On spectral properties of Neuman-Poincaré operator and plasmonic resonances in 3D elastostatics (Q2335828)

The authors consider plasmon resonances and cloaking for the elastostatic system in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) via the spectral theory of the Neumann-Poincaré operator. They first derive the full spectral properties of the Neumann-Poincaré operator for the 3D elastostatic system in the spherical geometry. The spectral result is of significant interest for its own sake, and serves as a highly nontrivial extension of the corresponding 2D study in [\textit{K. Ando} et al., Eur. J. Appl. Math. 29, No. 2, 189--225 (2018; Zbl 06903421)]. The derivation of the spectral result in 3D involves much more complicated and subtle calculations and arguments than that for the 2D case. Then they consider a 3D plasmonic structure in elastostatics which takes a general core-shell-matrix form with the metamaterial located in the shell. Using the obtained spectral result, they provide an accurate characterisation of the anomalous localised resonance and cloaking associated to such a plasmonic structure.