Acoustic waves tunnelling into whispering gallery waves (Q4450186)

Generation and propagation of acoustic interface waves running along curvilinear weakly contrast boundary of two media are studied by formal high-frequency asymptotic technique. The used uniform approach assumes that the difference of refractive indices in the two media is asymptotically small. Two types of interface waves are found. The first type resembles creeping waves on the convex side of the boundary and allows ray representation on the concave side. These waves are well excited but travel with significant attenuation. The second ones possesses asymptotics similar to whispering gallery waves on the concave side; these waves are exponentially small on the convex side. Their excitation is small, but they run along the interface almost without attenuation. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1029.00072].