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Physicists of Cosmic Ray Division publish tenth paper in Physical Review journal of American Physical Society (APS).
The Constitution of the APS states that the objective of the Society shall be the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. Research results should be recorded and maintained in a form that allows analysis and review, while experimental data should be immediately available to
scientific collaborators. Following these principles, Armenian physicists have presented detailed descriptions of their discoveries on Natural Gamma Radiation (NGR) and particle fluxes of the last decade in 10 issues of the Physical Review journal. The discovery of the Thunderstorm
Ground enhancements (TGEs) registered by a variety of particle detectors located on Mt. Aragats and explanation of the TGE origin were published in first two papers. Another two papers proved registration of the neutron component of TGEs, explaining that photonuclear reactions of the
gamma rays are responsible for the neutron flux. The structure of the electric field inside thundercloud and energy spectra of the electrons and gamma rays were described in subsequent papers. The lightning initiation is directly related to the geomagnetic avalanches in the lower part of the
thundercloud, that was demonstrating by the special TGE events abruptly terminated by the atmospheric discharges. The last papers on this research topic were devoted to long-lasting TGEs and Radon progenies’ contribution to the winter enhancements of particle fluxes.
The entire history of the development of the new scientific discipline, namely, the High-Energy Physics in Atmosphere (HEAP) and the revealing the sources of the NGR can be followed by CRD’s publications in Physics Reviews journal of American Physical Society (see references below).
References
10Apr2019 DB11920 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Accepted, in production
Title: Origin of the low-energy gamma ray flux of the long-lasting thunderstorm ground enhancements
Authors: A. Chilingarian, A. Avetisyan, G. Hovsepyan, T. Karapetyan, L. Kozliner, B. Sargsyan, M. Zazyan
03Oct2018 DV12126 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Structures of the intracloud electric field supporting origin of long-lasting thunderstorm ground enhancements
Authors: A. Chilingarian, G. Hovsepyan, S. Soghomonyan, M. Zazyan, M. Zelenyy
11Jul2018 DS12099 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Long lasting low energy thunderstorm ground enhancements and possible Rn-222 daughter isotopes contamination
Authors: A. Chilingarian
07Mar2016 DJ11850 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Mount Aragats as a stable electron accelerator for atmospheric high-energy physics research
Authors: Ashot Chilingarian, Gagik Hovsepyan, Eduard Mnatsakanyan
01Oct2013 DG11351 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Thunderstorm ground enhancements: Gamma ray differential energy spectra
Authors: A. Chilingarian, G. Hovsepyan, L. Kozliner
13Nov2012 DT11124 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Remarks on recent results on neutron production during thunderstorms
Authors: A. Chilingarian, N. Bostanjyan, T. Karapetyan, L. Vanyan
08Oct2012 DS11183 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Role of the Lower Positive Charge Region (LPCR) in initiation of the Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements (TGEs)
Authors: A. Chilingarian, H. Mkrtchyan
16Apr2012 DF10987 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Neutron bursts associated with thunderstorms
Authors: A. Chilingarian, N. Bostanjyan, L. Vanyan
01Mar2011 DY10671 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Particle bursts from thunderclouds: Natural particle accelerators above our heads
Authors: Ashot Chilingarian, Gagik Hovsepyan, Armen Hovhannisyan
23Aug2010 DR10800 Physical Review D (Regular Article)
Status: Published
Title: Ground-based observations of thunderstorm-correlated fluxes of high-energy electrons, gamma rays, and neutrons
Authors: Chilingarian,A. et al.