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TARANIS XGRE and IDEE detection capability of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and associated electron beams
APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Universite Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/DRF/IRFU,
Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 10 rue Alice Domont et Leonie Duquet, 75205 Paris CEDEX 13, France
Francois Lebrun
APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Universite Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/DRF/IRFU,
Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 10 rue Alice Domont et Leonie Duquet, 75205 Paris CEDEX 13, France
CEA/DRF/IRFU/Sap, Bat. 709, Orme des Merisiers, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
Pierre-Louis Blelly
Universite de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France
CNRS, IRAP, 9 Av. colonel Roche, Toulouse, France
Remi Chipaux
CEA/DRF/IRFU/SEDI, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
Philippe Laurent
APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Universite Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/DRF/IRFU,
Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 10 rue Alice Domont et Leonie Duquet, 75205 Paris CEDEX 13, France
CEA/DRF/IRFU/Sap, Bat. 709, Orme des Merisiers, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
Jean-Andre Sauvaud
Universite de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France
CNRS, IRAP, 9 Av. colonel Roche, Toulouse, France
Lubomir Prech
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Pierre Devoto
Universite de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France
CNRS, IRAP, 9 Av. colonel Roche, Toulouse, France
Damien Pailot
APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Universite Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/DRF/IRFU,
Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 10 rue Alice Domont et Leonie Duquet, 75205 Paris CEDEX 13, France
Jean-Pierre Baronick
APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Universite Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/DRF/IRFU,
Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 10 rue Alice Domont et Leonie Duquet, 75205 Paris CEDEX 13, France
Miles Lindsey-Clark
APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Universite Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/DRF/IRFU,
Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 10 rue Alice Domont et Leonie Duquet, 75205 Paris CEDEX 13, France
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Short summary
The TARANIS spacecraft will be launched at the end of 2018. It is one of the first dedicated to the study of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGF) and associated electrons (TEB), produced by thunderstorms. We present two of the six instruments on board the TARANIS spacecraft: a gamma-ray and energetic electron detector (XGRE) and an electron detector (IDEE). We compare them to other instruments that have already detected TGF and TEB, and use them to estimate the detection rate of TARANIS.
The TARANIS spacecraft will be launched at the end of 2018. It is one of the first dedicated to...
