The electron beam properties of the ELBE accelerator

By December 2001 we concluded the first operational period of the ELBE accelerator. The achieved results and measured parameters of the electron beam are presented here. Although the full beam energy of 20 MeV for the first accelerator stage has been reached, most measurements were performed at 12 MeV beam ernergy with varying beam currents and bunch charges. The nominal bunch charge of 77 pC was reched and the measured beam parameters (energy spread, bunchlength and transverse emittance) meet the previous predictions.