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Ultraviolet flashes in the equatorial region of the Earth

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Intense ultraviolet flashes with a duration of 1 to 64 ms have been detected by the UV detector (wavelengths 300–400 nm) that operates at the Universitetsky-Tatiana MSU satellite. Most flashes occur in the equatorial region of the Earth. The nature of the observed flashes is discussed.

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  1. Skobel’tsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    G. K. Garipov, M. I. Panasyuk, V. I. Tulupov, B. A. Khrenov, A. V. Shirokov & I. V. Yashin

  2. University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

    H. Salazar

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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2005, pp. 204–206.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Garipov, Panasyuk, Tulupov, Khrenov, Shirokov, Yashin, Salazar.

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Garipov, G.K., Panasyuk, M.I., Tulupov, V.I. et al. Ultraviolet flashes in the equatorial region of the Earth. Jetp Lett. 82, 185–187 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2121811

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