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

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society

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.

Authors with CRIS profile

Anna Nelles

Involved external institutions

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

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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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