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In this paper a mathematical model is given for the scattering of an incident wave from a surface covered with microscopic small Helmholtz resonators, which are cavities with small openings. More precisely, the surface is built upon a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-03 Habib Ammari , Kthim Imeri

Scattering of electromagnetic waves by many small particles of arbitrary shapes is reduced rigorously to solving linear algebraic system of equations bypassing the usual usage of integral equations. The matrix elements of this linear…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. G. Ramm

We investigate multiple scattering of scalar waves by an ensemble of $N$ resonant point scatterers in three dimensions. For up to $N = 21$ scatterers, we numerically optimize the positions of the individual scatterers, such as to maximize…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 Frank Schäfer , Felix Eckert , Thomas Wellens

We apply boundary integral equations for the first time to the two-dimensional scattering of time-harmonic waves from a smooth obstacle embedded in a continuously-graded unbounded medium. In the case we solve the square of the wavenumber…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-04 Alex. H. Barnett , Bradley J. Nelson , J. Matthew Mahoney

Scattering of electromagnetic (EM) waves by one and many small ($ka\ll 1$) impedance particles $D_m$ of an arbitrary shape, embedded in a homogeneous medium, is studied. Analytic formula for the field, scattered by one particle, is derived.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-10 A. G. Ramm

Many-body quantum-mechanical scattering problem is solved asymptotically when the size of the scatterers (inhomogeneities) tends to zero and their number tends to infinity. A method is given for calculation of the number of small…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. G. Ramm

A multilayered particle is illuminated by plane acoustic or electromagnetic waves of one or several frequencies. We consider the inverse scattering problem for the identification of the layers and of the refraction coefficients of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Semion Gutman

An explicit formula is derived for the electromagnetic (EM) field scattered by one small impedance particle $D$ of an arbitrary shape. If $a$ is the characteristic size of the particle, $\lambda$ is the wavelength, $a<<\lambda$ and $\zeta$…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-03 Alexander G. Ramm

We consider wave propagation problems over 2-dimensional domains with piecewise-linear boundaries, possibly including scatterers. We assume that the wave speed is constant, and that the initial conditions and forcing terms are radially…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Davide Pradovera , Monica Nonino , Ilaria Perugia

Scattering problem by several bodies, small in comparison with the wavelength, is reduced to linear algebraic systems of equations, in contrast to the usual reduction to some integral equations.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. G. Ramm

The two-body Coulomb scattering problem is solved using the standard complex scaling method. The explicit enforcement of the scattering boundary condition is avoided. Splitting of the scattering wave function based on the Coulomb modified…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 I. Hornyak , A. T. Kruppa

This article considers the problem of diffraction by a wedge consisting of two semi-infinite periodic arrays of point scatterers. The solution is obtained in terms of two coupled systems, each of which is solved using the discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-24 M. A. Nethercote , A. V. Kisil , R. C. Assier

The scattering of electromagnetic waves by an obstacle is analyzed through a set of partial differential equations combining the Maxwell's model with the mechanics of fluids. Solitary type EM waves, having compact support, may easily be…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 Daniele Funaro , Eugene Kashdan

In this work, we investigate time-dependent wave scattering by multiple small particles of arbitrary shape. To approximate the solution of the associated boundary-value problem, we derive an asymptotic model that is valid in the limit as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Maryna Kachanovska , Adrian Savchuk

We consider the scattering of linear waves in two dimensions by a rectangular region at the junction of four waveguides. A solution to the frequency domain problem is obtained by exploiting reflective symmetry to reduce the full problem to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 Afnan A. Aldosri , Michael H. Meylan , Ben Wilks

Multi-scale wave propagation problems are computationally costly to solve by traditional techniques because the smallest scales must be represented over a domain determined by the largest scales of the problem. We have developed and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-11-16 Bjorn Engquist , Henrik Holst , Olof Runborg

The scattering of quasiperiodic waves for a two-dimensional Helmholtz equation with a constant refractive index perturbed by a function which is periodic in one direction and of finite support in the other is considered. The scattering…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 P. Zhevandrov , A. Merzon , M. I. Romero Rodríguez , J. E. de la Paz Méndez

Motivated by research in metamaterials, we consider the challenging problem of acoustic wave scattering by a doubly periodic quadrant of sound-soft scatterers arranged in a square formation, which we have dubbed the quarter lattice. This…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Matthew Nethercote , Anastasia Kisil , Raphael Assier

We introduce an algorithm for the solution of a system of radial Schr\"odinger equations describing the inelastic scattering of particles with spin in a partial wave with definite total angular momentum. The system of differential equations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Roberto Bruschini

In the present paper we describe a simple black box algorithm for efficiently and accurately solving scattering problems related to the scattering of time-harmonic waves from radially-symmetric potentials in two dimensions. The method uses…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-03 Jeremy Hoskins , Vladimir Rokhlin