期刊
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
卷 33, 期 1, 页码 1-12出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.10.006
关键词
Cosmic rays; Extensive air showers; Atmospheric electricity; Radiation by moving charges; Computer modeling and simulation
资金
- Helmholtz Association [VH-NG-413]
The development of cosmic ray air showers can be influenced by atmospheric electric fields. Under fair weather conditions these fields are small, but the strong fields inside thunderstorms can have a significant effect on the electromagnetic component of a shower. Understanding this effect is particularly important for radio detection of air showers, since the radio emission is produced by the shower electrons and positrons. We perform Monte Carlo simulations to calculate the effects of different electric field configurations on the shower development. We find that the electric field becomes important for values of the order of I kV/cm. Not only can the energy distribution of electrons and positrons change significantly for such field strengths, it is also possible that runaway electron breakdown occurs at high altitudes, which is an important effect in lightning initiation. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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