Avalanche

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Avalanche

The cumulative process in which charged particles accelerated by an electric field produce additional charged particles through collision with natural gas molecules or atoms. See

Townsend ionization coefficient.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use