Talk:Lichtenberg figure

Lightning
Is lightning itself an example of a Lichtenberg figure? According to the definition, it's when the dielectric strength is exceded, making the dielectric conductive. That sounds like lightning to me.

Lichtenberg Figures are most often used to describe branching electrical discharges (or electrical trees) that have been preseved on the surface of, or within, a solid dielectric. However, during dielectric breakdown in strongly non uniform high voltage electric fields, transient Lichtenberg Figures may also form within gases and dielectric liquids. However, the nature of the gaseous or fluid media does not allow a permanent record of their passage to be preserved (other than through photographic means). Lichtenberg Figures and lightning both exhibit fractal properties. The branching behavior, and even the approximate branching angle, are common characteristic of dielectric breakdown within all forms of matter. Hence the similarity in appearance to lightning. So, very strongly branched lightning (such as "anvil crawlers" or J Streamers) could indeed be called HUGE Lichtenberg Figures ... Bert 05:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

insufficient context
could someone please add a sentence or two defining the subject at the beginning of the article? Right now it jumps straight into who it's named after and how he discovered it, without actually specifying what it is. Thanks! Luvcraft 16:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I made some changes that should help define what they are in the initial sentence. Bert 23:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I'll go ahead and take off the template. Luvcraft 19:41, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Adding more text to beginning of article and references
More information was added to the first paragraph. I'm also adding more references to help strengthen the veracity of the article. Bert (talk) 05:47, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Flags regarding references and leading paragraph removed - problems have been addressed. Bert (talk) 05:32, 26 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you for greatly improving the quality of the article. Reify-tech (talk) 12:33, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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