Flickering gamma-ray flashes, the missing link between gamma glows and TGFs

N Østgaard, A Mezentsev, M Marisaldi, JE Grove… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Two different hard-radiation phenomena are known to originate from thunderclouds:
terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) and gamma-ray glows. Both involve an avalanche of …

Evidence of a new population of weak Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray flashes observed from aircraft altitude

I Bjørge‐Engeland, N Østgaard, D Sarria… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Terrestrial Gamma‐ray Flashes (TGFs) are ten‐to‐hundreds of microsecond bursts
of gamma‐rays produced when electrons in strong electric fields in thunderclouds are …

Glowing γ-rays solve thunderstorm conundrum

JR Dwyer - 2024 - nature.com
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Energetic particles produced by thunderstorm electric fields

JR Dwyer - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, detailed Monte Carlo simulations were performed to test whether terrestrial
gamma‐ray flashes (TGFs) may be produced by thunderstorm electrification alone, without …