Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers

Schellart P, Trinh TNG, Buitink S, Corstanje A, Enriquez JE, Falcke H, Horandel JR, Nelles A, Rachen JP, Rossetto L, Scholten O, Ter Veen S, Thoudam S, Ebert U, Koehn C, Rutjes C, Alexov A, Anderson JM, Avruch IM, Bentum MJ, Bernardi G, Best P, Bonafede A, Breitling F, Broderick JW, Brueggen M, Butcher HR, Ciardi B, De Geus E, De Vos M, Duscha S, Eisloeffel J, Fallows RA, Frieswijk W, Garrett MA, Griessmeier J, Gunst AW, Heald G, Hessels JWT, Hoeft M, Holties HA, Juette E, Kondratiev VI, Kuniyoshi M, Kuper G, Mann G, Mcfadden R, Mckay-Bukowski D, Mckean JP, Mevius M, Moldon J, Norden MJ, Orru E, Paas H, Pandey-Pommier M, Pizzo R, Polatidis AG, Reich W, Rottgering H, Scaife AMM, Schwarz DJ, Serylak M, Smirnov O, Steinmetz M, Swinbank J, Tagger M, Tasse C, Toribio MC, Van Weeren RJ, Vermeulen R, Vocks C, Wise MW, Wucknitz O, Zarka P (2015)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Book Volume: 114

Article Number: ARTN 165001

Journal Issue: 16

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.165001

Abstract

We present measurements of radio emission from cosmic ray air showers that took place during thunderstorms. The intensity and polarization patterns of these air showers are radically different from those measured during fair-weather conditions. With the use of a simple two-layer model for the atmospheric electric field, these patterns can be well reproduced by state-of-the-art simulation codes. This in turn provides a novel way to study atmospheric electric fields.

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Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy Netherlands (NL) University of Oxford United Kingdom (GB) University of Orléans / Université d'Orléans France (FR) Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG) / Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science Germany (DE) Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands (NL) Oulun Yliopisto / University of Oulo Finland (FI) University of Edinburgh United Kingdom (GB) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) Universität Bielefeld Germany (DE) Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam / Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam Germany (DE) Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie / Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Germany (DE) University of Amsterdam Netherlands (NL) Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) Germany (DE) Rhodes University South Africa (ZA) PSL Research University / Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres France (FR) Leiden University Netherlands (NL) Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum - GFZ Germany (DE) Universität Hamburg (UHH) Germany (DE) Harvard University United States (USA) (US) Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) United States (USA) (US) Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Netherlands (NL) Observatoire de Lyon France (FR) Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS) - Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium Germany (DE) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / 国立天文台(NAOJ) Japan (JP) University of Southampton United Kingdom (GB) Australian National University (ANU) Australia (AU) Netherlands Institute for Space Research / Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland (SRON) Netherlands (NL)

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APA:

Schellart, P., Trinh, T.N.G., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J.E., Falcke, H.,... Zarka, P. (2015). Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers. Physical Review Letters, 114(16). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.165001

MLA:

Schellart, P., et al. "Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers." Physical Review Letters 114.16 (2015).

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