Kinetic theory of runaway breakdown in inhomogeneous thundercloud electric field
- 16 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Physics Letters A
- Vol. 282 (3) , 180-185
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0375-9601(01)00108-6
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