nikitina Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences 38/2, Leninsky av., Moscow, 117829, Russia E-mail: [email protected] For test a hypothesis for ball lightning levitation over conductor surface due to eddy currents, induced in conductor, experiments for measuring of the force, repelling a coil from a copper plate, were conducted. The coil of diameter 5.2 cm was fed with alternating current of frequency 440 kHz at a power 4.6 kW. It was found that this force at a distance 3 cm does not exceed 0.1 N and sharply decreases at shifting of the coil from the plate. This excludes eddy currents as a reason of ball lightning hovering. A new hypothesis is proposed that ball lightning levitation may be explained by existence of corona discharge on its surface. PACS: 41.20.Gz; 52.80.Mg; 52.80.Hc Keywords: ball lightning, levitation, eddy currents, electric charge, corona discharge. Bibliography — 14 references. Received 30 July 2009 538.245 . . , . . , , , - , . , , - . PACS: 41.20.-q : , , , , , , , - . , . - , , , [1]. . . . , . — , . , 344090, . E-mail: [email protected]. 17 . ., , . , 5. 2009 . . ., 2010 , , - 23 2, 2010 [2, 3]. , , - , , — . , [4]. : , , [5]. , , . . ( [6]. ) Idb d 2Fbr , , , , , - d 2 A rb [2], . d 2 A rb [7]. . [6, 8, 9] . - , . : IJ 1 d R rb ( R rb db ) 3 , 2 r c Rrb d 2Frb IJ 3 (R rb db )(R rb dr ) c 2 Rrb5 d 2 Frb - d 2Abr, Jdr, , IJ [db [dr R rb ]] — c Rrb3 Jdr 2 Idb. , L + P2, , , d 2 A br , 2 (dbdr ) R rb Rrb3 - , d 2 A rb , d 2Abr . [b d 2 Abr ] b, [b d 2Frb ] - 1 IJ b d r R rb (R rb db) 3 2 c Rrb . J, L, P2 P, ). I b r R br , Jdr, Idb Idp r, b d d r R rb (R rb db) 1 Rrb3 1 Rrb3 p. [ R br d 2 Abr ] 0, 3(R rb dr ) , Rrb5 dr (R rb db) Rrb3 3R rb (R rb db )(R rb dr ) . Rrb5 dTbr R rb (drdb ) Rrb3 dN rb IJ 1 b d r R rb ( R rb db) 3 2 c Rrb SC L, , Nrb — L. Tbr, . SC 24 2, 2010 L, , Nbr ( SC , [3], L), Tbr N rb Nbr - P2 . . N rb N br . , , : Nbr N rb N pr N rp , 0 , - , . , , L+P2 ( Na=Nbr — . , NS), , Tbr Na - Ns , , NS. Na . - , [6, 8, 9]. . . , — , . , . . 1. Cavalleri G., Bettoni G., Tonni E., Spavieri G. Experimental Proof of Standard Electodynamics of Measuring the Self-Force on a Part of a Current Loop// Phys. Rev. E. 1998. V. 58. No. 2. P. 2505—2517. 2. Christodoulides C. Equivalence of the Ampere and BiotSavart Force Laws in Magnetostatics// J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 1987. V. 20. P. 2037—2042. 3. . . // . . 2007. . 7. 1. . 40—43. 4. . . . — .: , 1989. — 620 . 5. Gerasimov S. A. Self-Interaction and Vector Potential in Magnetostatics// Phys. Scr. 1997. V. 56. No. 3—4. P. 462—464. 6. Gerasimov S. A., Gorokhovikov S. L., Grigorian M. A. A Specific Feature of Unipolar Rotation// Tech. Phys. Lett. 2005. V. 31. No. 1. P. 79—80. 7. Graneau N. The Finite Size of the Metallic Current Element// Phys. Lett. A. 1990. V. 147. No. 2—3. P. 92—96. 8. Das Gupta A. K. Unipolar Machines: Association of the Magnetic Field with the Field-Producing Magnet//Amer. J. Phys. 1963. V. 31. No. 6. P. 428—430. 9. . ., . . // . 2006. 13. . 72, 73. Pseudo-self-action and equivalence rule in magnetostatics S. A. Gerasimov, V. V. Priadchenko Southern Federal University, 5 Zorge str., Rostov-na-Donu, 344090, Russia E-mail: [email protected] The torque of an unclosed system exerted by the Ampere force equals the sum of Biot-Savart torque acting on the same system and the Biot-Savart self-torque by means of which the system acts on itself. Since the Ampere force satisfies the equality and collinearity of action-reaction that the total torque of both forces is equal to zero in a closed system. PACS: 41.20.-q Keywords: non-reserved system, moment of sorce, magnetostatics, reserved system. Bibliography — 9 references. Received 17 February 2009