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Piersanti M, Ubertini P, Battiston R, Bazzano A, D'Angelo G, Rodi JG, Diego P, Zeren Z, Ammendola R, Badoni D, Bartocci S, Beolè S, Bertello I, Burger WJ, Campana D, Cicone A, Cipollone P, Coli S, Conti L, Contin A, Cristoforetti M, De Angelis F, De Donato C, De Santis C, Di Luca A, Fiorenza E, Follega FM, Gebbia G, Iuppa R, Lega A, Lolli M, Martino B, Martucci M, Masciantonio G, Mergè M, Mese M, Morbidini A, Neubüser C, Nozzoli F, Nuccilli F, Oliva A, Osteria G, Palma F, Palmonari F, Panico B, Papini E, Parmentier A, Perciballi S, Perfetto F, Perinelli A, Picozza P, Pozzato M, Rebustini G, Recchiuti D, Ricci E, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Russi A, Sahnoun Z, Savino U, Scotti V, Shen X, Sotgiu A, Sparvoli R, Tofani S, Vertolli N, Vilona V, Vitale V, Zannoni U, Zoffoli S, Zuccon P. Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7013. [PMID: 37963921 PMCID: PMC10646044 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42551-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Earth's atmosphere, whose ionization stability plays a fundamental role for the evolution and endurance of life, is exposed to the effect of cosmic explosions producing high energy Gamma-ray-bursts. Being able to abruptly increase the atmospheric ionization, they might deplete stratospheric ozone on a global scale. During the last decades, an average of more than one Gamma-ray-burst per day were recorded. Nevertheless, measurable effects on the ionosphere were rarely observed, in any case on its bottom-side (from about 60 km up to about 350 km of altitude). Here, we report evidence of an intense top-side (about 500 km) ionospheric perturbation induced by significant sudden ionospheric disturbance, and a large variation of the ionospheric electric field at 500 km, which are both correlated with the October 9, 2022 Gamma-ray-burst (GRB221009A).
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Affiliation(s)
- Mirko Piersanti
- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy.
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | - Roberto Battiston
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
| | - Angela Bazzano
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | - Giulia D'Angelo
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | - James G Rodi
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | - Piero Diego
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | - Zhima Zeren
- National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell'Informazione e Matematica, University of L'Aquila, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN - Sezione di Torino, 10125, Torino, Italy
| | - Livio Conti
- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Uninettuno University, 00186, Rome, Italy
| | - Andrea Contin
- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
| | - Marco Cristoforetti
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, 38123, Povo, TN, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
| | | | - Francesco Maria Follega
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Gebbia
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
| | - Roberto Iuppa
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
| | - Bruno Martino
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- CNR, V. Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italia, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | - Marco Mese
- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
| | - Beatrice Panico
- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | - Alexandra Parmentier
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
| | - Piergiorgio Picozza
- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
| | - Ester Ricci
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
| | - Xuhui Shen
- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | - Nello Vertolli
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
| | | | - Paolo Zuccon
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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