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Masaru Ikehata

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arXiv2021

The enclosure method for inverse obstacle scattering over a finite time interval: VI. Using shell type initial data

A simple idea of finding a domain that encloses an unknown discontinuity embedded in a body is introduced by considering an inverse boundary value problem for the heat equation. The idea gives a design of a special heat flux on the surface of the body such that from the corresponding temperature field on the surface one can extract the smallest radius of the sphere centered at an arbitrary given point in the whole space and enclosing unknown inclusions. Unlike before, the designed flux is free from a large parameter. An application of the idea to a coupled system of the elastic wave and heat equations are also given.

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arXiv2020

On finding a penetrable obstacle using a single electromagnetic wave in the time domain

The time domain enclosure method is one of analytical methods for inverse obstacle problems governed by partial differential equations in the time domain. This paper considers the case when the governing equation is given by the Maxwell system and consists of two parts. The first part establishes the base of the time domain enclosure method for the Maxwell system using a single set of the solutions over a finite time interval for a general (isotropic) inhomogeneous medium in the whole space. It is a system of asymptotic inequalities for the indicator function which may enable us to apply the time domain enclosure method to the problem of finding unknown penetrable obstacles embedded in various background media. As a first step of its expected applications, the case when the background medium is homogeneous and isotropic, is considered and the time domain enclosure method is realized. This is the second part.

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arXiv2020

The Herglotz wave function, the Vekua transform and the enclosure method

This paper gives applications of the enclosure method introduced by the author to typical inverse obstacle and crack scattering problems in two dimensions. Explicit extraction formulae of the convex hull of unknown polygonal sound-hard obstacles and piecewise linear cracks from the far field pattern of the scattered field at a fixed wave number and at most two incident directions are given. The main new points of this paper are: a combination of the enclosure method and the Herglotz wave function; explicit construction of the density in the Herglotz wave function by using the idea of the Vekua transform. By virtue of the construction, one can avoid any restriction on the wave number in the extraction formulae. An attempt for the case when the far field pattern is given on limited angles is also given.

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arXiv2020

A new formulation of the probe method and related problems

The probe method gives a general idea to obtain a reconstruction formula of unknown objects embedded in a known background medium from a mathematical counterpart (the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map) of the measured data of some physical quantity on the boundary of the medium. It is based on the sequence of special solutions of the governing equation for the background medium related to a singular solution of the equation. In this paper the blowup property of the sequence is clarified. Moreover a new formulation of the probe method based on the property is given in some typical inverse boundary value problems.

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arXiv2020

Probe method and a Carleman function

A Carleman function is a special fundamental solution with a large parameter for the Laplace operator and gives a formula to calculate the value of the solution of the Cauchy problem in a domain for the Laplace equation. The probe method applied to an inverse boundary value problem for the Laplace equation in a bounded domain is based on the existence of a special sequence of harmonic functions which is called a {\it needle sequence}. The needle sequence blows up on a special curve which connects a given point inside the domain with a point on the boundary of the domain and is convergent locally outside the curve. The sequence yields a reconstruction formula of unknown discontinuity, such as cavity, inclusion in a given medium from the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map. In this paper, an explicit needle sequence in {\it three dimensions} is given in a closed form. It is an application of a Carleman function introduced by Yarmukhamedov. Furthermore, an explicit needle sequence in the probe method applied to the reduction of inverse obstacle scattering problems with an {\it arbitrary} fixed wave number to inverse boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation is also given.

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arXiv2019

On uniqueness in the inverse obstacle problem via the positive supersolutions of the Helmholtz equation

This paper is concerned with an inverse obstacle scattering problem of an acoustic wave for a single incident plane wave and a wave number. The Colton-Sleeman theorem states the unique recovery of sound-soft obstacles with a smooth boundary from the far-field pattern of the scattered wave for a single incident plane wave at a fixed wave number. The wave number has a bound given by the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the negative Laplacian in an open ball that contains the obstacles. In this paper, another proof of the Colton-Sleeman theorem that works also for the case when we have a known {\it unbounded} set that contains obstacles is given. Unlike original one, the proof given here is not based on the monotonicity of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the negative Laplacian. Instead, it relies on a {\it positive supersolution} of the Helmholtz equation in a known domain that contains obstacles. Some corollaries which are new and not covered by the Colton-Sleeman Theorem are also given.

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arXiv2019

The enclosure method for the heat equation using time-reversal invariance for a wave equation

The heat equation does not have time-reversal invariance. However, using a solution of an associated wave equation which has time-reversal invariance, one can establish an explicit extraction formula of the minimum sphere that is centered at an arbitrary given point and encloses an unknown cavity inside a heat conductive body. The data employed in the formula consist of a special heat flux depending on a large parameter prescribed on the surface of the body over an arbitrary fixed finite time interval and the corresponding temperature field. The heat flux never blows up as the parameter tends to infinity. This is different from a previous formula for the heat equation which also yields the minimum sphere. In this sense, the prescribed heat flux is moderate.

