Calculation of a gigantic upward atmospheric discharge, accompanying optical phenomena, and penetrating radiations. II. Numerical simulation results |
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Authors: | L P Babich A Yu Kudryavtsev M L Kudryavtseva I M Kutsyk |
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Institution: | (1) Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFYaTs-VNIIEF), Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod oblast, Russia |
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Abstract: | Gigantic upward atmospheric discharges have been numerically simulated. The space-time distributions of the self-consistent electric field strength and charged particle densities have been obtained. The brightness, color, and evolution in the space and time of fluorescence above a thundercloud, which agree with the data of field observations of such high-altitude optical phenomena as blue jets and red sprites, have been calculated. It has been indicated that large duration of blue jets results from the emission of a decaying ion plasma of the air. The yields of hard gamma rays and neutrons, generated by upward discharges, have been calculated. |
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