In 2023, a series of intense Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements (TGEs) were recorded on Mount Aragats in Armenia, with five events exceeding the fair-weather cosmic ray flux by more than 100 percent. This study comprehensively analyzes these TGEs, investigating the atmospheric conditions and electric fields contributing to their occurrence. Key insights include discovering relationships between TGEs and atmospheric electric fields, recovering electron and gamma-ray energy spectra, and the impact of nearby lightning activity. The findings offer a deeper understanding of TGEs' role in atmospheric physics and its synergy with high energy astrophysics.
@article{arxiv.2406.16160,
title = {Extreme thunderstorm ground enhancements registered on Aragats in 2023},
author = {A. Chilingarian and B. Sargsyan and T. Karapetyan and D. Aslanyan and S. Chilingaryan and L. Kozliner and Y. Khanikyanc},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.16160},
year = {2024}
}