The importance of electron–electron bremsstrahlung for terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, electron beams and electron–positron beams
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Angular distribution of Bremsstrahlung photons and of positrons for calculations of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and positron beams
Article history: Received 14 March 2012 Received in revised form 12 March 2013 Accepted 21 March 2013 Within thunderstorms electrons can gain energies of up to hundred(s) of MeV. These electrons can create X-rays and gamma-rays as Bremsstrahlung when they collide with air molecules. Here we calculate the distribution of angles between incident electrons and emitted photons as a function of elec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0022-3727,1361-6463
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/25/252001