Effect of Generation of Charged Particles Fluxes by Pulsed Gas Discharge

TL;DR

This paper investigates how pulsed gas discharges generate electron and ion fluxes, modeling phenomena like blue jets and elves during thunderstorms, and demonstrates the potential for producing strong-current fluxes in controlled experiments.

Contribution

It introduces an experimental setup for modeling lightning-related phenomena and shows the feasibility of generating high-current electron and ion fluxes in gas discharges.

Findings

Generation of electron and ion fluxes in pulsed gas discharges.

Modeling of blue jets and elves phenomena.

Demonstration of strong-current fluxes in controlled conditions.

Abstract

The paper describes the effect of generation of electron and ion fluxes in a gas discharge, which offers, in particular, to the emergence of "blue jets" and "elves", observed during thunderstorms. An experimental facility modeling these phenomena is described. A possibility of generation of strong-current fluxes of electrons and ions in a straightline gas electric discharge is demonstrated.