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The experiments of R. C. Fletcher on impulse breakdown are discussed and a simple theory for these eXI;>eriments is developed by assuming that the breakdown consists of ionization and charge separation in a umform field. The theory accounts reasonably welI for the time lags and also explains the shapes of the breakdown voltage transients. It indicates also that measurement of the mean ionizing time for electrons in the gap should be possible.
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