Plasmas/Plasma objects/Lightning/Quiz

Lightning is a lecture and an article from the charge ontology research project on the origin and constitution of lightning.

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Quiz
{Complete the text: A composite { electron density (i) } spectrum is approximately a { power (i) } law over at least the ≈ 5 decade wavenumber range 10-13 m-1 < wavenumber < 10-8 m-1 and that may extend to { higher (i) } wavenumbers.
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{True or False, Some lightning that occurs is actually positive charges moving downward to the Earth's surface. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are associated with electromagnetics? + angular momentum transfer + solar wind + protons + electrons - the baryon neutrino + charge neutralization
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{True or False, Like all elementary particles, the electron has a corresponding antiparticle of opposite spin but equal mass and charge (-1). - TRUE + FALSE
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{Spin-charge separation has which characteristics? + a chargon + a spinon + taking place inside solids + extremely tight confinement - neutron affinity - X-ray absorption
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{True or False, Cloud-to-cloud lightning occurs between charged portions of clouds with opposite sign. + TRUE - FALSE
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{TeV muons from gamma-ray primaries are rare because? + only produced by higher energy gamma rays + suppressed gamma-ray flux + decreasing flux at the source - GeV gamma rays + absorption + interstellar light
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{True or False, Some lightning strikes may be originated by cosmic rays. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Charged-current charged pion production is a process in which a { neutrino (i) } interacts with an atomic { nucleus (i) } and produces a { muon (i) }, a charged { pion (i) } and recoiling nuclear fragments.
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{True or False, Antilightning is lightning spinning backward in time. - TRUE + FALSE
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Lightning is an effort by the Earth to balance charges impinging on the ionosphere from the solar wind.