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The First GECAM Observation Results on Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes and Terrestrial Electron Beams
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  • YI ZHAO,
  • Jia Cong Liu,
  • Shaolin Xiong,
  • Wangchen Xue,
  • Qibin Yi,
  • Gaopeng Lu,
  • Wei Xu,
  • Fanchao Lyu,
  • Jianchao Sun,
  • Wenxi Peng,
  • Chao Zheng,
  • Yanqiu Zhang,
  • Ce Cai,
  • Shuo Xiao,
  • Sheng-Lun Xie,
  • Chenwei Wang,
  • Wenjun Tan,
  • Zhenghua An,
  • gang chen,
  • yanqi du,
  • yue huang,
  • min gao,
  • ke gong,
  • dongya guo,
  • jianjian he,
  • bing li,
  • Gang Li,
  • Xinqiao Li,
  • xiaobo li,
  • liang jing,
  • Xiaohua Liang,
  • yaqing liu,
  • xiang ma,
  • rui qiao,
  • liming song,
  • xinying song,
  • xilei sun,
  • jin wang,
  • jinzhou wang,
  • Ping Wang,
  • Xiangyang Wen,
  • hong wu,
  • Yanbing Xu,
  • sheng yang,
  • boxin zhang,
  • Da Li Zhang,
  • fan zhang,
  • peng zhang,
  • hongmei zhang,
  • zhen zhang,
  • Xiaoyun Zhao,
  • shijie zheng,
  • keke zhang,
  • xingbo han,
  • haiyan wu,
  • tai hu,
  • hao geng,
  • Hongbo Zhang,
  • fangjun lu,
  • shuangnan zhang,
  • heng yu
YI ZHAO
Beijing Normal University

Corresponding Author:yi.zhao@mail.bnu.edu.cn

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Jia Cong Liu
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Shaolin Xiong
Institute of High Energy Physics
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Wangchen Xue
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Qibin Yi
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Gaopeng Lu
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
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Wei Xu
Wuhan University
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Fanchao Lyu
Nanjing Joint Institute for Atmospheric Sciences
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Jianchao Sun
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Wenxi Peng
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Chao Zheng
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Yanqiu Zhang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Ce Cai
College of Physics and Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application, Hebei Normal University
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Shuo Xiao
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University
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Sheng-Lun Xie
Institute of Astrophysics, Central China Normal University
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Chenwei Wang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Wenjun Tan
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Zhenghua An
Institute of High Energy Physics
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gang chen
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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yanqi du
School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Southwest Jiaotong University
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yue huang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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min gao
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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ke gong
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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dongya guo
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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jianjian he
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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bing li
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Gang Li
IHEP,CAS
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Xinqiao Li
Institute of High Energy Physics
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xiaobo li
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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liang jing
School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Southwest Jiaotong University
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Xiaohua Liang
Institute of High Energy Physics
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yaqing liu
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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xiang ma
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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rui qiao
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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liming song
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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xinying song
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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xilei sun
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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jin wang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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jinzhou wang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Ping Wang
institute of high energy physics
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Xiangyang Wen
institute of high energy physics
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hong wu
School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Southwest Jiaotong University
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Yanbing Xu
Institute of High Energy Physics
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sheng yang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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boxin zhang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Da Li Zhang
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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fan zhang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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peng zhang
College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tongji University
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hongmei zhang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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zhen zhang
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Xiaoyun Zhao
Institute of High Energy Physics
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shijie zheng
Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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keke zhang
Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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xingbo han
Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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haiyan wu
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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tai hu
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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hao geng
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Hongbo Zhang
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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fangjun lu
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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shuangnan zhang
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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heng yu
Beijing Normal University
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Abstract

Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) is a space-borne instrument dedicated to monitoring high-energy transients, thereinto Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) and Terrestrial Electron Beams (TEBs). We propose a TGF/TEB search algorithm, with which 147 bright TGFs and 4 TEBs are identified during an effective observation time of $\sim$ 9 months. We show that, with gamma-ray and charged particle detectors, GECAM can effectively identify and distinguish TGFs and TEBs, and measure their temporal and spectral properties in detail. Moreover, we find an interesting TEB consisting of two pulses with a separation of $\sim$ 150 ms, which is expected to originate from a lightning process near the geomagnetic footprint. We also find that the GECAM TGF’s lightning-association ratio is $\sim$ 80\% in the east Asia region using the GLD360 lightning network, which is significantly higher than previous observations.