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ENGLISH1 has recently described the application of a photomultiplier—wide-band (100 Mc./s.) amplifier—oscilloscope technique to the study of the visible radiations emitted by the pre-onset streamers2–4 in D.C. corona. Independently, similar techniques have been used in this laboratory during the past year for the study of positive point-to-plane corona (following earlier applications of similar techniques to spark channels5,6 and impulse corona7,8.).
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GAUNT, H., CRAGGS, J. Electrical and Optical Characteristics of D.C. Corona Discharge. Nature 167, 647–648 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167647b0
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