Applied Physics and Mathematics Annotation << Back Cascade degradation processes Part 2. Cascade degradation processes: The examples Nikerov V.A. The cascade degradation processes features are analized for specific problems of the accelerated particle beams physics, plasma physics, cosmic ray physics, phenomena on the cleavages and breaks, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, laser physics, chemical kinetics, etc. The possibilities of these processes describing are considered using the degradation equation as well as alternative approaches. A comparison of the characteristic power and exponential energy particles distributions and their connection with the degree of processes non-equilibrium is delivered. It is shown that in a highly non-equilibrium cascade degradation processes characterizing by a power energy particle distribution, the number of high-energy particles is relatively large. This fact can produce a significant increase in process efficiency if the optimization of the cascade process is delivered. This optimization of the cascade degradation process with the help of degradation equation plays a key role in many practical applications of the high-energy particles and radiation. Keywords: cascade processes, degradation processes, degradation equation, degradation spectrum, particle energy distribution function, kinetic equation, power and exponential distributions. Contacts: E-mail: Vnikerov@hse.ru Pp. 34-60.