Kulikov V.
Doctor of Phys.- Math. Sciences. Professor
Tomsk Agricultural Institute – a Branch of the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Tomsk, Russia

Abstract
Qualitative and quantitative interpretation of the laws governing the formation of the anodic channel of electrical breakdown in various materials was made within the framework of the mechanism of generation of free electrons through interatomic Auger transitions in the valence band of the dielectric.

Keywords: electrical breakdown in dielectrics, impulse breakdown