Homogenization of hyperbolic equations with periodic coefficients

In $L_2(\mathbb{R}^d;\mathbb{C}^n)$ we consider selfadjoint strongly elliptic second order differential operators ${\mathcal A}_\varepsilon$ with periodic coefficients depending on ${\mathbf x}/ \varepsilon$, $\varepsilon>0$. We study the behavior of the operator cosine $\cos( {\mathcal A}^{1/2}_\varepsilon \tau)$, $\tau \in \mathbb{R}$, for small $\varepsilon$. Approximations for this operator in the $(H^s\to L_2)$-operator norm with a suitable $s$ are obtained. The results are used to study the behavior of the solution ${\mathbf v}_\varepsilon$ of the Cauchy problem for the hyperbolic equation $\partial^2_\tau {\mathbf v}_\varepsilon = - \mathcal{A}_\varepsilon {\mathbf v}_\varepsilon +\mathbf{F}$. General results are applied to the acoustics equation and the system of elasticity theory.