<article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">episciences.org</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="issn" specific-use="electronic">3076-1468</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Open Plasma Science</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>OPS</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn specific-use="electronic">3076-1468</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Université de Lorraine</publisher-name><publisher-loc>                                            Nancy, France                                        <email>support@episciences.org</email>                    <uri>https://www.episciences.org</uri>                    <uri>https://ops.episciences.org</uri>                </publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46298/ops.16405</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">http://ops.episciences.org/16405</article-id><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Modeling of evaporation of macroparticles of vacuum arcs by an electron beam</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0003-3668-0215</contrib-id><name><surname>Litovko</surname><given-names>Iryna</given-names></name><institution-wrap><institution><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/04vx4mk32</institution_id><institution_name>Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering</institution_name></institution><institution><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/052kdcb58</institution_id><institution_name>Institute for Nuclear Research</institution_name></institution></institution-wrap></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-0854-6708</contrib-id><name><surname>Rudolph</surname><given-names>Martin</given-names></name><institution-wrap><institution><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/04vx4mk32</institution_id><institution_name>Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering</institution_name></institution></institution-wrap></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-5313-6505</contrib-id><name><surname>Anders</surname><given-names>André</given-names></name><institution-wrap><institution><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/04vx4mk32</institution_id><institution_name>Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering</institution_name></institution><institution><institution_name>Felix Bloch Institute of Solid State Physics</institution_name></institution></institution-wrap></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-3890-8458</contrib-id><name><surname>Goncharov</surname><given-names>Alexey</given-names></name><institution-wrap><institution><institution_name>Institute of Physics NAS of Ukraine</institution_name></institution></institution-wrap></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>11</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>ICPIG 2025</volume><uri specific-use="for-review">http://ops.episciences.org/16405/pdf</uri><self-uri>http://ops.episciences.org/16405</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The evaporation of droplets in an arc plasma flow under the action of an electron beam injected into the arc plasma and the condition of direct heating of microdroplets by beam electrons are considered. Analytical modeling shows that droplets ≤1 μm in size can be completely evaporated over time scales typical for cathodic arc deposition systems. It is shown that small microdroplets evaporate more intensively. The lower limit working points in terms of plasma electron density, and the electron energy and density of the injected energetic electrons required for droplet evaporation are found.   </p></abstract><kwd-group kwd-group-type="author" xml:lang="en"><kwd>plasma optics</kwd><kwd>vacuum-arc discharge</kwd><kwd>droplets</kwd><kwd>fast electrons</kwd><kwd>film deposition</kwd><kwd>droplet evaporation</kwd></kwd-group><permissions><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder>The Author(s)</copyright-holder><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"/></permissions></article-meta></front><body/></article>