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Neutron Activity of Thunderstorm Storm

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The results of measurements of the diffusion neutron flux from the thunderstorm storm occurred in Moscow in the night from July 13 to 14, 2016 at a distance ~30 km from detectors are presented. An increase in the frequency of coincidences of four channels of two scintillation detectors by ~10% with respect to coincidences in the absence of thunderstorm is found. The neutron yield in a single lightning discharge is estimated as ~1010 n/s.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. A. Baskov & V. V. Polyansky

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Baskov, V.V. Polyansky, 2018, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2018, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 41–46.

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Baskov, V.A., Polyansky, V.V. Neutron Activity of Thunderstorm Storm. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 45, 123–126 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335618040061

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