Inverse problem of acoustic scattering for centrally symmetric finite objects in two-dimensional space

Abstract

Scattering theory for the wave equation in two-dimensional space, perturbed by a finite function of a radial variable, integrable everywhere except, perhaps, the origin of coordinates, is considered from the point of view of the LaxPhillips scheme. The compression operator, related to the corresponding scattering problem, is considered. It is shown that this compression has one-dimensional defect subspaces, and its characteristic operator-function is a meromorphic function, whose zeros and poles coincide, respectively, with the corresponding values of a dissipative operator and its adjoint. The solution of the inverse scattering problem is obtained by reducing it to the inverse problem with two spectra for the singular self-adjoint Sturm-Liouville operator.