Scattering rigidity with trapped geodesics

Abstract: We prove that the flat product metric on

D^{n} i m e s S^{1}

is scattering rigid where

D^{n}

is the unit ball in

R^{n}

and

n g e q 2

. The scattering data (loosely speaking) of a Riemannian manifold with boundary is map

S : U^{+} p a r t i a l M o U^{-} p a r t i a l M

from unit vectors

V

at the boundary that point inward to unit vectors at the boundary that point outwards. The map (where defined) takes

V

to

g a m m a'_{V} (T_{0})

where

g a m m a_{V}

is the unit speed geodesic determined by

V

and

T_{0}

is the first positive value of

t

(when it exists) such that

g a m m a_{V} (t)

again lies in the boundary. We show that any other Riemannian manifold

(M, p a r t i a l M, g)

with boundary

p a r t i a l M

isometric to

p a r t i a l (D^{n} i m e s S^{1})

and with the same scattering data must be isometric to

D^{n} i m e s S^{1}

. This is the first scattering rigidity result for a manifold that has a trapped geodesic. The main issue is to show that the unit vectors tangent to trapped geodesics in

(M, p a r t i a l M, g)

have measure 0 in the unit tangent bundle.

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