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High Frequency Scattering by a Classically Invisible Body

Mathematical Physics 2012-04-19 v2 Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We consider a polyhedron with zero classical resistance, i.e., a polyhedron invisible to an observer viewing only the paths of geometrical optics rays. The corresponding problem of scattering of plane waves by the polyhedron is studied. The quasiclassical approximation is obtained and justified in the case of impedance boundary conditions with a non zero absorbing part. It is shown that the total momentum transmitted to the obstacle vanishes when the frequency kk goes to infinity, and that the total cross section oscillates at high frequencies. When the impedance λ0\lambda_0 is real (i. e., there is no absorption), it is shown that there exists a sequence of frequencies knk_n such that the averages in the impedance of the total cross section over shrinking intervals around λ0\lambda_0 go to zero as knk_n \to \infty.

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@article{arxiv.1008.3469,
  title  = {High Frequency Scattering by a Classically Invisible Body},
  author = {E. Lakshtanov and B. D. Sleeman and B. Vainberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.3469},
  year   = {2012}
}
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