Experimental verification of tomographic phase-space imaging for beams with space-charge using a pinhole-scan.

A model is described for tomographic phase-space mapping and emittance measurement in beams with space-charge. The tomographic results of an experiment with a 10 keV space-charge dominated electron beam are presented. The data are compared against a direct experimental sampling of the phase-space using a pinhole scan. It is found that the accuracy of the tomographic method is within 10% for beams with space-charge intensity less than 90%. With the aid of numerical simulation the observed similarities and differences between the tomography method and pinhole scan are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]