Broken ray transform on a Riemann surface with a convex obstacle (Q303524)

Under a very systematic consideration of the work of Mukhometov (1987), and the general approach that it describes, the broken ray transform on Riemann surfaces in the presence of an obstacle is considered that catalysts a result involving the uniqueness theorem for the broken ray transform in a compact non-positively curved Riemannian manifold with boundary, which allows \(M\) to contain one strictly convex reflecting obstacle. Such a uniqueness result is said to follow whenever a Helgason support theorem is available. It may be of interest to note that Helgason theorems are known on simple manifolds of dimension greater than \(2\) with real analytic metric (refer to \textit{V. P. Krishnan} [J. Fourier Anal. Appl. 15, No. 4, 515--520 (2009; Zbl 1186.53089)]), and known on manifolds of dimension greater than or equal \(3\) possessing a suitable foliation by the convex hypersurfaces (see [\textit{G. P. Paternain}, ``The geodesic X-ray transform with matrix weights'', \url{arXiv:1605.07894}] and [\textit{G. Uhlmann} and \textit{A. Vasy}, Invent. Math. 205, No. 1, 83--120 (2016; Zbl 1350.53098)]). The paper carries the potential due to a preparation for the possible treatment of several convex obstacles. Under the prescribed conditions and the general approach, for a surface that has non-positive curvature and the obstacle is strictly convex, it is proved that a function can be found by its integrals over broken geodesic rays which reflect on the boundary of the obstacle. The proof of such a statement is obtained by invoking the Pestov identity with boundary terms and involving Jacobi fields on broken rays. Section 6 describes some applications of the broken ray transform.