Parabolic sturmians approach to the three-body continuum Coulomb problem

The three-body continuum Coulomb problem is treated in terms of the generalized parabolic coordinates. Approximate solutions are expressed in the form of a Lippmann-Schwinger-type equation, where the Green’s function includes the leading term of the kinetic energy and the total potential energy, whereas the potential contains the non-orthogonal part of the kinetic energy operator. As a test of this approach, the integral equation for the (e ^?, e ^?, He⁺⁺) system has been solved numerically by using the parabolic Sturmian basis representation of the (approximate) potential. Convergence of the expansion coefficients of the solution has been obtained as the basis set used to describe the potential is enlarged.     

On the acoustic wave attenuation in a turbulent medium

The equation for the mean acoustic field has been obtained for a random turbulent medium using the Green function approach. The correlation function was described by the Karman distribution with the index n=2 approximately≃11/6. Applying Bourret's approximation, the exact expression for the mass operator has been calculated analytically. The frequency dependence of the scattering coefficient of the mean field has been derived. Conditions of Cherenkov radiation are discussed.     

A mixed integral equation of mechanics and a generalized projection method of its solution

A mixed multidimensional integral equation containing integral operators of various types is studied. The case in which the equation has one compact, self-adjoint, and strongly positive operator (with constant limits of integration) and two non-self-adjoint integral Volterra operators (with a variable upper limit of integration) is considered. To solve the equation, an effective projection method allowing one to obtain the result in a form with explicitly distinguished principal singularities is proposed.     

On the acoustic wave attenuation in a turbulent medium

Abstract

The equation for the mean acoustic field has been obtained for a random turbulent medium using the Green function approach. The correlation function was described by the Karman distribution with the index n=2 approximately?11/6. Applying Bourret's approximation, the exact expression for the mass operator has been calculated analytically. The frequency dependence of the scattering coefficient of the mean field has been derived. Conditions of Cherenkov radiation are discussed.     

An Equivalent Reduction of the Bethe-Salpeter Equation for Multi-Fermion Bound States

By means of the renormalized Dirac spinor wave function and through. the introduction of an effective interaction operator, the exact ~ethe-saypetere quation for multi-fermion bound states has been reduced to an equivalent Pauli-Schrodinger equation. As a result, the specific form of the latter equation in the static approximation has directly been given as well. In comparison of the effective interaction operator appearing in the Pauli-Schrodinger equation with the corresponding S-matrix, a substantial difference between both interactions acting in the bound state and the scattering state emerges which is important to determine an interaction potential in the bound state.     

Direct Solution of the Inverse Problem for Rough Surface Scattering

We consider the inverse scattering problem for a scalar wave field incident on a perfectly conducting one-dimensional rough surface. The Dirichlet Green function for the upper half-plane is introduced, in place of the free-space Green function, as the fundamental solution to the Helmholtz equation. Based on this half-plane Green function, two reasonable approximate operations are performed, and an integral equation is formulated to approximate the total field in the two-dimensional space, then to determine the profile of the rough surface as a minimum of the total field. Reconstructions of sinusoidal, non-sinusoidal and random rough surface are performed using numerical techniques. Good agreement of these results demonstrates that the inverse scattering method is reliable.     

Approximate path integral solution for a Dirac particle in a deformed Hulthén potential

The problem of a Dirac particle moving in a deformed Hulthén potential is solved in the framework of the path integral formalism. With the help of the Biedenharn transformation, the construction of a closed form for the Green’s function of the second-order Dirac equation is done by using a proper approximation to the centrifugal term and the Green’s function of the linear Dirac equation is calculated. The energy spectrum for the bound states is obtained from the poles of the Green’s function. A Dirac particle in the standard Hulthén potential (q = 1) and a Dirac hydrogen-like ion (q = 1 and a → ∞) are considered as particular cases.     

Mass operator for wave scattering from a slightly random surface

This paper deals with the mass operator representing multiple-scattering effects in the theory of wave scattering from a slightly random surface. By means of the stochastic-functional approach, a recurrence equation for the mass operator is obtained in the form of an iterative integral. However, its solution oscillates in a non-physical manner against the number of iterations. Next, the recurrence equation may be regarded as a nonlinear integral equation, when the number of iterations goes to infinity. An analytical solution of the nonlinear integral equation is presented for a special case in which the roughness spectrum is the Dirac delta function. Then, the nonlinear integral equation is solved numerically for the Gaussian roughness spectrum by iteration, starting from such an analytical solution. It is shown that only a few iterations are required to obtain the mass operator, even when the correlation distance is small. Effects of the mass operators on the coherent reflection coefficient and the incoherent scattering cross section are calculated and shown in figures.     

A nonlocal effective operator for coupling forward and backward propagating modes in inhomogeneous media

In an acoustic waveguide spatial inhomogeneities couple the forward and backward propagating modal amplitudes. To address the nature of such coupling the integral equation for the range-dependent modal amplitudes is decomposed into components that satisfy the asymptotic boundary conditions of the free Green's function operator. An equivalent set of equations is obtained by eliminating the components that become the asymptotically backward propagating channels to leave a set of integral equations that describe only the components that become asymptotically the forward propagating channels. The elimination of the components that become asymptotically the backward propagating channels is done at the expense of introducing a nonlocal effective coupling operator. The nonlocal operator contains all the effects of the asymptotically backward propagating field on the asymptotically forward propagating field. An expansion of the effective coupling operator allows an investigation of the importance of the coupling and provides a systematic approach to add correction terms to the forward only equation. Idealistic underwater waveguides with various degrees of inhomogeneities are used to illustrate the main features of the convergence characteristics for the expansion.     

