• Enhanced detection of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes by AGILE 

      Marisaldi, Martino; Argan, A; Ursi, Alessandro; Gjesteland, Thomas; Fuschino, F; Labanti, C; Galli, M; Tavani, M; Pittori, C; Verrecchia, F; D´Amico, F.; Østgaard, Nikolai; Mereghetti, S; Campana, R; Cattaneo, PW; Bulgarelli, S; Colafrancesco, S; Dietrich, S; Longo, F; Gianotti, F.; Giommi, P; Rappoldi, A; Trifoglio, M; Trois, A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-06)
      At the end of March 2015 the onboard software configuration of the Astrorivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero (AGILE) satellite was modified in order to disable the veto signal of the anticoincidence shield for the minicalorimeter ...
    • A new population of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes in the RHESSI data 

      Østgaard, Nikolai; Albrechtsen, Kjetil; Gjesteland, Thomas; Collier, Andrew B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-23)
      Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) are the most energetic photon phenomenon occurring naturally on Earth. An outstanding question is as follows: Are these flashes just a rare exotic phenomenon or are they an intrinsic ...