Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3105119d&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 5, CiteID L05119
Physics
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Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Atmospheric Electricity, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Lightning, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Radiative Processes, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Instruments And Techniques
Scientific paper
We report the observation of an intense gamma-ray burst observed on the ground at sea level, produced in association with the initial-stage of rocket-triggered lightning at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing at Camp Blanding, FL. The burst was observed simultaneously on three NaI(Tl)/photomultiplier tube detectors that were located 650 m from the triggered lightning channel with gamma-ray energies extending up to more than 10 MeV. The burst consisted of 227 individual gamma-rays that arrived over a 300 μs time period in coincidence with an 11 kA current pulse. The burst of gamma-rays had very different characteristics from the x-ray emission frequently seen in association with the dart leader/return stroke sequences of triggered lightning and may represent a new kind of event, likely originating from cloud processes thousands of meters overhead.
Al-Dayeh M.
Caraway L.
Chrest A.
Dwyer Joesph R.
Jerauld J.
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