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X-Ray and Gamma Radiation of Lightning Discharge: Orbital Observations and Laboratory Simulation in Experiments with Long Sparks

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Problems associated with observations and interpretation of the physical mechanisms underlying the generation of hard electromagnetic radiation from lightning discharges are considered. A review of modern problems of understanding the nature of atmospheric flashes of gamma radiation from the Earth’s atmosphere is given. The results of orbital observations, in particular, on the Vernov satellite, are analyzed. The possibilities of orbital observations of atmospheric gamma-ray flashes on CubeSat spacecraft are discussed, and a description of the recording equipment is given. The technique of a laboratory experiment with long sparks, which simulates electrical discharges in thunderclouds, is considered.

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The work was carried out within the framework of the project of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics (NCPM) “Experimental laboratory astrophysics and geophysics.”

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    E. A. Mareev, Yu. V. Shlyugaev, M. V. Shatalina & F. G. Sarafanov

  2. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Bogomolov, A. F. Iyudin & S. I. Svertilov

  3. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Bogomolov, S. I. Svertilov & I. V. Yashin

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Mareev, E.A., Shlyugaev, Y.V., Shatalina, M.V. et al. X-Ray and Gamma Radiation of Lightning Discharge: Orbital Observations and Laboratory Simulation in Experiments with Long Sparks. Astron. Rep. 67, 104–114 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772923010067

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