Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst
Abstract Earth’s atmosphere, whose ionization stability plays a fundamental role for the evolution and endurance of life, is exposed to the effect of cosmic explosions producing high energy Gamma-ray-bursts. Being able to abruptly increase the atmospheric ionization, they might deplete stratospheric...
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| author | Mirko Piersanti Pietro Ubertini Roberto Battiston Angela Bazzano Giulia D’Angelo James G. Rodi Piero Diego Zhima Zeren Roberto Ammendola Davide Badoni Simona Bartocci Stefania Beolè Igor Bertello William J. Burger Donatella Campana Antonio Cicone Piero Cipollone Silvia Coli Livio Conti Andrea Contin Marco Cristoforetti Fabrizio De Angelis Cinzia De Donato Cristian De Santis Andrea Di Luca Emiliano Fiorenza Francesco Maria Follega Giuseppe Gebbia Roberto Iuppa Alessandro Lega Mauro Lolli Bruno Martino Matteo Martucci Giuseppe Masciantonio Matteo Mergè Marco Mese Alfredo Morbidini Coralie Neubüser Francesco Nozzoli Fabrizio Nuccilli Alberto Oliva Giuseppe Osteria Francesco Palma Federico Palmonari Beatrice Panico Emanuele Papini Alexandra Parmentier Stefania Perciballi Francesco Perfetto Alessio Perinelli Piergiorgio Picozza Michele Pozzato Gianmaria Rebustini Dario Recchiuti Ester Ricci Marco Ricci Sergio B. Ricciarini Andrea Russi Zuleika Sahnoun Umberto Savino Valentina Scotti Xuhui Shen Alessandro Sotgiu Roberta Sparvoli Silvia Tofani Nello Vertolli Veronica Vilona Vincenzo Vitale Ugo Zannoni Simona Zoffoli Paolo Zuccon |
| author_facet | Mirko Piersanti Pietro Ubertini Roberto Battiston Angela Bazzano Giulia D’Angelo James G. Rodi Piero Diego Zhima Zeren Roberto Ammendola Davide Badoni Simona Bartocci Stefania Beolè Igor Bertello William J. Burger Donatella Campana Antonio Cicone Piero Cipollone Silvia Coli Livio Conti Andrea Contin Marco Cristoforetti Fabrizio De Angelis Cinzia De Donato Cristian De Santis Andrea Di Luca Emiliano Fiorenza Francesco Maria Follega Giuseppe Gebbia Roberto Iuppa Alessandro Lega Mauro Lolli Bruno Martino Matteo Martucci Giuseppe Masciantonio Matteo Mergè Marco Mese Alfredo Morbidini Coralie Neubüser Francesco Nozzoli Fabrizio Nuccilli Alberto Oliva Giuseppe Osteria Francesco Palma Federico Palmonari Beatrice Panico Emanuele Papini Alexandra Parmentier Stefania Perciballi Francesco Perfetto Alessio Perinelli Piergiorgio Picozza Michele Pozzato Gianmaria Rebustini Dario Recchiuti Ester Ricci Marco Ricci Sergio B. Ricciarini Andrea Russi Zuleika Sahnoun Umberto Savino Valentina Scotti Xuhui Shen Alessandro Sotgiu Roberta Sparvoli Silvia Tofani Nello Vertolli Veronica Vilona Vincenzo Vitale Ugo Zannoni Simona Zoffoli Paolo Zuccon |
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| description | Abstract Earth’s atmosphere, whose ionization stability plays a fundamental role for the evolution and endurance of life, is exposed to the effect of cosmic explosions producing high energy Gamma-ray-bursts. Being able to abruptly increase the atmospheric ionization, they might deplete stratospheric ozone on a global scale. During the last decades, an average of more than one Gamma-ray-burst per day were recorded. Nevertheless, measurable effects on the ionosphere were rarely observed, in any case on its bottom-side (from about 60 km up to about 350 km of altitude). Here, we report evidence of an intense top-side (about 500 km) ionospheric perturbation induced by significant sudden ionospheric disturbance, and a large variation of the ionospheric electric field at 500 km, which are both correlated with the October 9, 2022 Gamma-ray-burst (GRB221009A). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8329e91e27c43deafb5dd92aa7e871c2023-12-24T12:23:58ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-11-0114111010.1038/s41467-023-42551-5Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burstMirko Piersanti0Pietro Ubertini1Roberto Battiston2Angela Bazzano3Giulia D’Angelo4James G. Rodi5Piero Diego6Zhima Zeren7Roberto Ammendola8Davide Badoni9Simona Bartocci10Stefania Beolè11Igor Bertello12William J. Burger13Donatella Campana14Antonio Cicone15Piero Cipollone16Silvia Coli17Livio Conti18Andrea Contin19Marco Cristoforetti20Fabrizio De Angelis21Cinzia De Donato22Cristian De Santis23Andrea Di Luca24Emiliano Fiorenza25Francesco Maria Follega26Giuseppe Gebbia27Roberto Iuppa28Alessandro Lega29Mauro Lolli30Bruno Martino31Matteo Martucci32Giuseppe Masciantonio33Matteo Mergè34Marco Mese35Alfredo Morbidini36Coralie Neubüser37Francesco Nozzoli38Fabrizio Nuccilli39Alberto Oliva40Giuseppe Osteria41Francesco Palma42Federico Palmonari43Beatrice