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The behavior of solitons in integrable theories is strongly constrained by the integrability of the theory, that is by the existence of an infinite number of conserved quantities that these theories are known to possess. As a result the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Theodora Ioannidou

This research focuses on the possibility of the surjective relation between symmetric potential function and its scattering matrix in 1-dimension. The theory bases on the property of wave function symmetry and boundary conditions. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-29 Youngik Lee

The scattering properties of randomly layered optical media with ${\cal PT}$-symmetric index of refraction are studied using the transfer-matrix method. We find that the transmitance decays exponentially as a function of the system size,…

Optics · Physics 2012-05-10 Samuel Kalish , Zin Lin , Tsampikos Kottos

A nonperturbative, purely numerical, solution of the reduced Rayleigh equation for the scattering of p- and s-polarized light from a dielectric film with a two-dimensional randomly rough surface deposited on a planar metallic substrate, has…

Optics · Physics 2012-05-04 Tor Nordam , Paul Anton Letnes , Ingve Simonsen , Alexei A. Maradudin

I present a review of the recent advancements in scattering theory, which provides a unified approach to studying dispersive and hyperbolic equations with general interaction terms and data. These equations encompass time-dependent…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-27 Avy Soffer

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

The review presents basic elements of the theory of electromagnetic emission by nonthermal particles propagating in stochastic media. In particular, general theory and a few special regimes of Diffusive Synchrotron Radiation (DSR)arising in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gregory D. Fleishman

The presence of a scattering medium in the imaging path between an object and an observer is known to severely limit the visual acuity of the imaging system. We present an approach to circumvent the deleterious effects of scattering, by…

We formulate a theory of nonrelativistic scattering in one dimension based on the J-matrix method. The scattering potential is assumed to have a finite range such that it is well represented by its matrix elements in a finite subset of a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. D. Alhaidari , H. Bahlouli , M. S. Abdelmonem

Spectral singularities are certain points of the continuous spectrum of generic complex scattering potentials. We review the recent developments leading to the discovery of their physical meaning, consequences, and generalizations. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-07 Ali Mostafazadeh

We develop perturbation theory and physically motivated resummations of the perturbation theory for the problem of a tracer particle diffusing in a random media. The random media contains point scatterers of density $\rho$ uniformly…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 D. S. Dean , I. T. Drummond , R. R. Horgan , A. Lefevre

The resonant scattering of gap solitons (GS) of the periodic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a localized defect which is symmetric under the parity and the time-reversal (PT) symmetry, is investigated. It is shown that for suitable…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-17 F. Kh. Abdullaev , V. A. Brazhnyi , M. Salerno

We analyze electromagnetic waves propagation in one-dimensional periodic media with single or periodic defects. The study is made both from the point of view of the modes and of the diffraction problem. We provide an explicit dispersion…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Didier Felbacq

Point particle scattering at Planckian centre-of-mass (cm) energies and low fixed momentum transfers, occurring due both to electromagnetic and gravitational interactions, is surveyed, with particular emphasis on the novel features…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Parthasarathi Majumdar

Scattering measurements with incident linearly polarized $\gamma$ rays provide information on spins, parities, and $\gamma$-ray multipolarity mixing coefficients, and, therefore, on the nuclear matrix elements involved in the transitions.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-06-18 Christian Iliadis , Udo Friman-Gayer

The fixed energy scattering matrix is defined on a perturbed stratified medium, and for a class of perturbations, its main part is shown to be a Fourier integral operator on the sphere at infinity. This is facilitated by developing a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 T. J. Christiansen , M. S. Joshi

The polarization of radiation by scattering on an atom embedded in combined external quadrupole electric and uniform magnetic fields is studied theoretically. Limiting cases of scattering under Zeeman effect and Hanle effect in weak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Yee Yee Oo , M. Sampoorna , K. N. Nagendra , Sharath Ananthamurthy , G. Ramachandran

We develop a complete stationary scattering theory for Schr\"odinger operators on $\mathbb R^d$, $d\ge 2$, with $C^2$ long-range potentials. This extends former results in the literature, in particular [Is1, Is2, II, GY], which all require…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-07 K. Ito , E. Skibsted

X-ray scattering power of a plane parallel homogeneous slab of material is derived using radiation intensity transfer equations.The scattering power scales with the ratio of the scattering coefficient of interest to the total attenuation…

Optics · Physics 2020-05-29 Stanislav Stoupin

This is the first of two subsequent publications where the probability distribution of delay-times in scattering of wave packets is discussed. The probability distribution is expressed in terms of the on-shell scattering matrix, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Uzy Smilansky