Measuring Electron Beam Divergence with Cherenkov Light

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Abstract: Theoretical and experimental studies of Cherenkov light in the optical range are reported. Our results demonstrate that Cherenkov light can be used for measuring the angular divergence of a charged particle beam. In this experiment, Cherenkov light is generated by an electron beam with 6-MeV kinetic energy passing through a tilted planar quartz target. The initial beam divergence is extracted from the measured dependence of Cherenkov light intensity on the target tilt angle. The experimental results obtained with the 0.3-, 0.7-, and 1-mm-thick targets agree with theoretical predictions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-31
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477120010021
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

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Radiation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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