Optical observations geomagnetically conjugate to sprite-producing lightning discharges

• Main Authors: Marshall, R. A., Inan, U. S., Neubert, T., Hughes, A., Sátori, G., Bór, J., Collier, A., Allin, T. H.
• Other Authors: STARLab, Stanford University, Danish Space Research Institute (DSRI), University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, Afrique du Sud (UKZN), Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute (GGRI), Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)-Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Sutherland; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00317857; https://hal.science/hal-00317857/document; https://hal.science/hal-00317857/file/angeo-23-2231-2005.pdf

International audience Theoretical studies have predicted that large positive cloud-to-ground discharges can trigger a runaway avalanche process of relativistic electrons, forming a geomagnetically trapped electron beam. The beam may undergo pitch angle and energy scattering during its traverse of t...