Runaway breakdown and the mysteries of lightning

被引：100

作者：

Gurevich, AV

Zybin, KR

机构：

[1] I. E. Tamm Theoretical Department, P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

来源：

PHYSICS TODAY | 2005年 / 58卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1995746

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

The phenomena of runaway breakdown (RB) is based on specific features of the interaction between fast particles and matter. In the atmosphere RB is stimulated by cosmic-ray secondary electrons. A high-energy cosmic ray interacting with molecules in the atmosphere generates an extensive atmospheric shower (EAS) that consists of a large number of different elementary particles. The existence of high-energy emissions indicates that relativistic electrons play a significant role in thunder cloud discharge. The RB-EAS theory predicts a strong growth of the radio-pulse power with the cosmic-ray particle energy. Detailed studies of this phenomena could lead to a new method for radio detection of very high-energy cosmic-ray particles.

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