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arXiv2019

On reconstruction in the inverse conductivity problem with one measurement

We consider an inverse problem for electrically conductive material occupying a domain $Ω$ in $\Bbb R^2$. Let $γ$ be the conductivity of $Ω$, and $D$ a subdomain of $Ω$. We assume that $γ$ is a positive constant $k$ on $D$, $k\not=1$ and is $1$ on $Ω\setminus D$; both $D$ and $k$ are unknown. The problem is to find a reconstruction formula of $D$ from the Cauchy data on $\partialΩ$ of a non-constant solution $u$ of the equation $\nabla\cdotγ\nabla u=0$ in $Ω$. We prove that if $D$ is known to be a convex polygon such that $\text{diam}\,D<\text{dist}\,(D,\partialΩ)$, there are two formulae for calculating the support function of $D$ from the Cauchy data.

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arXiv2018

A study on finding a buried obstacle in a layered medium having the influence of the total reflection phenomena via the time domain enclosure method

An inverse obstacle problem for the wave governed by the wave equation in a two layered medium is considered under the framework of the time domain enclosure method. The wave is generated by an initial data supported on a closed ball in the upper half-space, and observed on the same ball over a finite time interval. The unknown obstacle is penetrable and embedded in the lower half-space. It is assumed that the propagation speed of the wave in the upper half-space is greater than that of the wave in the lower half-space, which is excluded in the previous study: Ikehata and Kawashita (2018) to appear, Inverse Problems and Imaging. In the present case, when the reflected waves from the obstacle enter the upper layer, the total reflection phenomena occur, which give singularities to the integral representation of the fundamental solution for the reduced transmission problem in the background medium. This fact makes the problem more complicated. However, it is shown that these waves do not have any influence on the leading profile of the indicator function of the time domain enclosure method.

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arXiv2018

Revealing cracks inside conductive bodies by electric surface measurements

An algorithm is introduced for using electrical surface measurements to detect and monitor cracks inside a two-dimensional conductive body. The technique is based on transforming the probing functions of the classical enclosure method by the Kelvin transform. The transform makes it possible to use virtual discs for probing the interior of the body using electric measurements performed on a flat surface. Theoretical results are presented to enable probing of the full domain to create a profile indicating cracks in the domain. Feasibility of the method is demonstrated with a simulated model of attaching metal sheets together by resistance spot welding.

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arXiv2018

Reconstruction of inclusion from boundary measurements

We consider the problem of reconstructing of the boundary of an unknown inclusion together with its conductivity from the localized Dirichlet-to-Neumann map. We give an exact reconstruction procedure and apply the method to an inverse boundary value problem for the system of the equations in the theory of elasticity.

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arXiv2018

On finding an obstacle embedded in the rough background medium via the enclosure method in the time domain

A mathematical method for through-wall imaging via wave phenomena in the time domain is introduced. The method makes use of a single reflected wave over a finite time interval and gives us a criterion whether a penetrable obstacle exists or not in a general rough background medium. Moreover, if the obstacle exists, the lower and upper estimates of the distance between the obstacle and the center point of the support of the initial data are given. As an evidence of the potential of the method two applications are also given.

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arXiv2017

On finding a cavity in a thermoelastic body using a single displacement measurement over a finite time interval on the surface of the body

A mathematical formulation of an estimation problem of a cavity inside a three-dimensional thermoelastic body using time domain data is considered. The governing equation of the problem is given by a system of equations in the linear theory of thermoelasticity which is a coupled system of the elastic wave and heat equations. A new version of the enclosure method in the time domain which is originally developed for the classical wave equation is established. For a comparison, the results in the decoupled case are also given.

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arXiv2017

Detecting a hidden obstacle via the time domain enclosure method. A scalar wave case

The characterization problem of the existence of an unknown obstacle behind a known obstacle is considered by using a singe observed wave at a place where the wave is generated. The unknown obstacle is invisible from the place by using visible ray. A mathematical formulation of the problem using the classical wave equation is given. The main result consists of two parts: (i) one can make a decision whether the unknown obstacle exists or not behind a known impenetrable obstacle by using a single wave over a finite time interval under some a-priori information on the position of the unknown obstacle; (ii) one can obtain a lower bound of the Euclidean distance of the unknown obstacle to the center point of the support of the initial data of the wave. The proof is based on the idea of the time domain enclosure method and employs some previous results on the Gaussian lower/upper estimates for the heat kernels and domination of semigroups.

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arXiv2017

On finding a buried obstacle in a layered medium via the time domain enclosure method

An inverse obstacle problem for the wave equation in a two layered medium is considered. It is assumed that the unknown obstacle is penetrable and embedded in the lower half-space. The wave as a solution of the wave equation is generated by an initial data whose support is in the upper half-space and observed at the same place as the support over a finite time interval. From the observed wave an indicator function in the time domain enclosure method is constructed. It is shown that, one can find some information about the geometry of the obstacle together with the qualitative property in the asymptotic behavior of the indicator function.

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arXiv2017

On finding the surface admittance of an obstacle via the time domain enclosure method

An inverse obstacle scattering problem for the electromagnetic wave governed by the Maxwell system over a finite time interval is considered. It is assumed that the wave satisfies the Leontovich boundary condition on the surface of an unknown obstacle. The condition is described by using an unknown positive function on the surface of the obstacle which is called the surface admittance. The wave is generated at the initial time by a volumetric current source supported on a very small ball placed outside the obstacle and only the electric component of the wave is observed on the same ball over a finite time interval. It is shown that from the observed data one can extract information about the value of the surface admittance and the curvatures at the points on the surface nearest to the center of the ball. This shows that a single shot contains a meaningful information about the quantitative state of the surface of the obstacle.

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