Locating an obstacle in a 3D finite depth ocean using the convex scattering support

We consider an inverse scattering problem in a 3D homogeneous shallow ocean. Specifically, we describe a simple and efficient inverse method which can compute an approximation of the vertical projection of an immersed obstacle. This reconstruction is obtained from the far-field patterns generated by illuminating the obstacle with a single incident wave at a given fixed frequency. The technique is based on an implementation of the theory of the convex scattering support [S. Kusiak, J. Sylvester, The scattering support, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. (2003) 1525–1548]. A few examples are presented to show the feasibility of the method.     

The inverse scattering problem of quantum theory

The inverse phase-type scattering problem for the boundary-value problem?y″+q(x)y=k ² y (0?x<∞), (1)y′ (0)=hy (0) (2) is studied. It is shown that, for each function δ(k) satisfying the hypotheses of Levinson's theorem, there exists a problem (1)–(2) with h≠∞ and another problem (1)–(2) with h=∞ (i.e., with the boundary condition o (0)=0). The solvability condition for the Riemann-Hilbert problem is used more directly than has been done heretofore by others in deriving boundary condition (2).     

The nuclear method in potential scattering theory

The perturbation of a Schrödinger operator H₀ with an arbitrary bounded potential function q, decreasing sufficiently fast at infinity, is considered. With the aid of results of the nuclear theory, for the corresponding pair of Hamiltonians H₀, H=H₀+q, one establishes the existence and the completeness of the wave operators. Generalizations are given to a wider class of unperturbed operators H₀, and also to perturbations by firstorder differential operators. In addition, perturbations by integral operators of Fourier type are investigated.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 171, pp. 12–35, 1989.     

The inverse scattering problem for semi-infinite crystals

The inverse problem for the scattering by semi-infinite crystals, is studied in the one- and three-dimensional cases. The three-dimensional problem is reduced to a system of one-dimensional coupled ones. The inversion procedure is applied to one-dimensional differential equations to obtain the Fourier components of the potential describing the crystal, in terms of the scattering amplitudes and surface states information. The analytic properties of the scattering amplitudes are analyzed by using matching conditions.

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Sommaire Le problème inverse de la diffusion par cristaux semi-infinis est étudié dans les cas à une et trois dimensions. Le problème à trois dimensions est réduit à celui de systèmes couplés à une dimension. Le procédé d'inversion est appliqué aux équations différentialles à une dimension pour obtenir les composés de Fourier du potentiel décrivant le crystal, en fonctión des amplitudes de diffusion et des états de surface donnés. Les propriétés analytiques des amplitudes de diffusión sont analysées en utilisant des conditions de continuité.

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The financial support has been provided by Junta de Energia Nuclear (Madrid).     

The linear Boltzmann equation with inelastic scattering

The linear extended kinetic equation for monatomic test particles undergoing elastic and inelastic scattering with a background of heavy multilevel field particles is analyzed in the Lorentz gas limit.     

The support problem for abelian varieties

Let A be an abelian variety over a number field K. If P and Q are K-rational points of A such that the order of the reduction of Q divides the order of the ) reduction of P for almost all prime ideals , then there exists a K-endomorphism φ of A and a positive integer k such that φ(P)=kQ.     

The Green formula in the theory of potential scattering and corrections to the eikonal scattering amplitude

A method based on the Green formula is developed for calculating the scattering amplitude of fast charged particles in an external field. The scattering amplitude is representable as an integral over an arbitrary closed surface enveloping the domain of influence of the external field on the particle. Corrections to the eikonal scattering amplitude are simply derived without using the specific form of the potential. The resulting formulas can be used to investigate the interaction between particles and fields of complex configuration. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika. Vol. No. 2, pp. 280–288, May, 1998.     

Analysis of multiple scattering iterations for high-frequency scattering problems. II: The three-dimensional scalar case

In this paper, we continue our analysis of the treatment of multiple scattering effects within a recently proposed methodology, based on integral-equations, for the numerical solution of scattering problems at high frequencies. In more detail, here we extend the two-dimensional results in part I of this work to fully three-dimensional geometries. As in the former case, our concern here is the determination of the rate of convergence of the multiple-scattering iterations for a collection of three-dimensional convex obstacles that are inherent in the aforementioned high-frequency schemes. To this end, we follow a similar strategy to that we devised in part I: first, we recast the (iterated, Neumann) multiple-scattering series in the form of a sum of periodic orbits (of increasing period) corresponding to multiple reflections that periodically bounce off a series of scattering sub-structures; then, we proceed to derive a high-frequency recurrence that relates the normal derivatives of the fields induced on these structures as the waves reflect periodically; and, finally, we analyze this recurrence to provide an explicit rate of convergence associated with each orbit. While the procedure is analogous to its two-dimensional counterpart, the actual analysis is significantly more involved and, perhaps more interestingly, it uncovers new phenomena that cannot be distinguished in two-dimensional configurations (e.g. the further dependence of the convergence rate on the relative orientation of interacting structures). As in the two-dimensional case, and beyond their intrinsic interest, we also explain here how the results of our analysis can be used to accelerate the convergence of the multiple-scattering series and, thus, to provide significant savings in computational times.     

The scattering of sound waves by an obstacle

In this paper we study the scattering of acoustic waves by an obstacle ??. We establish the following relation between the scattering kernel S(s, θ, ω) and the support function h_?? of the obstacle: The right endpoint of the support of S(s, θ, ω) as function of s is h_??(θ-ω); h_?? is defined by For Dirichlet boundary condition the result is proved in full generality, for Neumann condition only for backscattering, i.e., for θ = -ω. Since the convex hull of ?? can be recovered from knowledge of h_??, the above result may be useful in reconstructing ?? from scattering data.