AE31A-3385:
Search for X-rays and relativistic electrons in laboratory discharge experiments
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Nikolai Ostgaard1, Brant E Carlson2, Øystein Grøndahl1, Pavlo Kochkin3, Ragnhild Nisi1 and Thomas Gjesteland1, (1)University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (2)Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States, (3)Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract:
In 2013 discharge experiments were carried out at the Technical University of Eindhoven. The experimental set-up was designed to search for both X-rays and electrons produced in meter-scale sparks using a 1 MV Marx generator. In this paper we present the spatial distribution of signals and examine whether they are X-rays only or X-rays and electrons. Other characteristics of the signals will be presented as well. These experiments are carried out in the context of a larger effort to understand the various phenomena of X-rays and gammas from natural lightning.
