We present a novel method for the measurement of Linac beam parameters in the longitudinal phase space. The longitudinal momentum spread can be evaluated by means of Schottky type signal analysis of bunched beams. There is a close similarity between a repetitive Linac bunch train and a circulating beam with a single short batch in a large machine like the LHC. A dedicated longitudinal cavity pickup was used in the Linac where resonance frequency and Q-value were carefully selected in order to get an optimum compromise between the unavoidable coherent signal and the desired incoherent part of the beam spectrum. A time domain gating similar to the 4.8 GHz LHC Schottky frontend is applied. As a cross-check of the validity of the interpretation in terms of momentum spread, the Linac beam is analyzed in the downstream synchrotron using standard Schottky methods. In principle, this approach can be understood as an extension of Schottky analysis for circular machines with a perfect mixing between subsequent bunch trains. This contribution describes the test set-up and discusses the results of the measurements with a heavy ion beam.
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