History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back The direction of the vacuum and plasma electronics of VEI V.I. Perevodchikov The article describes the history of the development of scientific direction studying powerful electron beams and their interaction with plasma in the All-Russian Electrotechnical Institute (VEI), Moscow during last 50 years. The results of physical studies and complex powerful electron-beam apparatuses design are given. Key words: electronic guns, electronic bunches; the infrared technics; photoelectronics; a light location; light management; a heat gas purification; light sources. Pp. 66-70