2 papers
physics.ao-ph2026
Positron acceleration in thunderstorms
A. Chilingarian, B. Sargsyan
Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements (TGEs) are known manifestations of relativistic runaway electron avalanches (RREAs) developing inside thunderclouds. However, the role of positrons…
physics.space-ph2025
High-Energy Atmospheric Radiation: From Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements to Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes
A. Chilingarian, L. Hovhannisyan, B. Sargsyan +1
This work presents a unified conceptual and observational framework that reinterprets these radiation bursts as manifestations of the same runaway processes happening at different…