Electron-positron beams from terrestrial lightning observed with fermi GBM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Briggs, Michael S ^a   Connaughton, Valerie ^a   Wilson Hodge, Colleen ^b   Preece, Robert D ^a,c   Fishman, Gerald J ^b   Kippen, R Marc ^d   Bhat, P N ^a   Paciesas, William S ^a,c   Chaplin, Vandiver L ^a   Meegan, Charles A ^e   Von Kienlin, Andreas ^f   Greiner, Jochen ^f   Dwyer, Joesph R ^g   Smith, David M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; LIGHTNING; PARTICLE BEAMS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STARS; THUNDERSTORMS;

ENERGETIC RADIATION; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD LINES; LOW-EARTH ORBIT; NEAR-EARTH ENVIRONMENTS; PAIR PRODUCTION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LINE; POSITRON BEAMS; SHORT PULSE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES;

GAMMA RAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 79251575039     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046259     Document Type: Article

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