Panico44Emanuele Papini45Alexandra Parmentier46Stefania Perciballi47Francesco Perfetto48Alessio Perinelli49Piergiorgio Picozza50Michele Pozzato51Gianmaria Rebustini52Dario Recchiuti53Ester Ricci54Marco Ricci55Sergio B. Ricciarini56Andrea Russi57Zuleika Sahnoun58Umberto Savino59Valentina Scotti60Xuhui Shen61Alessandro Sotgiu62Roberta Sparvoli63Silvia Tofani64Nello Vertolli65Veronica Vilona66Vincenzo Vitale67Ugo Zannoni68Simona Zoffoli69Paolo Zuccon70Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’AquilaNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSNational Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of ChinaINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN - Sezione di TorinoNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSTIFPA-INFN, PovoINFN-Sezione di NapoliNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN - Sezione di TorinoINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataUniversity of BolognaTIFPA-INFN, PovoNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoINFN - Sezione di BolognaNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN-Sezione di NapoliNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSTIFPA-INFN, PovoTIFPA-INFN, PovoNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSUniversity of BolognaINFN-Sezione di NapoliINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataUniversity of BolognaINFN-Sezione di NapoliNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSINFN - Sezione di TorinoINFN-Sezione di NapoliDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN - Sezione di BolognaINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoINFN-LNF, FrascatiIFAC-CNRNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSINFN - Sezione di BolognaINFN - Sezione di TorinoINFN-Sezione di NapoliNational Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of SciencesINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoINFN, University of Rome Tor VergataNational Institute of Astrophysics, IAPSAgenzia Spaziale ItaliaDepartment of Physics, University of TrentoAbstract Earth’s atmosphere, whose ionization stability plays a fundamental role for the evolution and endurance of life, is exposed to the effect of cosmic explosions producing high energy Gamma-ray-bursts. Being able to abruptly increase the atmospheric ionization, they might deplete stratospheric ozone on a global scale. During the last decades, an average of more than one Gamma-ray-burst per day were recorded. Nevertheless, measurable effects on the ionosphere were rarely observed, in any case on its bottom-side (from about 60 km up to about 350 km of altitude). Here, we report evidence of an intense top-side (about 500 km) ionospheric perturbation induced by significant sudden ionospheric disturbance, and a large variation of the ionospheric electric field at 500 km, which are both correlated with the October 9, 2022 Gamma-ray-burst (GRB221009A).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42551-5 |
| spellingShingle | Mirko Piersanti Pietro Ubertini Roberto Battiston Angela Bazzano Giulia D’Angelo James G. Rodi Piero Diego Zhima Zeren Roberto Ammendola Davide Badoni Simona Bartocci Stefania Beolè Igor Bertello William J. Burger Donatella Campana Antonio Cicone Piero Cipollone Silvia Coli Livio Conti Andrea Contin Marco Cristoforetti Fabrizio De Angelis Cinzia De Donato Cristian De Santis Andrea Di Luca Emiliano Fiorenza Francesco Maria Follega Giuseppe Gebbia Roberto Iuppa Alessandro Lega Mauro Lolli Bruno Martino Matteo Martucci Giuseppe Masciantonio Matteo Mergè Marco Mese Alfredo Morbidini Coralie Neubüser Francesco Nozzoli Fabrizio Nuccilli Alberto Oliva Giuseppe Osteria Francesco Palma Federico Palmonari Beatrice Panico Emanuele Papini Alexandra Parmentier Stefania Perciballi Francesco Perfetto Alessio Perinelli Piergiorgio Picozza Michele Pozzato Gianmaria Rebustini Dario Recchiuti Ester Ricci Marco Ricci Sergio B. Ricciarini Andrea Russi Zuleika Sahnoun Umberto Savino Valentina Scotti Xuhui Shen Alessandro Sotgiu Roberta Sparvoli Silvia Tofani Nello Vertolli Veronica Vilona Vincenzo Vitale Ugo Zannoni Simona Zoffoli Paolo Zuccon Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst Nature Communications |
| title | Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst |
| title_full | Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst |
| title_fullStr | Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst |
| title_short | Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst |
| title_sort | evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42551-5 |
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