On finding an obstacle with the Leontovich boundary condition via the time domain enclosure method

DOI10.3934/IPI.2017006zbMATH Open1357.35295arXiv1510.08209OpenAlexW2260483680MaRDI QIDQ507259FDOQ507259

Authors: Masaru Ikehata 

Publication date: 3 February 2017

Published in: Inverse Problems and Imaging (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An inverse obstacle scattering problem for the wave governed by the Maxwell system in the time domain, in particular, over a finite time interval is considered. It is assumed that the electric field $$E$$ and magnetic field $$H$$ which are solutions of the Maxwell system are generated only by a current density at the initial time located not far a way from an unknown obstacle. The obstacle is embedded in a medium like air which has constant electric permittivity $epsilon$ and magnetic permeability $mu$. It is assumed that the fields on the surface of the obstacle satisfy the impedance-or the Leontovich boundary condition $$

u$$H$$ u$$E$$ u$$0$$ with $lambda$ an unknown positive function and $$

u$$ the unit outward normal. The observation data are given by the electric field observed at the same place as the support of the current density over a finite time interval. It is shown that an indicator function computed from the electric fields corresponding two current densities enables us to know: the distance of the center of the common spherical support of the current densities to the obstacle; whether the value of the impedance $lambda$ is greater or less than the special value $sqrtepsilon/mu$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.08209

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zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetic waveenclosure methodinverse obstacle scatteringMaxwell's equationsobstacleLeontovich boundary condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial-boundary value problems for first-order hyperbolic systems (35L50) Maxwell equations (35Q61) Inverse problems for PDEs (35R30) Inverse problems (including inverse scattering) in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A46) Asymptotic analysis in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M35)

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