Observations of high-energy radiation during thunderstorms at Tien-Shan

A. V. Gurevich, A. M. Almenova, V. P. Antonova, A. P. Chubenko, A. N. Karashtin, O. N. Kryakunova, V. Yu. Lutsenko, G. G. Mitko, M. O. Ptitsyn, V. V. Piscal, V. A. Ryabov, N. M. Salikhov, T. Kh. Sadykov, A. L. Shepetov, Yu. V. Shlyugaev, W. M. Thu, L. I. Vil’danova, N. N. Zastrozhnova, and K. P. Zybin
Phys. Rev. D 94, 023003 – Published 6 July 2016
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    Energetic radiation during thunderstorms is studied. The possibility to identify the high-energy lightning emission in the 10 s monitoring mode is demonstrated. Simultaneous measurements of gamma-ray emission, high-energy electrons, and neutron radiation in the triggering mode are fulfilled. Energy spectra of gamma emission and electrons are obtained. The intensity both of electrons and gamma rays in lightning discharge prevail the background emission by 1.5 to 2 orders of magnitude.

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    • Received 3 March 2016

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.023003

    © 2016 American Physical Society

    Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

    1. Techniques
    Radiation detectors
    Nuclear Physics

    Authors & Affiliations

    A. V. Gurevich1,*, A. M. Almenova2, V. P. Antonova3, A. P. Chubenko1, A. N. Karashtin4, O. N. Kryakunova3, V. Yu. Lutsenko3, G. G. Mitko1, M. O. Ptitsyn1, V. V. Piscal1,5, V. A. Ryabov1, N. M. Salikhov3, T. Kh. Sadykov2, A. L. Shepetov1, Yu. V. Shlyugaev6, W. M. Thu7, L. I. Vil’danova1,5, N. N. Zastrozhnova2, and K. P. Zybin1

    • 1P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FIAN), 119991 Leninskii pr., 53, Moscow, Russia
    • 2Institute for Physics and Technology, Almaty, 050032 Ibragimova, 11, Kazakhstan
    • 3Institute of Ionosphere, 050020 Kamenskoye plato, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    • 4Radiophysics Research Institute, Nizhny Novgorod State University, 603950 Bol’shaya Pechyorskaya, str., 25/12a, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
    • 5Tien Shan Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, 050020 Mitina str., 3, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    • 6Institute of Applied Physics of RAS, 603950 Ul’yanova str., 46, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
    • 7Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), 117303 Moscow, Russia

    • *alex@lpi.ru

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    Vol. 94, Iss. 2 — 15 July 2016

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