Abstract:
Gamma-ray pulses are calculated from 2D numerical simulations of upward atmospheric discharge in selfconsistent electric field using multi-group approach to the kinetics of relativistic runaway electrons. Calculated numbers and spectra of $\gamma$-rays are consistent with the data on terrestrial $\gamma$-ray flashes observed aboard spacecrafts. The calculated runaway electron flux is concentrated mainly within the domain of the Blue Jet fluorescence. This proves that exactly this domain is a source of the $\gamma$-ray flashes. One $\gamma$-ray flash generates $\sim10^{14}\text{--}10^{15}$ photonuclear neutrons.
Citation:
L. P. Babich, A. Yu. Kudryavtsev, M. L. Kudryavtseva, I. M. Kutsyk, “Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and neutron pulses from direct simulations of gigantic upward atmospheric discharge”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 85:10 (2007), 589–593; JETP Letters, 85:10 (2007), 483–487
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