New technique to measure emittance for beams with space charge

Abstract

The characterization of the transverse phase space of beams is a fundamental requirement for particle accelerators. We present a novel approach for measurement of transverse emittance for beams with space charge, an important quality indicator of transverse phase space. The method utilizes a lens-drift-screen setup similar to that of a quadrupole scan emittance measurement. Measurements of radius and divergence that can be obtained from beam produced radiation, e.g. optical transition, are used to calculate the cross-correlation term and therefore the rms emittance. A linear space-charge model is used in the envelope equations; hence, the errors in the measurement relate to the nonuniformity of the beam distribution. The emittance obtained with our method shows small deviation from those obtained by WARP simulations for beams with high space charge, in contrast to other techniques.