Hollinger et al. Charge sensitive evaluated ion and electron energy distributions of a vacuum arc plasma A metal vapor vacuum arc type ion source has been developed for the high current injector at the [...] discharge parameters, i.e., arc current, magnetic flux density, and cathode materials. Some important plasma parameters can be derived from these measurements: charge resolved ion energy distributions, mean [...] and temperature, and the anode drop which in all support the development of a model of a vacuum arc plasma consisting of high charge states. more... 2004 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1691518