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Frame 1: The trigger pulse ionizes the gas. Spark streamers form.
Frame 2: Spark streamers connect and move away from the glass, as amperes surge.
Frame 3: Capacitor current begins to flow, heating the surrounding xenon.
Frame 4: As resistance decreases current fills the tube, heating the xenon to a plasma state.
Frame 5: Fully heated, the full current load rushes through the tube and the xenon emits a burst of light.
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