Inverse scattering with the data at fixed energy and fixed incident direction

Abstract: Consider the Schr"odinger operator

- a b l a^{2} + q

q

,

q=q(x), x in mathbf{R}^3

. L e t

A(�eta,alpha, k)

b e t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g s c a t t e r i n g a m p l i t u d e,

k^2

b e t h e e n e r g y,

alpha in S^2

b e t h e i n c i d e n t d i r e c t i o n,

�eta in S^2

b e t h e d i r e c t i o n o f s c a t t e r e d w a v e,

S^2

b e t h e u n i t s p h e r e i n

mathbf{R}^3

. A s s u m e t h a t

k=k_0 >0

i s f i x e d, a n d

alpha=alpha_0

i s f i x e d . T h e n t h e s c a t t e r i n g d a t a a r e

A(�eta)= A(�eta,alpha_0, k_0)=A_q(�eta)

i s a f u n c t i o n o n

S^2

. T h e f o l l o w i n g i n v e r s

extit{IP: Given an arbitrary

f i n L^{2} (S^{2})

and an arbitrary small number

q i n C_{0}^{i n f t y} (D)

, where

D i n m a t h b f R^{3}

is an arbitrary fixed domai

||A_q(�eta)-f(�eta)||_{L^2(S^2)} < epsilon

q

i s p r o p o s e d . T h e r e a r e i n f i n i t e l y m a n y s u c h

q$, not necessarily real-valued.

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