Runaway breakdown in strong electric field as a source of terrestrial gamma flashes and gamma bursts in lightning leader steps

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 119-125

  Gurevich, A V ^a   Zybin, K P ^a   Medvedev, Yu V ^b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA-FLASH; LIGHTNING LEADER; MAIN PROCESS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; RUNAWAY BREAKDOWN; RUNAWAY ELECTRONS; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 33751404845     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2006.05.063     Document Type: Article

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