Townsend avalanche
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The Townsend avalanche is a gas ionization process in which free electrons accelerate under an electric field and trigger a chain reaction of further ionizations, forming the basis of operation for many gaseous particle detectors.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Townsend avalanche canonical | 1 |
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