Thunderstorms as the probable reason of high background neutron fluxes at L < 1.2статья
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Аннотация:In this paper we analyze the neutron background fluxes measured in experiments on board MIR orbital station (1991), ISS (2002) and Kolibri-2000 satellite (2002) at an altitude of 400 km. The spatial distribution of high background neutron fluxes has a longitude dependence. The most intensive near-equatorial fluxes were recorded in the regions of Africa and the Pacific ocean. We assess the possibility that the occurrence of high background neutron fluxes in these regions is connected with lightning discharges. The observed neutron fluxes at an altitude of 400 km indicate that similar to10(10) neutrons are required to be produced by lightning discharge. (C) 2004 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.