Source of runaway electrons in a thundercloud field caused by cosmic radiation |
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| Authors: | L P Babich E I Bochkov I M Kutsyk |
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| Institution: | (1) Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod oblast, Russia |
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| Abstract: | The volumetric generation rate of secondary electrons, produced by cosmic radiation in the Earth’s atmosphere and able to accelerate in a thundercloud electric field, has been calculated as a function of height above sea level. It is recommended to use the obtained function as a source when modeling atmospheric breakdown in thunderstorm fields with the participation of relativistic runaway electron avalanches. It has been indicated that ionization of the atmosphere by a cosmic particle with an energy of 1016 eV cannot initiate lightning. |
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