Inverse problem for the wave equation with a white noise source (Q462877)

The authors investigate the stochastic wave equation on \(\mathbb R^n\) of the form \(\partial_t^2 u-\Delta_g=F\), where \(g\) is a certain Riemannian metric on \(\mathbb R^n\), \(\Delta\) is the Laplace-Beltrami operator of \(g\), and \(F\) is a random time-dependent variable with white noise distribution. It is supposed that \(g\) is known only outside of a compact \(K\) lying inside a compact domain \(M\subset \mathbb R^n\) with smooth boundary and that a solution \(u\) is given by a single realization of \(F\). Under some natural hypotheses, the authors show that the scattering relation of \((M,g)\) is determined by \(F\) and the trace of \(u\) on \((0,\infty)\times\partial M\) almost surely.