Re: [TCML] Signature of antimatter detected in lightning

[Chris Rutherford <chrismrutherford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thats, strange I posted the same link yesterday, but it didnt get though for
whatever reason.  I'll repeat in case someone can answer my questions.

I have always been lead to believe that the energy level in lightning was
no where near high enough to be producing gama radiation.  Could
someone possibly comment on this I'd be really interested to know more
about how/why this is possible.  Would it ever be possible for Tesla
coils to reach such energy levels, perhaps within a very small region
of space where the energy could be concentrated some how?

Thanks

Chris

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Ian Macky <ian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From sciencenews.org:
>
>    Washington -- Designed to scan the heavens thousands to billions of
>    light-years beyond the solar system for gamma rays, the Fermi Gamma-ray
>    Space Telescope has also picked up a shocking vibe from Earth. During
>    its first 14 months of operation, the flying observatory has detected
>    17 gamma-ray flashes associated with terrestrial storms  and some of
>    those flashes have contained a surprising signature of antimatter.
>
> <http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49288/title/Signature_of_antimatter_detected_in_lightning>
>
> --ian
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