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We consider an inverse problem for a non-linear hyperbolic equation. We show that conformal structure of a Lorentzian manifold can be determined by the source-to-solution map evaluated along a single timelike curve. We use the microlocal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Medet Nursultanov , Lauri Oksanen , Leo Tzou

The equations for waves on the surface of an irrotational incompressible fluid are derived in the coordinates of the velocity potential/stream function. The low frequency shallow water approximation for these waves is derived for a varying…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-05 W. G. Unruh

Wave propagation is a common occurrence in all of physics. A linear approximation provides a simpler way to describe various fields related to observable phenomena in laboratory physics as well as astronomy and cosmology, allowing us to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-08 Lucas T. Santana , João C. Lobato , Ribamar R. R. Reis , Maurício O. Calvão

Pair distributions of fluids confined between two surfaces at close distance are of fundamental importance for a variety of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena, such as interactions between macromolecules in solution, surface…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-11-01 Kim Nygård , Sten Sarman , Roland Kjellander

Minkowski tensors are comprehensive shape descriptors that robustly capture n-point information in complex random geometries and that have already been extensively applied in the Euclidean plane. Here, we devise a novel framework for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-30 Caroline Collischon , Michael Klatt , Anthony Banday , Manami Sasaki , Christoph Räth

Wavefront shaping techniques allow waves to be focused on a diffraction-limited target deep inside disordered media. To identify the target position, a guidestar is required that typically emits a frequency-shifted signal. Here we present a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Antton Goïcoechea , Jakob Hüpfl , Stefan Rotter , François Sarrazin , Matthieu Davy

In this manuscript we consider non-degenerate surfaces $\Sigma^2$ immersed in a 3-dimensional homogeneous space $\mathbb{L}^3(\kappa,\tau)$ endowed with two different metrics, the one induced by the Riemannian metric of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Alma L. Albujer , Fábio R. dos Santos

This paper is concerned with the inverse problem of scattering of time-harmonic acoustic waves by an inhomogeneous penetrable obstacle in a piecewise homogeneous medium. The well-posedness of the direct problem is first established by using…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-12-16 Xiaodong Liu , Bo Zhang

Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) wave packets, known for their vortex structure and nonzero orbital angular momentum (OAM), are of great interest in various scientific fields. Here we study the nonrelativistic dynamics of a spatially-localized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 A. Kudlis , I. A. Aleksandrov , N. N. Rosanov

Strong lensing by intervening galaxies can produce multiple images of gravitational waves from sources at cosmological distances. These images acquire additional phase-shifts as the over-focused wavefront passes through itself along the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-17 Liang Dai , Tejaswi Venumadhav

We consider an inverse problem for the linear one-dimensional wave equation with variable coefficients consisting in determining an unknown source term from a boundary observation. A method to obtain approximations of this inverse problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Carlos Castro , Sorin Micu

A rather complete investigation of anisotropic Bessel potential, Besov, and H\"older spaces on cylinders over (possibly) noncompact Riemannian manifolds with boundary is carried out. The geometry of the underlying manifold near its 'ends'…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2012-04-04 Herbert Amann

We consider plane wave modes in ultracold, but not quantum degenerate, dipolar Fermi gases in the hydrodynamic limit. Longitudinal waves present anisotropies in both the speed of sound and their damping, and experience a small, undulatory…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-03-29 Reuben R. W. Wang , John L. Bohn

In Minkowski geometry the metric features are based on a compact convex body containing the origin in its interior. This body works as a unit ball with its boundary formed by the unit vectors. Using one-homogeneous extension we have a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-12-23 Csaba Vincze

This paper introduces a novel theoretical framework for identifying Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCS) in manifolds with non-constant curvature, extending the theory to Finsler manifolds. By leveraging Riemannian and Finsler geometry, we…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Rômulo Damasclin Chaves dos Santos , Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales

In this paper, we investigate two types of time-harmonic elastic wave scattering problems. The first one involves the scattered wave generated by an active elastic source with compact support. The second one concerns elastic wave scattering…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Huaian Diao , Xiaoxu Fei , Hongyu Liu

In this paper, we study the anisotropic Minkowski problem. It is a problem of prescribing the anisotropic Gauss-Kronecker curvature for a closed strongly convex hypersurface in Euclidean space as a function on its anisotropic normals in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-30 Chao Xia

Colliding or noncolliding plane fronted electromagnetic or gravitational waves are the asymptotic limit of Robinson--Trautman spherical electromagnetic or gravitational waves. Noncolliding plane fronted waves contain no information about…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-03 Peter A. Hogan , Dirk Puetzfeld

Considering charged fluid spheres as anisotropic sources and the diffusion limit as the transport mechanism, we suppose that the inner space--time admits self--similarity. Matching the interior solution with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-16 W. Barreto , B. Rodríguez , L. Rosales , O. Serrano

Waves play an essential role in many aspects of plasma science, such as plasma manipulation and diagnostics. Due to the complexity of the governing equations, approximate models are often necessary to describe wave dynamics. In this…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-08-21 D. E. Ruiz