Related papers: On Multiple Frequency Power Density Measurements

We shall give conditions on the illuminations $\varphi_{i}$ such that the solutions to Maxwell's equations \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{l} {\rm curl} E^{i}=i\omega\mu H^{i}\qquad\text{in }\Omega,\\ {\rm curl}…

We consider the Helmholtz equation with real analytic coefficients on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$. We take $d+1$ prescribed boundary conditions $f^{i}$ and frequencies $\omega$ in a fixed interval $[a,b]$. We consider a…

We study the boundary control of solutions of the Helmholtz and Maxwell equations to enforce local non-zero constraints. These constraints may represent the local absence of nodal or critical points, or that certain functionals depending on…

For a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ and $p \geq q \geq 2$, we establish quantified versions of the classical Friedrichs inequality $\|\nabla u\|_p^p - \lambda_1 \|u\|_q^p \geq 0$, $u \in W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)$, where $\lambda_1$ is a…

The focus of this paper is to show the absence of critical points for the solutions to the Helmholtz equation in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{3}$, given by \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{l} -\rm{div}(a\,\nabla u_{\omega}^{g})-\omega…

We study the electric Helmholtz equation $\Delta u + Vu + \lambda u =f$ and show that, for certain potentials, the solution $u$ given by the limited absorption principle obeys a Sommerfeld radiation condition. We use a non-spherical…

We study a new approach to the problem of transparent boundary conditions for the Helmholtz equation in unbounded domains. Our approach is based on the minimization of an integral functional arising from a volume integral formulation of the…

We consider the exterior Dirichlet problem for the heterogeneous Helmholtz equation, i.e. the equation $\nabla\cdot(A \nabla u ) + k^2 n u =-f$ where both $A$ and $n$ are functions of position. We prove new a priori bounds on the solution…

In the junction $\Omega$ of several semi-infinite cylindrical waveguides we consider the Dirichlet Laplacian whose continuous spectrum is the ray $[\lambda_\dagger, +\infty)$ with a positive cut-off value $\lambda_\dagger$. We give two…

We consider uniformly elliptic operators with Dirichlet or Neumann homogeneous boundary conditions on a domain $\Omega $ in ${\mathbb{R}}^N$. We consider deformations $\phi (\Omega)$ of $\Omega $ obtained by means of a locally Lipschitz…

Splitting-type variational problems \[ \int_\Omega \sum_{i=1}^n f_i(\partial_i w) dx \to \min \] with superlinear growth conditions are studied by assuming \[ h_i(t) \leq f''_i(t) \leq H_i(t) \] with suitable functions $h_i$, $H_i$:…

Optical forces in dielectric structures are typically analyzed by utilizing either the Maxwell stress tensor or energy-based methods from which they can be derived by means of the eigenfrequencies and the effective refractive indices…

We study the electromagnetic Helmholtz equation \notag (\nabla + ib(x))^{2}u(x) + n(x)u(x) = f(x), \quad x\in\Rd with the magnetic vector potential $b(x)$ and $n(x)$ a variable index of refraction that does not necessarily converge to a…

In this note, we deal with a problem of the type $$\cases {-h\left ( \int_{\Omega}|\nabla u(x)|^2dx\right ) \Delta u=f(u) & in $\Omega$\cr & \cr u_{|\partial\Omega}=0\ .\cr}$$ As an application of a new general multiplicity result, we…

We show optimal Lipschitz regularity for very weak solutions of the (measure-valued) elliptic PDE $-\mathrm{div}(A(x) \nabla u) = Q \; \mathcal{H}^{n-1} \llcorner \Gamma$ in a smooth domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$. Here $\Gamma$ is a…

We study a fractional analogue of a plasma problem arising from physics. Specifically, for a fixed bounded domain $\Omega$ we study solutions to the eigenfunction equation \[ (- \Delta)^s u = \lambda(u- \gamma)_+ \] with $u \equiv 0$ on…

We deal with a spectral problem for the Laplace-Beltrami operator posed on a stratified set $\Omega$ which is composed of smooth surfaces joined along a line $\gamma$, the junction. Through this junction we impose the Kirchhoff-type vertex…

Spectrum of masses of light pseudoscalar ($\pi, K, \eta, \eta'$) and vector ($\rho, K^*, \omega, \phi$) mesons can be explained on the base of the following assumptions: (1) analytical confinement (propagators of quarks and gluons are…

We investigate elliptic fractional equations in the whole space, involving zero order perturbations of the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$, $0<s<1$. Our main objective is to determine appropriate radiation conditions at infinity that…

Astrophysical tests of the stability of fundamental couplings, such as the fine-structure constant $\alpha$, are becoming an increasingly powerful probe of new physics. Here we discuss how these measurements, combined with local atomic…