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Our conclusion was that the strong and *non-uniform* electric field near
the sharply curved conductive surface caused the air molecules to break
apart; by momentum conservation & the 3rd law, this caused the vdg
pinwheel to whirl (regardless of polarity), with a flow of charged
particles in the opposite direction. The charged particles, in
this model, are not originating from the point, but from the "explosion"
in the air when the air molecules break down.