Interferometric measurement of the beam size in the compact storage ring

The beam size in the compact superconducting storage ring AURORA at Ritsumeikan University was measured using the SR-interferometer. The radiation beam from the bending magnet was passed through the double-slit and an interferogram formed in the visible spectral region was recorded using a CCD camera. The spatial coherence of the beam was derived from the analysis of the intensity profile and its dependence on the spatial frequency has yielded the beam size of 10.5 μm in the vertical direction. It is unexpectedly small, indicating a high accuracy in the design of magnetic field in the magnet. The beam size could be varied by applying an rf kick electric field and the dependence of the beam lifetime on the size has shown that it is primarily governed by the Tauschek effect.