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Buildup of an electron-photon avalanche in a layered medium with a random-distributed density

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This is a study concerning the buildup of an electron—photon avalanche in a medium with a random-distributed density. The formulas derived here describe the avalanche characteristics, averaged over fluctuations of the medium, in terms of the corresponding avalanche characteristics for a medium with a deterministically distributed density. Numerical results are shown pertaining to an avalance in the atmosphere.

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  1. Altai State University, USSR

    V. V. Uchaikin & V. V. Ryzhov

  2. Institute of Atmosphere Optics, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, USSR

    V. V. Uchaikin & V. V. Ryzhov

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  1. V. V. Uchaikin
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 16–21, September, 1974.

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Uchaikin, V.V., Ryzhov, V.V. Buildup of an electron-photon avalanche in a layered medium with a random-distributed density. Soviet Physics Journal 17, 1202–1206 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01208664

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