The theory of liquids at equilibrium

No rigorous calculation of the properties of a liquid has yet been made from a knowledge of the forces between its molecules. This review describes the method by which most solutions have been sought and the progress that has been made in the last five years.

The equilibrium properties of a simple liquid can be expressed in terms of the pair distribution function g(r), which measures the probability of finding a second molecule at distance r from a first. Kirkwood, and Born and Green showed that an approximate calculation of g(r) can be made by solving an integral equation. This equation, its solutions and their imperfections are described briefly.

More recently it has been found convenient to write the correlation function, h(r)=g(r) -1, as the sum of two terms, a direct term, c(r), and an indirect term. Four recent approximations can be described and compared by the form they assume for the direct correlation function, c(r). The most promising of these is the approximation of Percus and Yevick and its quantitative predictions are discussed in some detail.     

Inverse spectral problem for delta potentials

The scattering problem for the linear Schrödinger equation on the entire axis has been considered. Conditions under which the knowledge of the discrete spectrum of the Schrödinger operator is sufficient for the reconstruction of the potential have been determined. The main difference from the soliton sector is the self-similarity of the problem under consideration with respect to the extension of the spectral parameter λ. This makes it possible to reduce the inverse scattering problem to the study of the singularity of the Green’s function at λ = 0.     

On Recent Analytical Results for Solution of the Scattering Problem for the Sharply Screened Coulomb Potential

Exact representations for the wave function and for the Green function of the Hamiltonian with the sharply screened Coulomb potential are given. The representations are obtained by summing up the partial wave series. The final form of the wave function and the Green function in the region of the coordinate space where the potential is not zero are given in terms of the Coulomb wave function and the Coulomb Green function, respectively. The exact representation has been obtained for the transition operator in the configuration space.     

Stretched backgrounds for acoustic scattering models

For the computational solution of the acoustic scattering problem, new domain integral equations are proposed. These domain integral equations describe the acoustic wave propagation in some chosen inhomogeneous background, whereas the influence of the scattering object is viewed as a superposition of contrast sources. A stretching procedure of the inhomogeneous background to a homogeneous one leads to a domain integral equation in a stretched space, where the Green function has the same simple functionality as the one of the non-stretched homogeneous background. This leads to improved efficiency in the computation of the scattering problem at hand.     

Non-equilibrium approach to transport phenomena in quantum crystals

A pure dielectric quantum crystal subjected to an external mechanical force is described by non-equilibrium Green’s functions. In equilibrium the leading approximation leads to the definition of elementary excitations, the phonons in the renormalized harmonic approximation. Their temperature dependent energies are to be determined as solutions of an integral equation. For hydrodynamic disturbances a generalized transport equation for a phonon number density is derived. A similar approximation for the spectral function yields an integral equation for space and time dependent quasiparticle energies which are expressed as functionals of the displacement field and the phonon distribution. The Boltzmann equation for the latter includes the quasi-particle interaction.     

Burton-Miller改进型边界方程的多频计算方法

提出了一种采用Burton-Miller改进型边界积分方程进行多频计算的方法。将Burton-Miller方程中的高奇异积分转化为弱奇异积分形式,获得Burton-Miller改进型边界积分方程;将方程中格林函数进行Taylor级数展开,并把波数从方程中分离出来,从而使随波数变化的计算矩阵表示为波数的矩阵级数形式。数值分析表明,本方法不仅保证了解在全波数范围内的唯一性,并且计算频率点数较多时可以节约大量时间,提高计算效率。      

Green functions of vortex operators

We study the euclidean Green functions of the 't Hooft vortex operator, primarily for abelian gauge theories. The operator is written in terms of elementary fields, with emphasis on a form in which it appears as the exponential of a surface integral. We explore the requirement that the Green functions depend only on the boundary of this surface. The Dirac veto problem appears in a new guise. We present a two-dimensional “solvable model” of a Dirac string, which suggests a new solution of the veto problem. The renormalization of the Green functions of the abelian Wilson loop and abelian vortex operator is studied with the aid of the operator product expansion. In each case, an overall multiplication of the operator makes all Green functions finite; a surprising cancellation of divergences occurs with the vortex operator. We present a brief discussion of the relation between the nature of the vacuum and the cluster properties of the Green functions of the Wilson and vortex operators, for a general gauge theory. The surface-like cluster property of the vortex operator in an abelian Higgs theory is explored in more detail.     

Diffraction of sound by an elastic cylinder near the surface of an elastic halfspace

Diffraction of an acoustic wave by an elastic cylinder near the surface of an elastic halfspace is considered. The solution relies on a Helmholtz-type integral equation and uses the Green function of an elastic halfspace. The latter function is represented in the form of an integral over the Sommerfeld contour on the plane of a complex variable that has the meaning of the angle of the wave incidence on the halfspace boundary. An integral equation for the sound pressure distribution over the cylinder surface is derived. This equation is reduced to an infinite system of equations for the Fourier-series expansion coefficients of this distribution. The results obtained are valid for the diffraction of a cylindrical wave and a plane wave. They also describe the diffraction of a spherical wave when the transmitter and receiver are far from the cylinder and lie in one plane that is orthogonal to the cylinder axis.