High-energy radiation from thunderstorms and lightning with LOFT

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/ Authors

M. Marisaldi, D. M. Smith, S. Brandt, M. S. Briggs, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, R. Campana, B. E. Carlson, S. Celestin, V. Connaughton, S. A. Cummer

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J. R. Dwyer, G. J. Fishman, M. Fullekrug, F. Fuschino, T. Gjesteland, T. Neubert, N. Østgaard, M. Tavani

/ Abstract

This is a White Paper in support of the mission concept of the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT), proposed as a medium-sized ESA mission. We discuss the potential of LOFT for the study of high-energy radiation from thunderstorms and lightning. For a summary, we refer to the paper.