Space-charge impedance of rf-shielding wires with external ceramic and conducting pipes

We studied the electrostatic field due to a charged-particle beam with uniform particle density propagating inside an rf-shielding cage (rf cage) constructed from evenly spaced conducting wires. The beam and the rf cage are surrounded by a ceramic beam pipe positioned inside a conducting pipe concentric with the beam and the rf cage. The space-charge impedances in the long wavelength regime are investigated by considering the electrostatic fields due to the longitudinal and transverse perturbations on the density of the charged-particle beam. Shielding effects due to the rf cage are discussed and simple formulas are derived for estimating the space-charge impedances. Numerical examples are given for illustration. Comparisons between analytical estimates and the results produced by the field-solver computer program MAFIA show good agreement.