Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes as powerful particle accelerators.
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Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Jan 7;106(1):018501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.018501. Epub 2011 Jan 3.
Phys Rev Lett. 2011.
PMID: 21231775
Strong electric discharges associated with thunderstorms can produce terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), i.e., intense bursts of x rays and gamma rays lasting a few milliseconds or less. ...
Strong electric discharges associated with thunderstorms can produce terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), i.e., intense bursts of x …