Multilayer resistive-wall impedance with a material-filled beam region

Abstract

Beam-coupling impedances in material media are relevant for ionization-cooling channels of a future muon collider, where the beam propagates in matter rather than vacuum. We extend the cylindrical field-matching formalism for multilayer structures to the case of a material-filled beam region surrounded by external layers with arbitrary electromagnetic properties. Starting from Maxwell's equations, the usual vacuum factor $1/γ^2$ is replaced by the material-dependent factor $F=1/\varepsilon_1 - μ_1β^2$, and the radial propagation constant is modified accordingly. Analytical expressions are obtained for the longitudinal and transverse impedances, with the surrounding structure encoded through reflection coefficients determined by field matching. The formalism reduces to the known vacuum and perfectly conducting limits in the appropriate cases. Representative calculations are presented for absorber-relevant configurations, illustrating the dependence on the material properties of both the beam region and the surrounding layers. In particular, the presence of material in the beam region can lead to a nonzero real part of the impedance and to resonant structures in dielectric cases. The applicability of the infinite-length approximation is also discussed by comparison with finite-length mode-matching results.