What cosmic rays tell us about thunderstorms on Earth
date: 15/07/2015
Project: From Black Holes to Ultra-High Energy Co...
acronym: LOFAR AUGER
See also: CORDIS
His team indeed realized that cosmic rays, originating in outer space and striking the Earth from all directions, can provide a near instantaneous 'picture' of the electric fields in clouds. The unexpected finding, to be published this week in Physical Review Letters, is the result of a fruitful collaboration between astronomers, particle physicists and geophysicists. The measurements were performed with the LOFAR radio telescope, located in the Netherlands, and partly funded by the ERC.