Precursors for waves in random media

We consider scattering of a pulse propagating through a three-dimensional random media and study the shape of the pulse in the parabolic approximation. We show that, similarly to the one-dimensional O'Doherty-Anstey theory, the pulse undergoes a deterministic broadening. Its amplitude decays only algebraically and not exponentially in time, due to the signal low/midrange frequency component. We also argue that the parabolic approximation captures the front evolution (but not the signal away from the front) correctly even in the fully three-dimensional situation.