Low energy scattering asymptotics for planar obstacles

We compute low energy asymptotics for the resolvent of a planar obstacle, and deduce asymptotics for the corresponding scattering matrix, scattering phase, and exterior Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator. We use an identity of Vodev to relate the obstacle resolvent to the free resolvent and an identity o...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-02
Main Authors: Christiansen, T J, Datchev, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymptotic properties
Barriers
Dirichlet problem
Perturbation
S matrix theory
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Summary:We compute low energy asymptotics for the resolvent of a planar obstacle, and deduce asymptotics for the corresponding scattering matrix, scattering phase, and exterior Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator. We use an identity of Vodev to relate the obstacle resolvent to the free resolvent and an identity of Petkov and Zworski to relate the scattering matrix to the resolvent. The leading singularities are given in terms of the obstacle's logarithmic capacity or Robin constant. We expect these results to hold for more general compactly supported perturbations of the Laplacian on \(\mathbb R^2\), with the definition of the Robin constant suitably modified, under a generic assumption that the spectrum is regular at zero.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2210.05744