Scientists have just caught fire on the explosion of gamma rays

For the first time, scientists have discovered lightning in the act of launching a strong explosion of Gamma radiation known as the TGF.

The researchers at the University of Osaka led the work – an intimate look at one of the strongest natural phenomena and fungi on our planet. The work also represents a step forward in seeking to understand how thunderstorms managed to pump radiation that we generally link to the most extreme things in the universe: black holes and neutron stars. It was the study of the team that describes the observation Published Today in scientific progress.

Using a multi-sensor system in the city of Kanazawa, Japan, the team noticed the lightning division of lightning between two tracks-one descended from Thundercloud, and the other is based on a ground transport tower. Scientists found that the Gama Flash happened only 31 of microthia before it fulfilled the discharges in the air.

“Most of TGFs have been discovered by satellites, but the notes transmitted by Space can provide limited information,” the lead author Yuki Wada, a researcher at the University of Osaka, said in an e -mail to Gismino. “In this research, we had a ground note to see TGFS in detail.”

TGFS was first discovered from space in the nineties, but despite more than two decades, their origin remained exactly far. Last year, a pair of papers revealed in nature Gamma rays “glow” flash During tropical thunderstorms – excessive scientists were registered by moving a spy plane that was updated directly in storms systems. This research has alluded to a wider family of radiation sparked within Thunderclouds, where TGFS represents some of the shortest and most intense explosions.

While those notes based on the plane revealed where and when TGFs occur, the preparation of the Osaka team reveals the conditions in which they are formed. Gamma appeared in this case before the collision of lightning leaders directly, indicating that an accelerated electric field is accelerated to the speed of the nearby light, resulting in the active event.

“The papers of modern nature are based on air portable notes,” said Wada. “It’s also very interesting, but wild notes can be achieved much less.”

Unlike the “weakened gamma rays”, the recently discovered in the tropical sky, this TGF was tightly sync with a thunderbolt blow. While the previous papers provided a comprehensive overview of the number of gamma rays that occur in a specific tropical thunderstorm, the modern paper has been examined by a specific event to understand how lightning produces enough energy to generate gamma rays.

“The multi -sensor notes that were made here are the first world; although some puzzles are still in place, we are close to understanding the mechanism of these wonderful radiation bursts.” Release.

TGFS study can shed light on one of the most wonderful and powerful natural phenomena in our sky – which is very intense that is once attributed to the gods. The recent study showed that there is more than lightning more than the eye – may result from radiation associated with some universe The most powerful explosions.