Accurate emittance calculation from phase space analysis

The SPARC emittance meter opened new possibility in the study of beam dynamics, al-lowing measurements of the beam parameters evolution downstream the RF gun. Due to the used technique and the large number of the samples a precise reconstruction of the transverse phase space was also obtained. In addition to being a visual aid in understand-ing the beam dynamics, the phase space contains valuable information. We developed this new algorithm to extract the emittance value directly from the phase space data. PACS:11.30.Er,13.20.Eb;13.20Jf;29.40.Gx;29.40.Vj Published by SIS-Pubblicazion