Runaway relativistic electron avalanche bremsstrahlung in the atmosphere

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 645-651

  Babich, L P ^a   Donskoi, E N ^a   Kutsyk, I M ^a   Roussel Dupre R A ^b  

^a RUSSIAN FEDERAL NUCLEAR CENTER VNIIEF   (Russian Federation)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 10044234157     PISSN: 00167932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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