Gamma-Rays in Association with the Rocket-Triggered Lightning Caused by Neutron Bursts
| Autor: | Marcos C. Carvalho, Gerson Silva Paiva, Carlton A. Taft, Nelson C. Furtado |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Nuclear reaction
Physics business.product_category Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Gamma ray General Medicine Astrophysics Inelastic scattering Lightning Rocket Deuterium Physics::Plasma Physics Nuclear fusion Neutron Nuclear Experiment business Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics |
| Zdroj: | Atmospheric and Climate Sciences. :459-464 |
| ISSN: | 2160-0422 2160-0414 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/acs.2013.34047 |
| Popis: | In this work, it shows that nuclear reactions in lightning channel, which are produced by the deuterium-deuterium (D-D) and deuterium-tritium (D-T) nuclear reactions, represent a plausible mechanism for gamma-ray bursts observed at ground. Gamma-ray emissions from lightning can be explained by neutron inelastic scattering in the air. Neutrons (produced in lightning channel) will delay a definitive time (~33 ms) to cover the atmosphere before hitting a molecule and producing gamma rays, which is somewhat longer than the gamma-ray time delay (~20 ms) observed at ground. |
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