标题： 球状闪电会是磁单极子吗？ 显示英文标题

标题： Could Ball Lightning Be Magnetic Monopoles?

摘要： 虽然磁单极子的存在有广泛的理论依据，但一直难以观测到，而球状闪电既相对频繁地被观测到，又在理论上 largely unexplained。 1990年首次提出，球状闪电可能由磁单极子催化核裂变引起。 观测到的球状闪电频率不会与当前磁单极子通量的理论或观测上限冲突。 描述了一些可能的机制来解释由磁单极子引起的球状闪电与雷暴的关联，并提出了进一步的观测和理论研究建议。 显示英文摘要

摘要： While magnetic monopoles have extensive theoretical justification for their existence, but have proved elusive to observe, ball lightning is both relatively frequently observed and largely unexplained theoretically. It was first proposed in 1990 that ball lightning might result from the catalysis of nuclear fission by a magnetic monopole. The observed frequency of ball lightning does not conflict with current upper theoretical or observational bounds for magnetic monopole flux. Some possible mechanisms to account for the association of magnetic-monopole-caused ball lightning with thunderstorms are described, and proposals for further observational and theoretical research are made.