cosmic rays and gamma ray bursts (grb’s) prepared by brant carlson, morris cohen, and benjamin...
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Cosmic rays and Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB’s)
Prepared by Brant Carlson, Morris Cohen, and Benjamin CottsStanford University, Stanford, CA
IHY Workshop on Advancing VLF through the Global AWESOME Network
Gamma Rays and the Ionosphere
Solar ionization disappears at night Recombination rates on the order of ms Nighttime density maintained by cosmic ray flux
Gamma-ray bursts
Associated with very energetic explosions Collapsing star
Supernova formation
Typically lasts a few ms to several minutes
Accidentally discovered by Vela-3 spacecraft in 1967
GRBs/SGRs and VLF sensing
VLF remote sensing of D-region ionosphere
GRBs repeatedly disturb ionosphere
SGR-Illuminated hemisphere
January 22nd, 2009, 6:48 UT Calculated using http://home.att.net/~srschmitt/script_celestial2horizon.html