In response to Steve's elog entry, and for 40m posterity, I provide the Paschen Curve.

% Paschen Curve plotting

% From http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/hv/paschen.htm

% Breakdown voltage:
% Vbreakdown = B * p * d / (C + ln( p * d))
% 
% Breakdown field strength:
% Ebreakdown = p * ( B / ( C + ln ( p * d)))
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