Victor Pasko
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“In addition to being produced in very compact volumes, this runaway chain reaction can occur with highly variable strength,”
Victor Pasko · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-29
Victor Pasko explained the runaway chain reaction involved in lightning formation.
“Our findings provide the first precise, quantitative explanation for how lightning initiates in nature,”
Victor Pasko · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-28
Victor Pasko explained the significance of the study's quantitative findings on lightning initiation.
“In addition to being produced in very compact volumes, this runaway chain reaction can occur with highly variable strength, often leading to detectable levels of X-rays, while accompanied by very weak optical and radio emissions. This explains why these gamma-ray flashes can emerge from source regions that appear optically dim and radio silent.”
Victor Pasko · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-28
Victor Pasko explained why gamma-ray flashes can originate from optically dim and radio-silent regions.
“It connects the dots between X-rays, electric fields and the physics of electron avalanches.”
Victor Pasko · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-28
Victor Pasko described how the findings connect X-rays, electric fields, and electron avalanches.
“In our modeling, the high-energy X-rays produced by relativistic electron avalanches generate new seed electrons driven by the photoelectric effect in air, rapidly amplifying these avalanches,”
Victor Pasko · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-28
Victor Pasko explained how high-energy X-rays amplify electron avalanches in their model.
“We demonstrated how electrons, accelerated by strong electric fields in thunderclouds, produce X-rays as they collide with air molecules like nitrogen and oxygen, and create an avalanche of electrons that produce high-energy photons that initiate lightning.”
Victor Pasko · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-28
Victor Pasko detailed how accelerated electrons in thunderclouds initiate lightning.
“By simulating conditions with our model that replicated the conditions observed in the field, we offered a complete explanation for the X-rays and radio emissions that are present within thunderclouds,”
Victor Pasko · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-28
Victor Pasko discussed using mathematical modeling to explain X-rays and radio emissions within thunderclouds.