We have derived expressions for the longitudinal and transverse resistive wall coupling impedances for a beam pipe of arbitrary cross section in the ultrarelativistic limit. These expressions involve the integral of the square of the tangential magnetic fields along the wall, which can be obtained from the solution of the two-dimensional Poisson equations with a monopole and dipole singularity, respectively. Explicit results are given for beam pipes of elliptical and rectangular cross sections, including the limiting cases of a circle and a pair of parallel plates.

• Received 24 June 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.47.656