Single bunch longitudinal measurements at the Cornell Electron-Positron Storage Ring

Measurements of the beam's bunch length in the Cornell Electron-Positron Storage Ring (CESR) have been made using a streak camera. The streak camera uses visible synchrotron radiation produced by the beam to measure its longitudinal distribution. A description of CESR, the experimental setup, the streak camera used, and systematic errors and analysis techniques of the streak camera are described in this paper. The dependence of the bunch distribution on the current and accelerating rf voltage for a single bunch CESR was measured and compared with a theoretical model of CESR. The CESR vacuum chamber impedance is determined from the measured bunch distributions and is presented in this paper