Title: Flickering gamma-ray flashes, the missing link between gamma glows and TGFs
Award ID(s):
2330350 2230383 2221765 2139916 2214044 2026304 2213247
PAR ID:
10582676
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Nature
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Nature
Volume:
634
Issue:
8032
ISSN:
0028-0836
Page Range / eLocation ID:
53 to 56
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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