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Effect of the near-Earth electric field on the intensity of the soft component of cosmic rays

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The transformation of the energy spectrum of the electron-positron component of cosmic rays in the energy range 10–100 MeV in the near-Earth electric field of thunderstorm atmosphere has been estimated analytically by solving the kinetic equation for secondary cosmic rays in the one-dimensional case. The solution obtained adequately describes the observed variations in the soft component in moderate electric fields (±7 kV m−1).

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Shestidesyatiletiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    A. S. Lidvansky & N. S. Khaerdinov

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Lidvansky, N.S. Khaerdinov, 2007, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2007, Vol. 71, No. 7, pp. 1052–1055.

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Lidvansky, A.S., Khaerdinov, N.S. Effect of the near-Earth electric field on the intensity of the soft component of cosmic rays. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 71, 1024–1027 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873807070398

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