Effect of Generation of Charged Particles Fluxes by Pulsed Gas Discharge
  The paper describes the effect of generation of electron and ion fluxes in a gas discharge, which offers, in particular, to the emergence of "blue jets" and "elves", observed during thunderstorms. An experimental facility modeling these phenomena is described. A possibility of generation of strong-current fluxes of electrons and ions in a straightline gas electric discharge is demonstrated. 
Georgiy A. Pozdnyakov
physics.plasm-ph physics.ao-ph