From: mystuffs@orwell.net (Metlicka Marc)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 16:36:46 -0400
Subject: [TSSP] leader formation
paul, all i was looking through some coil footage i had taken from the triggered gap on a small coil and discovered some very interesting "freeze frame" effects showing leader and streamer formation. the avi is a little large (1.5 meg) but can be viewed well with "real player" and using the slider one can follow frame by frame a streamer starting with an energy burst, or ion cloud, and then to leader and on to streamer. one can also follow the energy being drained from one stream by another and some very interesting effects as the safety gap fires when i go across the limits of the dimmer. i can send to any that wish to see it, it is well worth the look? i think i was lucky in capturing this at the right time and place, also, i didn't know at the time, but there was a pinhole in the toroid facing the camera that holds most of the events in the right area for viewing? just thought i would offer to share this with any that are interested in leader formation and streamer actions. marc m.
Maintainer Paul Nicholson, paul@abelian.demon.co.uk.