Emerging Applications of Vacuum-Arc-Produced Plasma, Ion and Electron Beams

Preface. Cohesive energy rule for vacuum arcs; A. Anders. Physical basis of plasma parameter control in a vacuum arc; I.A. Krinberg.Sources of multiply charged metal ions: vacuum discharge or laser produced plasma? V. Paperny. Status of E-MEVVA experiments at ITEP; T.V. Kulevoy, et al. Underlying physics of E-MEVVA operation; A. Herschcovich, et al.Technical design of the MEVVA ion source at GSI and results of a long uranium beam time period; F. Heymach, et al. Simulation of the extraction from a MEVVA ion source; P. Spädtke.Production of gas and metal ion beams with vacuum arc ion sources; A.S. Bugaev, et al. High current electron sources and accelerators with plasma emitters; V.I. Gushenets, P.M. Schanin. Emission methods of experimental investigations of ion velocities in vacuum arc plasmas; A.S. Bugaev, et al. Gaseous plasma production using electron emitter based on arc discharge; M.V. Shandrikov, et al. Vacuum arc ion sources: charge state enhancement and arc voltage; M. Galonska, et al. Linear vacuum arc evaporators for deposition of functional multi-purpose coatings; A.V. Demchyshyn, et al. Arc generators of low temperature plasma and their applications; N.N. Koval, P.M. Schanin. Electron beam deposition of high temperature superconducting thin films; G. Mladenov, et al. Deposition of nanoscale multilayered structures using filtered cathodic vacuum arc plasma beams; M.M.M. Bilek, et al. Implantation of steel by MEVVA ion source with bronze cathode; Z. Werner, et al. Resistance to high temperature oxidation of Si-implanted TiN coatings on steel; Z. Werner, et al. Vacuum arc deposited DLC-based coatings; O.R. Monteiro, M.P. Delplanke-Ogletree. Applications of vacuum arc plasma to neuroscience;I.G. Brown, et alConcerning regularities of particle motion in potential fields; V.I. Fedulov.High current plasma lens: status and new developments; A.A. Goncharov.Subject Index.