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The performance of the free-electron laser based on self-amplified spontaneous emission strongly depends on characteristics of the electron beam, such as its transverse, longitudinal, and energy profiles as well as bunch charge. The longitudinal phase-space for the electron beam consists of the longitudinal position and energy of electrons, and several methods are extensively under study to evaluate the phase-space profile of the electron beam. We are developing a measurement system consisting of a profile monitor, a bending magnet and a streak camera. We first considered an optical transition radiation monitor as the profile monitor, but we could not get the efficient number of photons to obtain the phase-space images since the angular distribution of the transition radiation is too large to concentrate in the electron energy region of 10 20 MeV. In order to increase the number of photons, we have changed to a Cherenkov radiator using a hydrophobic silica aerogel. The Cherenkov radiator was installed in the beam transport line from the linac to the FEL system. We will present an outline of the phase-space measurement system and preliminary experimental results.
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