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Theory, lab and space experiments, and calculations related the physics of plasmas, i.e., matter constituted by ionized atoms.

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Why do gas discharge tubes operate indefinitely?(Or do they?)

Once the positive gas ion hits the cathode (= roughly an infinite bucket of electrons) it neutralizes and flows back into the tube as neutral gas. You're right that otherwise the discharge would be qu …
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