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.