| Literature DB >> 22540588 |
A V Gurevich1, V P Antonova, A P Chubenko, A N Karashtin, G G Mitko, M O Ptitsyn, V A Ryabov, A L Shepetov, Yu V Shlyugaev, L I Vildanova, K P Zybin.
Abstract
We report here for the first time about the registration of an extraordinary high flux of low-energy neutrons generated during thunderstorms. The measured neutron count rate enhancements are directly connected with thunderstorm discharges. The low-energy neutron flux value obtained in our work is a challenge for the photonuclear channel of neutron generation in thunderstorm: the estimated value of the needed high-energy γ-ray flux is about 3 orders of magnitude higher than that one observed.Year: 2012 PMID： 22540588 DOI： 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.125001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN： 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161