Energy and fluxes of thermal runaway electrons produced by exponential growth of streamers during the stepping of lightning leaders and in transient luminous events

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The physics of lightning (2014, background): “Other theoretical work on thermal runaway electrons has since been done by Moss et al. [176] and Celestin and Pasko [255], who modeled the creation of thermal runaway electrons by streamers, showing that significant runaway electron production is plausible.”
High-Energy Atmospheric Physics: Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes and Related Phenomena (2012, methodology): “Several groups have modeled thermal runaway electron production from streamers, with applications to lightning and laboratory sparks (Moss et al. 2006; Li et al. 2009; Chanrion and Neubert 2008, 2010; Colman et al. 2010; Celestin and Pasko 2011).”
Lightning Related Transient Luminous Events at High Altitude in the Earth’s Atmosphere: Phenomenology, Mechanisms and Effects (2012, background): “…et al. (2009) for negative gigantic jet discharge would lead to the very high field >1.5 × 5.5Ek 8Ek approaching or exceeding magnitudes for which thermal electron runaway process becomes possible (e.g., Moss et al. 2006; Li et al. 2009; Chanrion and Neubert 2008, 2010; Celestin and Pasko 2011).”