The feedback mechanism of runaway air breakdown

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Babich, L P ^a   Donskoy, E N ^a   Kutsyk, I M ^a   Roussel Dupre R A ^b  

^a RUSSIAN FEDERAL NUCLEAR CENTER VNIIEF   (Russian Federation)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; THUNDERSTORMS;

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; RUNAWAY BREAKDOWN; SPATIAL STEPPING; TEMPORAL STEPPING;

GEOPHYSICS;

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 21044444595     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021744     Document Type: Article

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