Some basic features of the beam emittance

Some general features of the beam emittance are discussed. The significance of rms values for the emittance calculation and emittance measurements is emphasized and it is shown that the emittance of a beam is not necessarily constant in a drift space.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klaus Floettmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2003-03-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.6.034202
Description
Summary:Some general features of the beam emittance are discussed. The significance of rms values for the emittance calculation and emittance measurements is emphasized and it is shown that the emittance of a beam is not necessarily constant in a drift space.
ISSN:1098-4402