Detection of transient ELF emission caused by the extremely intense cosmic gamma-ray flare of 27 December 2004

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Tanaka, Y T ^a   Hayakawa, M ^b   Hobara, Y ^b   Nickolaenko, A P ^c   Yamashita, K ^d   Sato, M ^d   Takahashi, Y ^d   Terasawa, T ^e   Takahashi, T ^a,e  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EMISSION MECHANISM; LISSAJOUS; LOW FREQUENCY; MOSHIRI; NEW SOURCES; RADIO SIGNALS; SCHUMANN RESONANCES; WAVE FORMS; WIDE PULSE;

GAMMA RAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COSMOLOGY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIO WAVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPRITE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

EID: 79955414689     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047008     Document Type: Article

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