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Dynamics of cosmic rays in the atmospheric electrostatic field and production of particles by thunderclouds

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Acceleration of particles in the atmospheric electrostatic field is considered taking into account multiple elastic scattering. The critical field strength necessary for implementing runaway effect of charged particles under different initial conditions is analytically obtained. The process of cyclic particle production in strong thunderstorm fields is considered. It is shown that this mechanism can be used to describe the strong increases (sometimes with exponential segments) observed during thunderstorms in the intensity of the soft component.

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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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  1. A. S. Lidvansky
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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. 1060–1062.

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Lidvansky, A.S., Khaerdinov, N.S. Dynamics of cosmic rays in the atmospheric electrostatic field and production of particles by thunderclouds. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 71, 1032–1034 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873807070416

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