Do Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes or Antimatter Lightning Cause Superstorms? | |
CommonA User ID: 74507877 United States 05/28/2018 01:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So I was actually looking for that thread on Cosmic rays causing lightning(lol)... because, I'm wondering if cosmic rays (And also, Now, terrestrial gamma rays and antimatter) have something to do with the vibrant multi-colored lightning I saw with Irma... and others have reported seeing.. and found this thread :) and was like "terrestrial gamma rays and antimatter lightning are real thinnngggs?"... I found a fairly fresh 'first time ever' from a few days ago: [link to www.google.com (secure)] "From inside the most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the Western Hemisphere, for the first time ever scientists observed a downward beam of positrons as it unleashed during a terrestrial gamma ray flash. Terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) occur about a thousand times a day during lightning storms, but they're not always easy to catch – lasting just milliseconds, during which they release energies of up to 20 million electronvolts. These events were first detected from space in the 1990s using space-based gamma-ray detectors, and it's long been theoretically predicted that gamma ray flashes – which are directed upward into the sky – would be accompanied by something else: a downward beam of positrons, the antimatter counterpart of electrons." '-'-'-' So Op from 2011 was right? ~~~ I've gotten mixed results trying to figure out whether or not we should be able to see radiation or not :/ and now I'm a bit stalled and more confused so I thought I'd bump it and see if any super-smart glpers can give some insight. |
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