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So far, a satisfactory theory for the well-known phenomenon of striations in gas discharges has proved elusive1. This communication delineates the basic elements of a theory for the stationary striation with a fuller account to be offered later encompassing the moving variety as well2. The central mechanism has been provided in relation to the manifestation of Liesegang rings3, which represents the underlying regularity producing repetitions of nodes and antinodes proposed earlier by Morgan4. While the two physical phenomena entail entirely different processes, it happens that the analytical formalisms are very much alike. Indeed, the non-stationary striation has no equivalent in the formation of periodic precipitates, involving as it does much more complex processes.
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GOLD, L. Theory of Striations in Gas Discharges. Nature 203, 855 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203855a0
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