Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers

Schellart, P.; Trinh, T.~N.~G N. G. N. G.; Buitink, S.; Corstanje, A.; Enriquez, J.~E E. E.; Nelles, A.; Falcke, H.; Rachen, J.~P P. P.; Hörandel, J.~R R. R.; Rossetto, L.; Scholten, O.; ter Veen, S.; Thoudam, S.; Ebert, U.; Koehn, C.; Rutjes, C.; Alexov, A.; Anderson, J.~M M. M.; Avruch, I.~M M. M.; Bentum, M.~J J. J.; Rottgering, H.; Bernardi, G.; Best, P.; Bonafede, A.; Breitling, F.; de Geus, E.; Broderick, J.~W W. W.; Brüggen, M.; de Vos, M.; Butcher, H.~R R. R.; Ciardi, B.; Duscha, S.; Veen, S. ter; Eislöffel, J.; Fallows, R.~A A. A.; Frieswijk, W.; Garrett, M.~A A. A.; Grießmeier, Jean-Mathias; Gunst, A.~W W. W.; Mann, G.; Heald, G.; McFadden, R.; Hessels, J.~W.~T W. T. W. T.; McKay-Bukowski, D.; Hoeft, M.; McKean, J.~P P. P.; Holties, H.~A A. A.; Mevius, M.; Juette, E.; Moldón, J.; Kondratiev, V.~I I. I.; Norden, M.~J J. J.; Kuniyoshi, M.; Orrù, E.; Kuper, G.; Paas, H.; Pandey-Pommier, M.; Pizzo, R.; Polatidis, A.~G G. G.; Reich, W.; Röttgering, H.; Scaife, A.~M.~M M. M. M. M.; Schwarz, D.~J J. J.; Serylak, M.; Smirnov, O.; Steinmetz, M.; Swinbank, J.; Tagger, Michel; Tasse, C.; Toribio, M.~C C. C.; van Weeren, R.~J J. J.; Vermeulen, R.; Vocks, C.; Wise, M.~W W. W.; Wucknitz, O.; Zarka, P.; Köhn, Christoph

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American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 16(114)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.165001

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Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers

Journal article published in 2015 by P. Schellart, T.~N.~G N. G. N. G. Trinh, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, J.~E E. E. Enriquez, A. Nelles, H. Falcke, J.~P P. P. Rachen, J.~R R. R. Hörandel, L. Rossetto, O. Scholten, S. ter Veen, S. Thoudam, U. Ebert, C. Koehn and other authors.

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6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters ; International audience ; 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.

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Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers

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