Integral presentation of the potential of a parametric model of a point directional source (Q2718147)

The author considers the expression of the potential of the sound pressure due to a point directional source NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \psi _1( r,\theta ,\varphi) =\sum_{n=0}^\infty \sum_{m=-n}^nC_{nm}h_n^{(1)}( kr) P_n^{|m|}( \cos \theta) \exp (\text{im }\varphi) , NEWLINE\]NEWLINE (where \(h_n^{(1)}\) are spherical Bessel functions of the third kind and \( P_n^{|m|}\) are the associated Legendre functions) and proves that the potential can be expressed in the manner of a contour integral NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \widehat{\psi }( r,\theta ,\varphi) =\sum_{n=0}^\infty \sum_{m=-n}^n\int_{-\frac \pi 2+i\infty }^{\frac \pi 2-i\infty }H_m^{(1)}( u) \exp ( b|z|) P_n^{|m|}( \cos \beta) \sin \beta d\beta, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(H_m^{(1)}\) are the Hankel functions of the first kind. The integral representation is useful in hydro-acoustics when one has to find the sound pressure potential determined by a source in a bounded domain.