The "lightning machine": A simple, interesting demonstration apparatus for introductory physics

Steven D. Doty, Matthew Craggs, Michael Jorgensen, Sandra L. Doty, and Donald Hodd Citation: American Journal of Physics 68, 579 (2000); doi: 10.1119/1.19486 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.19486 View Table of Contents: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/ajp/68/6?ver=pdfcov Published by the American Association of Physics Teachers Articles you may be interested in The changes on physical characteristics of lightning discharge plasma during individual return stroke process Phys. Plasmas 21, 033512 (2014); 10.1063/1.4869460 A consistent approach to estimate the breakdown voltage of high voltage electrodes under positive switchingimpulses J. Appl. Phys. 114, 083301 (2013); 10.1063/1.4818434 Physical mechanism and numerical simulation of the inception of the lightning upward leader Phys. Plasmas 19, 123501 (2012); 10.1063/1.4769378 A demonstration condenser microphone Phys. Teach. 50, 508 (2012); 10.1119/1.4758165 Conceptual Design of Laser Lightning Protection System with Crossing Optical Breakdown Channel AIP Conf. Proc. 650, 497 (2002); 10.1063/1.1530904