Vs. Pandit et al., THE MEASUREMENT OF THE RMS EMITTANCE OF AN ION-BEAM WITH AN ARBITRARYDENSITY PROFILE, Measurement science & technology, 8(10), 1997, pp. 1085-1089
A simple method to evaluate the RMS beam emittance is described. We ob
tained a relation between the beam parameters and the RMS width of the
profile which can be measured by a beam profile monitor and this rela
tion was used to determine the RMS beam emittance. This method is appl
icable to beams with any kind of density distribution in the phase spa
ce.