Francisl, thank you for the links. I’d like to point out that I’m not suggesting pre-ionizing all of the gas in the reactor. Rather, I suggest shining laser light into the reactor to primarily ionize the reactor volume that is currently occupied by the cathodes. In other words, take out the 8 electrodes, install 8 quartz windows in the same place were the electrodes used to join the head plate and ionize the gas column where the electrodes used to be. When the caps fire, electrical resistance will be the smallest along the ionized gas columns, so the ionized gas columns will become your new electrodes with the benefits listed in my previous posting.
