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ALTERNATE dark and bright regions are a common feature of the positive column of a glow discharge in most gases. Such striations may be stationary or moving and the column will be uniform or striated depending upon the gas pressure, the current density and the radius of the tube. The existence of striations has been known for more than a century, but the mechanism of their appearance or absence is still obscure.
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MORGAN, G. Origin of Striations in Discharges. Nature 172, 542 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172542a0
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