Wave Propagation in Complex Media

✍ Scribed by W. C. Chew, J. M. Song, C. C. Lu, R. Wagner, J. H. Lin (auth.), George Papanicolaou (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 293
• Series: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications 96
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is both promo text and back cover copy: This volume combines the discussions of two workshops: one devoted to wavelets, multigrid and other fast algorithms (multipole, FFT) and their use in wave propagation, and another devoted to waves in random and other complex media. The majority of the chapters deal with the effects of inhomogeneities of wave propagation both theoretically and computationally. They include topics such as waves in random media, coherent effects in scattering for random systems with discrete spectrum, interaction of microwaves with sea ice, scattering in magnetic field, surface waves, seismogram envelopes, backscattering, polarization mode dispersions, and spatio-temporal distribution of seismic power. Several chapters describes numerical methods, such as fast algorithms for solving electromagnetic scattering problems, and the panel clustering methods in 3-d BEM.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Fast Algorithms for solving electromagnetic scattering problems....Pages 1-22
2d photonic crystals with cubic structure: asymptotic analysis....Pages 23-30
On waves in random media in the diffusion-approximation regime....Pages 31-48
Coherent effects in scattering from bounded random systems with discrete spectrum....Pages 49-74
The interaction of microwaves with sea ice....Pages 75-94
Electron in two-dimensional system with point scatterers and magnetic field....Pages 95-142
On the propagation properties of surface waves....Pages 143-154
Green’s function, lattice sums and rayleigh’s identity for a dynamic scattering problem....Pages 155-186
Study of seismogram envelopes based on the energy transport theory....Pages 187-197
The panel clustering method in 3-d bem....Pages 199-224
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in two-dimensional disordered systems....Pages 225-246
Reciprocity and coherent backscattering of light....Pages 247-271
Spatio-temporal distribution of seismic power for a random absorptive slab in a half space....Pages 273-287

✦ Subjects

Analysis