A Study of Atmospheric Radiation Flashes in the Near-Ultraviolet Region Using the TUS Detector aboard the Lomonosov Satellite

Tracking Ultraviolet Setup (TUS) detector is a detector of ultraviolet (UV) radiation of the atmosphere in the wavelength range of 300–400 nm (near-ultraviolet) with high sensitivity (tens of photons emitted within the solid angle of 10 –4 sr in 0.8 μs), which operated for a year and a half aboard t...

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Published inCosmic research Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 317 - 329
Main Authors Khrenov, B. A., Garipov, G. K., Zotov, M. Yu, Klimov, P. A., Panasyuk, M. I., Petrov, V. L., Sharakin, S. A., Shirokov, A. V., Yashin, I. V., Grebenyuk, V. M., Grinyuk, A. A., Lavrova, M. V., Tkachenko, A. V., Tkachev, L. G., Botvinko, A. A., Saprykin, O. A., Senkovsky, A. N., Puchkov, A. E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.09.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Astronomy
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Atmosphere
Atmospheric radiation
Cosmic ray showers
Cosmic rays
Discharge
Extensive air showers
Ionosphere
Lightning strikes
Meteoroids
Meteors
Near ultraviolet radiation
Phenomenology
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Satellite tracking
Sensors
Space Exploration and Astronautics
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics
Ultraviolet detectors
Ultraviolet radiation
Upper atmosphere
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Summary:Tracking Ultraviolet Setup (TUS) detector is a detector of ultraviolet (UV) radiation of the atmosphere in the wavelength range of 300–400 nm (near-ultraviolet) with high sensitivity (tens of photons emitted within the solid angle of 10 –4 sr in 0.8 μs), which operated for a year and a half aboard the Lomonosov satellite. The TUS telescope had a multipurpose operational program, which made it possible to detect UV flashes from the shortest ones created by extensive air showers generated by cosmic rays to long ones, up to 1 s, created by meteors. Among these various phenomena, most often are flashes from lightning strikes, both directly creating a glow and causing the development of secondary discharges in the atmosphere, in the upper atmosphere and in the ionosphere. These discharges differ in both nature and phenomenology—in particular, they have different durations and luminosities.
ISSN:0010-9525
1608-3075
DOI:10.1134/S0010952520050056