• I.P.S. Martin, J. Rowland, B. Singh, C.A. Thomas
  Diamond, Oxfordshire
• R. Bartolini, I.P.S. Martin
  JAI, Oxford

With the aim of generating short pulse radiation, a low momentum compaction lattice has recently been commissioned for the Diamond storage ring. By introducing both positive and negative dispersion in the bending magnets it has been possible to operate the storage ring in a quasi-isochronous state, resulting in a natural electron bunch length of less than 1 pico-second. A description of the techniques used to develop the lattice is given, along with first results obtained during recent machine trials. Operation with both positive and negative momentum compaction factor is also described

• N. Delerue, R. Bartolini, K.J. Peach, A. Reichold, R. Senanayake
  JAI, Oxford
• S.I. Bajlekov, L.S. Caballero-Bendixsen, T. Ibbotson
  University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford
• N. Bourgeois, P.A. Walker
  University of Oxford, Oxford
• B. Buonomo, G. Mazzitelli
  INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma)
• G. Doucas, S.M. Hooker, P. Lau, D. Urner
  OXFORDphysics, Oxford, Oxon
• C.A. Thomas
  Diamond, Oxfordshire

Funding: John Adams Institute, University of Oxford John Fell Fund, University of Oxford

We describe a method that uses a modified pepper-pot design to measure in a single shot the emittance of electron beams with energies above 100 MeV. Our setup consists of several thin layers of tantalum with spacers in between to leave slits through which the electron beam can be sampled. We report on a measurement done using this method at the DAΦNE BTF with a 508 MeV electron beam.