Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1864071 Physics Letters A 2009 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Let A(β,α,k) be the scattering amplitude corresponding to a real-valued potential which vanishes outside of a bounded domain D⊂R3. The unit vector α is the direction of the incident plane wave, the unit vector β is the direction of the scattered wave, k>0 is the wave number. The governing equation for the waves is [∇2+k2−q(x)]u=0 in R3. For a suitable class M of potentials it is proved that if Aq1(−β,β,k)=Aq2(−β,β,k),∀β∈S2, ∀k∈(k0,k1), and q1, q2∈M, then q1=q2. This is a uniqueness theorem for the solution to the inverse scattering problem with backscattering data. It is also proved for this class of potentials that if Aq1(β,α0,k)=Aq2(β,α0,k),∀β∈S12, ∀k∈(k0,k1), and q1, q2∈M, then q1=q2. Here S12 is an arbitrarily small open subset of S2, and |k0−k1|>0 is arbitrarily small.
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