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Space-borne observations of intense gamma-ray flashes (tgfs) above thunderstorms (Document No: 20110009922)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Fishman, Gerald J. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Intense millisecond flashes of MeV photons have been observed with space-borne detectors. These terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) were discovered with the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) aboard the Compton Gamma- Ray Observatory (CGRO) in the early 1990s. They are now being observed with several other instruments, including the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) detectors on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Although Fermi-GBM was designed and optimized for the observation of cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), it has unprecedented capabilities for these TGF observations. On several occasions, intense beams of high-energy electrons and positrons have been observed at the geomagnetic conjugate points of TGFs. |
| File Size | 74233 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110009922 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6n064f41 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-02-09 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Gamma Rays Geomagnetism Thunderstorms Spaceborne Telescopes Gamma Ray Bursts Earth Planet Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
