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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 10–15, January–February, 1989.
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Shveigert, V.A. Mathematical simulation of avalanche-streamer transition in strong electric fields. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 30, 8–13 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00860698
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