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Scattering by infinite one-dimensional rough surfaces

Chandler-Wilde, S. N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-1283, Ross, C. R. and Zhang, B. (1999) Scattering by infinite one-dimensional rough surfaces. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 455 (1990). pp. 3767-3787. ISSN 1364-5021

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0476

Abstract/Summary

We consider the Dirichlet boundary-value problem for the Helmholtz equation in a non-locally perturbed half-plane. This problem models time-harmonic electromagnetic scattering by a one-dimensional, infinite, rough, perfectly conducting surface; the same problem arises in acoustic scattering by a sound-soft surface. ChandlerWilde & Zhang have suggested a radiation condition for this problem, a generalization of the Rayleigh expansion condition for diffraction gratings, and uniqueness of solution has been established. Recently, an integral equation formulation of the problem has also been proposed and, in the special case when the whole boundary is both Lyapunov and a small perturbation of a flat boundary, the unique solvability of this integral equation has been shown by Chandler-Wilde & Ross by operator perturbation arguments. In this paper we study the general case, with no limit on surface amplitudes or slopes, and show that the same integral equation has exactly one solution in the space of bounded and continuous functions for all wavenumbers. As an important corollary we prove that, for a variety of incident fields including the incident plane wave, the Dirichlet boundary-value problem for the scattered field has a unique solution.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
ID Code:32649
Publisher:Royal Society Publishing

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