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J. R. Dwyer, H. K. Rassoul, M. Al-Dayeh, L. Caraway, B. Wright, A. Chrest, M. A. Uman, V. A. Rakov, K. J. Rambo, D. M. Jordan, J. Jerauld and C. Smyth, “A Ground Level Gamma-Ray Burst Observed with Rocket-Triggered Lightning,” Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, No. 5, 2004, Article ID: L05119.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003GL018771
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TITLE:
Gamma-Rays in Association with the Rocket-Triggered Lightning Caused by Neutron Bursts
AUTHORS:
Gerson S. Paiva, Carlton A. Taft, Marcos C. Carvalho, Nelson C. Furtado
KEYWORDS:
Gamma-Ray; Deuterium; Rocket-Triggered Lightning; Nuclear Fusion
JOURNAL NAME:
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences,
Vol.3 No.4,
September
6,
2013
ABSTRACT:
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.