A theoretical determination of breakdown
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J.M. Meek
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Article
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1940
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The potentials required for breakdown between spheres are calculated oll the basis of the streamer theory of spark discharge. This theory is founded oll atom-physical considerations, so that the calculations are not of the usual empirical nature. Agreement within about 3 per cent. of the values dete