Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Jim,
Gerry R.
Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Exactly that... once you've got a streamer that is long enough, relative to the terminal, it looks like a wire hanging in space, and further growth is more determined by the energy available to keep the channel hot, and to build up enough charge at the end of the wire to get the field above breakdown for the next jump.