Solution of the three-dimensional acoustic inverse scattering problem. The modified Novikov algorithm

For the first time, three-dimensional model scatterers of various strengths and size are numerically reconstructed on the basis of the monochromatic functional-analytical Novikov algorithm. The algorithm allows for the multiple scattering processes and does not impose stringent constraints on the scatterer strength. The resulting scatterer estimate approaches the true value after the width of the scatterer’s spatial spectrum is restricted to a region with a radius of about 2k ₀. The noise robustness of the algorithm, i.e., the robustness to random errors in experimental data, is sufficiently high for diagnostic applications. However, the amount of numerical operations required by the algorithm is great.     

二维有耗色散介质的时域逆散射方法

为了重建二维有耗色散介质的电参数分布,基于Debye模型,应用泛函分析和变分法,提出一种时域逆散射新方法.该方法首先以最小二乘准则构造目标函数,将逆问题表示为约束最小化问题,接着应用罚函数法转化为无约束最小化问题,然后基于变分计算导出闭式的Lagrange函数关于特征参数的Fréchet导数,最后借助梯度算法和时域有限差分法迭代反演Debye模型参数.为了对抗噪声污染和逆问题的病态特性,采用了一阶Tikhonov正则化方法.数值应用中,利用Polak-Ribière-Polyak非线性共轭梯度法,对二维乳     

二维电磁逆散射问题的时域高斯-牛顿反演算法

为了直接利用超宽带(UWB)时域测量数据,同时重建二维(2D)目标(OI)的介电常数和电导率,本文将频域高斯-牛顿反演(GNI)算法发展为时域形式.迭代重建过程中,正问题由时域有限差分(FDTD)法求解,而逆问题的病态特性用自适应正则化技术抑制.四类数值算例中,噪声影响均被考虑,仿真结果初步证实了改进算法的可行性和鲁棒性.重建图像呈现超分辨率(SR),有望应用到早期乳腺癌检测等实际问题中.     

Finite-difference approximation for inverse scattering problem

For the first time potentials are reconstructed in a finite-difference approximation using a genuine inverse scattering method instead of multiple repeated solutions of a direct problem with iterative fitting of scattering data. Up to now a fundamental difference between spectral properties of the Schrödinger operator and its discrete analog hindered from doing this.     

Three-body inverse scattering problem

Two methods are suggested to reconstruct three-body potentials from three-body scattering data. This was achieved by using the reduction of the corresponding Schrödinger equation to a system of ordinary differential equations (not integro-differential equations as usual in the direct problem). Exactly solvable three-body models are presented. A new simple method for solving the multi-dimensional inverse problem in a finite-difference approximation is considered in the Appendix.     

Relevance vector machine technique for the inverse scattering problem

A novel method based on the relevance vector machine(RVM) for the inverse scattering problem is presented in this paper.The nonlinearity and the ill-posedness inherent in this problem are simultaneously considered.The nonlinearity is embodied in the relation between the scattered field and the target property,which can be obtained through the RVM training process.Besides,rather than utilizing regularization,the ill-posed nature of the inversion is naturally accounted for because the RVM can produce a probabilistic output.Simulation results reveal that the proposed RVM-based approach can provide comparative performances in terms of accuracy,convergence,robustness,generalization,and improved performance in terms of sparse property in comparison with the support vector machine(SVM) based approach.     

Solution of the three-dimensional inverse acoustic scattering problem on the basis of the Novikov-Henkin algorithm

A theoretical study of the practical abilities of the Novikov-Henkin algorithm, which is one of the most promising algorithms for solving three-dimensional inverse monochromatic scattering problems by functional analysis methods, is carried out. Numerical simulations are performed for model scatterers of different strengths in an approximation simplifying the reconstruction process. The resulting estimates obtained with the approximate algorithm prove to be acceptable for middle-strength scatterers. For stronger scatterers, an adequate reconstruction is possible on the basis of a rigorous solution.     

The inverse scattering problem for singular oscillating potentials

In this paper we show how to apply the Gel'fand-Levitan equations with singular oscillating potentials. We give the general procedure for solving these equations and we illustrate the method by some examples.     

Yang-Mills equations as inverse scattering problem

Non-linear self-duality equations are shown to be conditions of compatibility of two linear equations. All the N-instanton fields are constructed explicitly.     

On a method for solving the inverse problem in potential scattering

A method for solving the inverse problem in the non-relativistic elastic scattering theory, using the analytic and asymptotic properties of the scattering amplitude is proposed and the influence of the discontinuity parameters of the scattering amplitude on the properties of the resulting potentials is discussed. The case with spherically symmetric forces and without bound states is considered. The possibility for solving the inverse problem by this method, leading to the singular repulsive potentials is mentioned.     

