Unique recovery of lower order coefficients for hyperbolic equations from data on disjoint sets (Q2416358)

Consider a restricted Dirichlet-to-Neumann map $ \Lambda^T_{S,R} $ associated with the operator $ \partial^2_t - \Delta_g+A +q$ where $ \Delta_g$ is the Laplace-Beltrami operator of a Riemannian manifold $(M, g)$, and $A$ and $q$ are a vector field and a function on $M$. The restriction $ \Lambda^T_{S,R} $ corresponds to the case where the Dirichlet traces are supported on $(0, T ) \times S$ and the Neumann traces are restricted on $(0, T ) \times R$. Here $S$ and $R$ are open sets, which may be disjoint, on the boundary of $M$. It is proved that $ \Lambda^T_{S,R} $ determines uniquely, up to the natural gauge invariance, the lower order terms $A$ and $q$ are in a neighborhood of the set $R$. It is assumed also that $R$ is strictly convex and that the wave equation is exactly controllable from $S$ in time $T /2$. A global result under a convex foliation condition is given. The main novelty is the recovery of $A$ and $q$ when the sets $R$ and $S$ are disjoint. To recover $A$ and $q$, a new technique that is based on exploiting strict convexity of the set $R$ is developed. The case when $A$ and $q$ can be non-self-adjoint, and in particular, the corresponding physical system may have dissipation of energy is investigated.