3rd International Workshop on Mechanisms of Vacuum Arcs (MeVArc 2012)
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US/Mountain
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
800 Rio Grande Blvd., NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
United States
André Anders(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Flyura Djurabekova(University of Helsinki), Matthew Hopkins(Sandia National Laboratories), Walter Wuensch(CERN)
Description
Vacuum arcs are a concern in essentially every vacuum electronic device. Sometimes they form the basis for device operation, but all too often they are the primary failure mode. They are often described as high voltage breakdown (HVB) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) as well. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together scientists and engineers to discuss the latest improvements in our understanding of vacuum arcs, including their initiation and evolution.
Specific topics include:
High electric field gradient devices (e.g., accelerators)
Effect of electrode material processing
Material/electrode damage characterization
Primary mechanisms for discharge
Diagnostic methods for interrogating breakdown, surface structure, plasma constituents, etc.
Modeling and simulation
We welcome new areas of investigation in addition to the above. The multidisciplinary nature of vacuum arcs and vacuum devices provides a rich environment for finding physics of shared interest from multiple sources.