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Special Classes of Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes From RHESSI
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres ( IF 4.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-14 , DOI: 10.1029/2020jd033043
D. M. Smith 1 , N. A. Kelley 2 , P. Buzbee 3 , A. Infanger 4 , M. Splitt 5 , R. H. Holzworth 6 , J. R. Dwyer 7
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We report on three classes of terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) from the (RHESSI) satellite. The first class drives the detectors into paralysis, being observed usually through a few counts on the rising edge and the later tail of Comptonized photons. These events—and any bright TGF—reveal their true luminosity more clearly via their Compton tail than via the main peak, since the former is unaffected by the unknown beaming pattern of the unscattered radiation, and Comptonization mostly isotropizes the flux. This technique could be applied to TGFs from any mission. The second class is more than usually bright and long in duration. When the magnetic field at the conjugate point is stronger than at the nearby footpoint, we find that 4 out of 11 such events show a significant signal at the time expected for a relativistic electron beam to make a round trip to the opposite footpoint and back. We conclude that a large fraction of TGFs lasting more than a few hundred microseconds may include counts due to the upward moving secondary particle beam ejected from the atmosphere. Finally, using a new search algorithm to find short TGFs in RHESSI, we see that these tend to occur more often over the oceans than land, relative to longer‐duration events. In the feedback model of TGF production, this suggests a higher thunderstorm potential, since more feedback per avalanche implies fewer “generations” of avalanches needed to complete the TGF discharge.

中文翻译:

RHESSI的特殊类别的地面伽玛射线闪光

我们报告了(RHESSI)卫星的三类地面伽玛射线闪光(TGF)。头等舱使探测器陷入瘫痪,通常是通过对康普顿化光子的上升沿和后尾的一些计数来观察到的。这些事件(以及任何明亮的TGF)通过康普顿尾部比通过主峰更清楚地显示其真实发光度,因为前者不受未散射辐射的未知光束模式的影响,并且康普顿化主要使通量各向同性。这项技术可以应用于任何任务的TGF。第二类比通常明亮且持续时间长。当共轭点的磁场强于附近的脚点时,我们发现,在11个此类事件中,有4个在相对论电子束预期到达相对的脚点并返回的预期时间显示了重要信号。我们得出结论,由于从大气中喷出的向上移动的二次粒子束,持续时间超过几百微秒的大部分TGF可能包括计数。最后,使用新的搜索算法在RHESSI中查找短的TGF,相对于持续时间较长的事件,它们在海洋上的发生率往往比陆地上的发生率高。在TGF生产的反馈模型中,这表明存在更高的雷暴潜力,因为每个雪崩的反馈更多,意味着完成TGF排放所需的雪崩“世代”更少。我们得出结论,由于从大气中喷出的向上移动的二次粒子束,持续时间超过几百微秒的大部分TGF可能包括计数。最后,使用新的搜索算法在RHESSI中查找短的TGF,相对于持续时间较长的事件,它们在海洋上的发生率往往比陆地上的发生率高。在TGF生产的反馈模型中,这表明存在更高的雷暴潜力,因为每个雪崩的反馈更多,意味着完成TGF排放所需的雪崩“世代”更少。我们得出结论,由于从大气中喷出的向上移动的二次粒子束,持续时间超过几百微秒的大部分TGF可能包括计数。最后,使用新的搜索算法在RHESSI中查找短的TGF,相对于持续时间较长的事件,它们在海洋上的发生率往往比陆地上的发生率高。在TGF生产的反馈模型中,这表明存在更高的雷暴潜力,因为每个雪崩的反馈更多,意味着完成TGF排放所需的雪崩“世代”更少。
更新日期:2020-10-17
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