Handbook of Vacuum Arc Science and Technology. Fundamentals and Applications

Content:
Foreword, Pages vii-viii, James M. Lafferty
Preface, Pages ix-xv, Raymond L. Boxman
Contributors, Pages xvii-xviii
1 - Electrical Discharges and Plasmas —A Brief Tutorial, Pages 3-27, Raymond L. Boxman
2 - Arc Ignition, Pages 28-72, George A. Farrall
- Phenomenology, Pages 73-151, Burkhard Jüttner, Victor F. Puchkarev
- Theories of Cathode Spots, Pages 151-208, Erhard Hantzsche
Theoretical Modeling of Cathode Spot Phenomena, Pages 208-256, Isak Beilis
Chapter Summary, Pages 256-281, Victor F. Puchkarev
4 - The Interelectrode Plasma, Pages 282-307, Samuel Goldsmith
5 - Anode Phenomena, Pages 308-364, H. Craig Miller
Vacuum Arc Desposition, Pages 367-396, Philip J. Martin
Arc source designs, Pages 396-397, Steven Falabella, Dmitri A. Karpov
Continuous cathodic Arc sources, Pages 397-423, Steven Falabella, Dmitri A. Karpov
Distributed Arc sources, Pages 423-444, Vladimir I. Gorokhovsky, Vladimir P. Polistchook, Ivan M. Yartsev, Joseph W. Glaser
Pulsed Arc sources, Pages 444-453, Ian Brown
Rigid-rotor models of plasma flow, Pages 454-466, David B. Boercker, David M. Sanders, Steven Falabella
Film growth, Pages 467-493, Philip J. Martin, David R. Mckenzie
Applications of Arc-deposited coatings, Pages 493-519, Jörg Vetter, Anthony J. Perry
Emerging applications and new opportunities with PVD Arc sources, Pages 519-551, Subbiah Ramalingam
7 - Vacuum Arc Metal Processing, Pages 552-589, Gerhard Brückmann, Harald Scholz
8 - Vacuum Switching of High Current and High Voltage at Power Frequencies, Pages 590-624, Allan Greenwood
9 - Pulsed Power Applications, Pages 625-699, Roger Dougal, Ian G. Brown, Sture K. Händel
Nomenclature—by Subject, Pages 700-704
Nomenclature—Alphabetical, Pages 705-708
Index, Pages 709-736
About the Contributors, Pages 737-742