Enhancement of space-charge induced damping due to reactive impedances for head-tail modes

Abstract

Landau damping of head-tail modes in bunches due to spreads in the tune shift can be a deciding factor for beam stability. We demonstrate that the coherent tune shifts due to reactive impedances can enhance the space-charge induced damping and change the stability thresholds (here, a reactive impedance implies the imaginary part of the impedance of both signs). For example, high damping rates at strong space-charge, or damping of the $k=0$ mode, can be possible. It is shown and explained, how the negative reactive impedances (causing negative coherent tune shifts similarly to the effect of space-charge) can enhance the Landau damping, while the positive coherent tune shifts have an opposite effect. It is shown that the damping rate is a function of the coherent mode position in the incoherent spectrum, in accordance with the concept of the interaction of a collective mode with resonant particles. We present an analytical model, which allows for quantitative predictions of damping thresholds for different head-tail modes, for arbitrary space-charge and coherent tune-shift conditions, as it is verified using particle tracking simulations.