Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes as powerful particle accelerators

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tavani, M ^a,b,c,d   Marisaldi, M ^e   Labanti, C ^e   Fuschino, F ^e   Argan, A ^g   Trois, A ^a   Giommi, P ⁱ   Colafrancesco, S ⁱ   Pittori, C ⁱ   Palma, F ^b,d   Trifoglio, M ^e   Gianotti, F ^e   Bulgarelli, A ^e   Vittorini, V ^a,c   Verrecchia, F ⁱ   Salotti, L ^j   Barbiellini, G ^c,k,l   Caraveo, P ^h   Cattaneo, P W ^m   Chen, A ^c,h   Contessi, T ^h   Costa, E ^a   D'Ammando, F ^h,n   Del Monte, E ^a   De Paris, G ^g   Di Cocco, G ^e   Di Persio, G ^a   Donnarumma, I ^a   Evangelista, Y ^a   Feroci, M ^a   Ferrari, A ^c,o   Galli, M ^j   Giuliani, A ^h   Giusti, M ^a,c   Lapshov, I ^q   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Lipari, P ^b,r,s   Longo, F ^k,l   Mereghetti, S ^h   Morelli, E ^e   Moretti, E ^k,l   Morselli, A ^d   Pacciani, L ^a   Pellizzoni, A ^t   Perotti, F ^h   Piano, G ^d,h   Picozza, P ^b,d   Pilia, M ^u   Pucella, G ^f   Prest, M ^u   Rapisarda, M ^f   Rappoldi, A ^m   Rossi, E ^e   Rubini, A ^a   Sabatini, S ^a   Scalise, E ^a   Soffitta, P ^a   Striani, E ^a   Vallazza, E ^l   Vercellone, S ⁿ   Zambra, A ^c,h   Zanello, D ^p,s   more..

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CIFS Torino   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f ENEA   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^h INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

ⁱ ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^j ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^l SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^m INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁿ INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^p ENEA   (Italy)

^q Dipartimento di Fisica ^*  (Russian Federation)

^r UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^s INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^t INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGILE SATELLITES; ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY; NEUTRON PRODUCTION; PHOTON SPECTRA; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTION; POWER-LAW; RUNAWAY ELECTRONS; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; SPECTRAL DATA; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PHOTONS; THUNDERSTORMS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 78651088244     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.018501     Document Type: Article

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