Runaway electrons from a ‘beam-bulk’ model of streamer: application to TGFs by O Chanrion, Z Bonaventura, D Çinar, A Bourdon, T Neubert

“…The generation of x- and gamma-rays in atmospheric discharges has been studied intensively since the discovery of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) by the Compton gamma-ray Observatory in 1991. Emissions are bremsstrahlung from high energy particles accelerated in large scale atmospheric electric fields associated with thunderstorms. …”
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