A fundamental limit on electric fields in air
By Joseph R. Dwyer. 2003
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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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- Energy and fluxes of thermal runaway electrons produced by exponential growth of streamers during the stepping of lightning leaders and in transient luminous events (2011, background): “Dwyer et al. [2010] demonstrated that measurements related to triggered lightning dart leaders by Saleh et al.”
- First results on terrestrial gamma ray flashes from the Fermi Gamma‐ray Burst Monitor (2010, background): “Dwyer, and G. J. Fishman (2008), Time evolution of terrestrial gamma ray flashes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L06,802, doi:10.1029/2007GL032922. Grefenstette, B. W., D. M. Smith, B. J. Hazelton, and L. I. Lopez (2009), First RHESSI terrestrial gamma ray flash catalog, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A02,314, do”
- A ground level gamma‐ray burst observed in association with rocket‐triggered lightning (2004, background): “This can potentially lead to substantial advancement in the study of the runaway breakdown of air, a mechanism that may play an important role in thundercloud and lightning processes [Gurevich and Zybin, 2001; Dwyer, 2003].”
- X‐ray bursts associated with leader steps in cloud‐to‐ground lightning (2005, background): “[2001] showed that energetic radiation is produced during natural lightning and when Dwyer et al. [2003] demonstrated that rocket-triggered lightning also produces large quantities of energetic radiation.”
- High-Energy Atmospheric Physics: Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes and Related Phenomena (2012, methodology): “In contrast, Dwyer (2003, 2007, 2008) and Babich et al. (2005) have shown that relativistic feedback is often applicable inside thunderclouds, limiting the electric field and runaway electron avalanche multiplication that may be achieved.”
- Monte Carlo model for analysis of thermal runaway electrons in streamer tips in transient luminous events and streamer zones of lightning leaders (2006, methodology): “, 2001; Dwyer et al., 2003, 2004a, 2004b, 2005; Smith et al., 2005]. [104] Concerning the theory of runaway breakdown, the future dynamics of these electrons at greater distances from the streamer tip must be considered. Depending on the geometry and time dynamics of the electric field ahead of the ”
- Electron‐positron beams from terrestrial lightning observed with Fermi GBM (2011, methodology): “Magenta histogram: A Monte Carlo simulation of TGF 091214 that includes the relevant physical processes [Dwyer, 2003].”
- Simulated Electrification of a Small Thunderstorm with Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics (2010, methodology): “The model presently does not take into account the depth over which electric fields exceed E init (Dwyer 2003).”
- A comparison between Monte Carlo simulations of runaway breakdown and terrestrial gamma‐ray flash observations (2005, background): “describing the interactions of photons and energetic electrons with air [Dwyer, 2003].”
- Terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes in the Fermi era: Improved observations and analysis methods (2013, background): “Relativistic feedback may be the process that distinguishes TGFs from other high-energy photon emission by thunderstorms, causing the extreme intensities and short timescale of TGFs [Dwyer, 2003, 2008].”
- The physics of lightning (2014, methodology): “Combining Monte Carlo simulations of RREAs with simulations of gamma-ray emission and propagation through the atmosphere, Dwyer and Smith [302] compared the average RHESSI TGF spectrum with model results for several source altitudes.”