Solution of an inverse problem in scattering theory

Hoyt (1939) and Firsov devised methods in classical mechanics to deduce a central scattering potential from a measured differential effective cross-section in the nonrelativistic case. These methods are here extended to the relativistic case. A detailed analysis of the applicability of all methods has been undertaken for potentials of the form V(r) = ±r^–k for sufficiently high energies of the colliding particles. It is found that Hoyt's method is inapplicable in the relativistic case only when the potential represents attraction. A relatively simple method is given for deducing the parameters and k for a monotonic attraction potential that can be approximated by V(r) = –r^–k. The method is based on simple arguments concerning the dimensions of the cross-section. It is sufficient to know only two values of the integral cross-section in the same range of angles but at different energies to determine the parameters.     

The inverse scattering problem and the equivalent local potential

We examine the role of the non-locality of the potential in the two-body scattering by taking the nucleon-Σ system as an example. We employ a non-local potential for the nucleon-Σ channel which has the characteristic features of the quark model and reproduces the phase shifts of widely used local potentials. We use inverse scattering methods to obtain the equivalent local potential from the non-local potential, and show that the obtained local potential has a strong short range repulsion.     

General solution of relativistic one-channel inverse scattering problem

We find explicitly in the p-representation the kernels of the logarithms of unitary operators transforming the free Hamiltonian into the general solution of the one-channel inverse scattering problem, when bound states are absent. Then we construct the transformation of the Hamiltonian adding to its spectrum the given set of bound states without changing the scattering operator. Other generators of the Poincaré group are constructed in a similar way. The proof of some relevant limits is given.     

Quadratic spherical bessel functions and the inverse scattering problem

In the course of inverting the partial-wave Born approximation, a new expression for the inverse function ofj _l ² (ρ) was obtained. Using this result, one can also derive two expressions involving the binomial coefficients. Finally, a particular differential operator whose effect onj _l ² (ρ) was previously investigated by Mavromatis and Jalal is shown to have similar effects onn _l ² (ρ) andn _l (ρ)j _l (ρ).     

Instantons of two-dimensional fermionic effective actions by inverse scattering transformation

Effective actions, containing the logarithm of a functional Dirac determinant, appear in 1/N expansions of fermionic theories (N being the number of flavours). We introduce a method to find symmetric solutions of the corresponding non-linear and non-local saddle-point equations. This method consists in using the scattering data of the rotationally symmetric Dirac equation in two dimensions with the angular mometum as a spectral parameter. We apply the method to fermionic theories with scalar and pseudoscalar quartic couplings. The effective action that generates the 1/N expansion admits a closed form in terms of the scattering data only in the particular case when the model is integrable (Gross-Neveu and Chiral Gross-Neveu model). No instanton solutions are present in these two particular cases. This fact, together with the exact results for theS-matrix and form factors, suggests that the 1/N expansion could be convergent. In the general case, the quantum model has an additional dimensionless parameterg _R·g _R± gives the Chiral Gross-Neveu model. Wheng _R>0, tachyons appear. Forg _R0^–, andg _R–, generically complex-action instantons exists, indicating a possibly Borel-summable 1/N expansion.Laboratoire associé au CNRS LA280     

Numerical solution for an inverse scattering problem of non-periodic rough surfaces

The paper presents the first results of a numerical study of inverse diffraction devoted to non-periodic rough surfaces in optics. Two kinds of rough surfaces are considered: first gratings with a finite number of grooves, and second random rough surfaces. For shallow surfaces, adequate Fourier theories have been employed with success. On the other hand, for deeper asperities, rigorous methods are needed and generally, the reconstruction of the profile is more difficult. For both Fourier and rigorous methods, the limit of resolution is studied numerically and numerous examples of reconstruction are given.Instituto Politecnico National, Escuela Superior de Fisica y Matematicas, Mexico, D.F., Mexico     

An inverse scattering problem from an impedance obstacle

In this paper we consider an inverse scattering problem from an obstacle with impedance boundary condition. Our aim is to recover the unknown scatterer from the far field pattern iteratively assuming the impedance function. Our method, while remaining in the framework of Newton’s method, based on a system of two nonlinear integral equations which is equivalent to the original inverse problem, avoids the need of calculating a direct problem at each iteration. Because of the ill-posedness of this problem, regularization method for example, Tikhonov regularization, is incorporated in our solution scheme. Several numerical examples with only one incident wave are given at the end of the paper to show the feasibility of our method.     

Supersymmetric Yang-Mills equations as an inverse scattering problem

The equations of motion (for N=3, 4) and the constraint equations (N=1, 2) for supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories are shown to be the compatibility conditions of some system of linear equations with a parameter.