Runaway breakdown can create large amounts of high-energy electrons, as well as x-rays and gamma rays. Interestingly, we know that runaway breakdown works for the low electric fields already seen ...

MELBOURNE, FLA.–Lightning, a high-voltage discharge that strikes quickly and sometimes fatally, is very difficult to study. A new and surprising finding by Florida Institute of Technology&#82… ...

Recent reviews have summarized the processes involved in electrical breakdown, which include the growth of nano-protrusions, electron emission, and the subsequent thermal runaway of these ...