Dark lightning produces gamma ray flashes from lightning storms
Multiple studies demonstrate that terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) are high-energy bursts of gamma radiation produced by relativistic electron avalanches during lightning storms.
The retrieved papers consistently confirm that terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) are high-energy gamma-ray emissions produced during thunderstorms, frequently associated with lightning activity or thunderstorm electric fields. There are no papers refuting this connection; therefore, the claim is supported.
Egor Stadnichuk. Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes produced by complex thunderstorm electric structures. 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-496
Discusses how terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) are produced via relativistic runaway electron avalanches in thunderstorm electric structures.
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Joseph Dwyer, Ningyu Liu. Gamma-ray glows and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes produced by thunderstorm electrification without lightning . 2025. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12103
Examines mechanisms of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes produced during thunderstorm electrification and lightning activity.
Lasse Husbjerg, Torsten Neubert, Olivier Chanrion, Martino Marisaldi, Martin Stendel, Eigil Kaas, Nikolai Østgaard, Victor Reglero. Characterization of Thunderstorm Cells Producing Observable Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes. 2023. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9459
Analyzes a large catalogue of TGFs and their associated lightning activity.
Torsten Neubert, Nikolai Østgaard, Victor Reglero, Olivier Chanrion, Matthias Heumesser, Krystallia Dimitriadou, Freddy Christiansen, Carl Budtz-Jørgensen, Irfan Kuvvetli, Ib Lundgaard Rasmussen, Andrey Mezentsev, Martino Marisaldi, Kjetil Ullaland, Georgi Genov, Shiming Yang, Pavlo Kochkin, Javier Navarro-Gonzalez, Paul H Connell, Chris J Eyles. A terrestrial gamma-ray flash and ionospheric ultraviolet emissions powered by lightning.. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax3872
Reports an observation of a terrestrial gamma-ray flash occurring at the onset of a lightning current pulse.
K H Albrechtsen, N Østgaard, N Berge, T Gjesteland. Observationally Weak TGFs in the RHESSI Data.. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029272
Uses simultaneous lightning detections to find faint terrestrial gamma-ray flashes in satellite data.
M. Marisaldi, M. Galli, C. Labanti, N. Østgaard, D. Sarria, S. A. Cummer, F. Lyu, A. Lindanger, R. Campana, A. Ursi, M. Tavani, F. Fuschino, A. Argan, A. Trois, C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia. On the High-Energy Spectral Component and Fine Time Structure of Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes. 2021. http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.04272v1
Explores terrestrial gamma-ray flashes as bursts of gamma radiation associated with thunderstorm and lightning activity.
Sebastien Celestin. Electron Acceleration Mechanisms in Thunderstorms. 2016. http://arxiv.org/abs/1701.00105v1
Provides an overview of high-energy phenomena, including terrestrial gamma-ray flashes produced in thunderstorms.
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