Inverse problem for the wave equation with a white noise source
Abstract
We consider a smooth Riemannian metric tensor on and study the stochastic wave equation for the Laplace-Beltrami operator . Here, is a random source that has white noise distribution supported on the boundary of some smooth compact domain . We study the following formally posed inverse problem with only one measurement. Suppose that is known only outside of a compact subset of and that a solution is produced by a single realization of the source . We ask what information regarding can be recovered by measuring on ? We prove that such measurement together with the realization of the source determine the scattering relation of the Riemannian manifold with probability one. That is, for all geodesics passing through , the travel times together with the entering and exit points and directions are determined. In particular, if is a simple Riemannian manifold and is conformally Euclidian in , the measurement determines the metric in .
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@article{arxiv.1308.4879,
title = {Inverse problem for the wave equation with a white noise source},
author = {Tapio Helin and Matti Lassas and Lauri Oksanen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.4879},
year = {2015}
}
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25 pages