Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers
Journal
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Schellart, P.
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Trinh, T. N. G.
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Buitink, S.
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Corstanje, A.
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Enriquez, J. E.
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Falcke, H.
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Hörandel, J. R.
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Nelles, A.
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Rachen, J. P.
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Rossetto, L.
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Scholten, O.
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ter Veen, S.
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Thoudam, S.
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Ebert, U.
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Koehn, C.
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Rutjes, C.
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Alexov, A.
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Anderson, J. M.
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Avruch, I. M.
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Bentum, M. J.
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Best, P.
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Breitling, F.
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Broderick, J. W.
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Brüggen, M.
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Butcher, H. R.
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Ciardi, B.
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de Geus, E.
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de Vos, M.
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Duscha, S.
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Eislöffel, J.
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Fallows, R. A.
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Frieswijk, W.
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Garrett, M. A.
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Grießmeier, J.
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Gunst, A. W.
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Heald, G.
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Hessels, J. W. T.
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Hoeft, M.
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Holties, H. A.
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Juette, E.
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Kondratiev, V. I.
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Kuniyoshi, M.
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Kuper, G.
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Mann, G.
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McFadden, R.
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McKay-Bukowski, D.
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McKean, J. P.
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Mevius, M.
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Moldon, J.
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Norden, M. J.
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Orru, E.
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Paas, H.
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Pandey-Pommier, M.
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Pizzo, R.
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Polatidis, A. G.
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Reich, W.
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Röttgering, H.
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Scaife, A. M. M.
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Schwarz, D. J.
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Serylak, M.
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Smirnov, O.
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Steinmetz, M.
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Swinbank, J.
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Tagger, M.
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Tasse, C.
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Toribio, M. C.
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van Weeren, R. J.
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Vermeulen, R.
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Vocks, C.
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Wise, M. W.
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Wucknitz, O.
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Zarka, P.
Description
The LOFAR key science project cosmic rays acknowledges financial support from NOVA, SNN, and FOM as well as from NWO, VENI Grant No. 639-041-130. We acknowledge funding from an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (FP/2007-2013)/ERC Grant Agreement No. 227610. We also acknowledge funding from the FOM-project 12PR3041 “Cosmic Lightning”. LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array designed and constructed by ASTRON, has facilities in several countries that are owned by various parties (each with their own funding sources) and that are collectively operated by the International LOFAR Telescope foundation under a joint scientific policy.
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.
Volume
114
Issue
16
Start page
165001
Issn Identifier
0031-9007
Ads BibCode
2015PhRvL.114p5001S
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open.access
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