Coherent radiation from a beam accelerated in a microtrone

The coherent radiation of relativistic electrons that are accelerated in a microtrone and move through a beam-deflecting magnet is measured. Experiments show that the radiation intensity depends not only on the number of electrons but also on which region of the bunch the radiating electrons are extracted from. The measurements provide information on how the phase extent of the electron bunch varies over the cross section. Numerical calculations of the radiation intensity versus number of particles passing through the beam-deflecting magnet and of the bunch coherence factor versus transverse coordinate are in good agreement with the experiment.