The article presents a review of the current state of the theory of avalanche-streamer processes, i.e., processes occurring during the development of discharges in dense gases. The principal attention is devoted to description of the physical picture of the phenomena. A systematic presentation is given of the theory of the main stages of formation of a discharge: the theory of electron avalanches, the theory of a selfmaintaining discharge, the theory of the avalanche-streamer transition, and the theory of streamers. The question of breakdown of long spark gaps is discussed briefly.

%0 Journal Article
%T Development of electron avalances and streamers
%A É. D. Lozanskii
%I Physics-Uspekhi
%D 1975
%J Phys. Usp.
%V 18
%N 11
%P 893-908
%U https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1975/11/c/
%U https://doi.org/10.1070/PU1975v018n11ABEH005235