Momentum ray transforms

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Abstract: The momentum ray transform Ik integrates a rank m symmetric tensor field f over lines with the weight tk: (Ik!f)(x,xi)=int−inftyinftytklanglef(x+txi),ximangle,dt. In particular, the ray transform I=I0 was studied by several authors since it had many tomographic applications. We present an algorithm for recovering f from the data (I0!f,I1!f,dots,Im!f). In the cases of m=1 and m=2, we derive the Reshetnyak formula that expresses |f|Hts(mathbbRn) through some norm of (I0!f,I1!f,dots,Im!f). The Hts-norm is a modification of the Sobolev norm weighted differently at high and low frequencies. Using the Reshetnyak formula, we obtain a stability estimate.


The moment ray transform \(I^k\) integrates a rank-\(m\) symmetric tensor field \(f\) over lines in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), using the weight \(t^k\). The lines are parameterized as \(x + t \xi\), where \(|\xi|=1\) is the direction, \(x \in \xi^\perp\) and \(t \in \mathbb{R}\). \(I^0 = I\) is the usual ray transform. For \(m \ge 1\), only the solenoidal part of \(f\) can be recovered from \(I^0 f\), but \((I^0 f, I^1 f, \ldots, I^m f)\) determines all of \(f\) uniquely. This paper provides an algorithm for the inversion. In the cases \(m = 1\) and \(m = 2\), the authors also derive the Reshetnyak formula that expresses \(\|f\|_{H_t^s(\mathbb{R}^n)}\) in terms of some norms on \((I^0 f, I^1 f, \ldots, I^m f)\), and obtain a stability estimate from this. Here, the \(H_t^s\)-norm is a modification of the Sobolev norm weighted differently at high and low frequencies.




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