Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes in the BeppoSAX data archive

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作者：
Ursi, A. [1 ,2 ]
Guidorzi, C. [2 ]
Marisaldi, M. [3 ,4 ]
Sarria, D. [5 ]
Frontera, F. [2 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Natl Inst Astrophys, INAF IAPS, Rome, Italy
[2] Univ Ferrara, Dept Phys & Earth Sci, Ferrara, Italy
[3] Univ Bergen, Birkeland Ctr Space Sci, Bergen, Norway
[4] Natl Inst Astrophys, INAF IASF, Bologna, Italy
[5] IRAP, CNRS, Toulouse 4, France
来源：
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS | 2017年 / 156卷
关键词：
BURST MONITOR;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jastp.2017.02.014
中图分类号：
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号：
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要：
Up to now, Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) have been mostly observed by instruments on-board satellites devoted to astrophysics: after the discovery by the BATSE/CGRO experiment in the early 90's, this elusive phenomenon has been further detected by RHESSI, by the AGILE satellite and by the Fermi space telescope. The Italian/Dutch satellite BeppoSAX (1996-2002) was one of the most important high-energy astrophysics missions, especially for what concerns the field of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). Its payload housed the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GRBM), a segmented detector that could, in principle, have observed TGFs as well. Motivated by this possibility, we carried out, for the first time, a systematic search for TGFs in the BeppoSAX data archive, ending up with a sample of 12 TGF candidates. Among them, we also found a peculiar event, whose light curve characteristics may represent the signature of a mirrored Terrestrial Electron Beam (TEB).
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