• DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.03.012
Corpus ID: 10679475

Angular distribution of Bremsstrahlung photons and of positrons for calculations of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and positron beams

@article{Kohn2014AngularDO,
  title={Angular distribution of Bremsstrahlung photons and of positrons for calculations of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and positron beams},
  author={C. Kohn and U. Ebert},
  journal={Atmospheric Research},
  year={2014},
  volume={135},
  pages={432-465}
}

C. Kohn, U. Ebert

Published 2014

Physics

Atmospheric Research

Abstract Within thunderstorms electrons can gain energies of up to hundred(s) of MeV. These electrons can create X-rays and gamma-rays as Bremsstrahlung when they collide with air molecules. Here we calculate the distribution of angles between incident electrons and emitted photons as a function of electron and photon energy. We derive these doubly differential cross-sections by integrating analytically over the triply differential cross-sections derived by Bethe and Heitler; this is… CONTINUE READING

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