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Simultaneous Occurrence of Moving and Standing Waves in a Positive Column

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IN the literature on moving striations—such as are seen in commercial neon signs—it has been mentioned repeatedly that stationary striations may be present at the same time1. Not much definite information has, however, been published about the latter, except that they are most prominent near the negative end of the positive column.

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COOPER, A., COULTER, J. & EMELÉUS, K. Simultaneous Occurrence of Moving and Standing Waves in a Positive Column. Nature 181, 1326–1327 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811326a0

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