Gunther Uhlmann

  1. Is a curved flight path in SAR better than a straight one?.

    Authors: Gunther Uhlmann, Plamen Stefanov
    Subjects: Analysis of PDEs
    Abstract

    In the plane, we study the transform $R_\gamma f$ of integrating a unknown
    function $f$ over circles centered at a given curve $\gamma$. This is a
    simplified model of SAR, when the radar is not directed but has other
    applications, like thermoacoustic tomography, for example. We study the problem
    of recovering the wave front set $\WF(f)$. If the visible singularities of $f$
    hit $\gamma$ once, we show that the "artifacts" cannot be resolved. If $\gamma$
    is a closed curve, we show that this is still true.

  2. Schrodinger's Hat: Electromagnetic, acoustic and quantum amplifiers via transformation optics.

    Authors: Matti Lassas, Gunther Uhlmann, Allan Greenleaf, Yaroslav Kurylev
    Subjects: Mathematical Physics
    Abstract

    The advent of transformation optics and metamaterials has made possible
    devices producing extreme effects on wave propagation. Here we give theoretical
    designs for devices, Schr\"odinger hats, acting as invisible concentrators of
    waves.

  3. Reconstructions from boundary measurements on admissible manifolds.

    Authors: Carlos E. Kenig, Mikko Salo, Gunther Uhlmann
    Subjects: Analysis of PDEs
    Abstract

    We prove that a potential $q$ can be reconstructed from the
    Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for the Schrodinger operator $-\Delta_g + q$ in a
    fixed admissible 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. We also show that
    an admissible metric $g$ in a fixed conformal class can be constructed from the
    Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for $\Delta_g$. This is a constructive version of
    earlier uniqueness results by Dos Santos Ferreira et al. on admissible
    manifolds, and extends the reconstruction procedure of Nachman in Euclidean
    space.

  4. Thermoacoustic tomography arising in brain imaging.

    Authors: Gunther Uhlmann, Plamen Stefanov
    Subjects: Analysis of PDEs
    Abstract

    We study the mathematical model of thermoacoustic and photoacoustic
    tomography when the sound speed has a jump across a smooth surface. This models
    the change of the sound speed in the skull when trying to image the human
    brain. We derive an explicit inversion formula in the form of a convergent
    Neumann series under the assumptions that all singularities from the support of
    the source reach the boundary.

  5. Inverse Diffusion Theory of Photoacoustics.

    Authors: Gunther Uhlmann, Guillaume Bal
    Subjects: Analysis of PDEs
    Abstract

    This paper analyzes the reconstruction of diffusion and absorption parameters
    in an elliptic equation from knowledge of internal data. In the application of
    photo-acoustics, the internal data are the amount of thermal energy deposited
    by high frequency radiation propagating inside a domain of interest. These data
    are obtained by solving an inverse wave equation, which is well-studied in the
    literature. We show that knowledge of two internal data based on well-chosen
    boundary conditions uniquely determines two constitutive parameters in
    diffusion and Schroedinger equations.

  6. Inverse scattering for the magnetic Schroedinger operator.

    Authors: Lassi Päivärinta, Mikko Salo, Gunther Uhlmann
    Subjects: Analysis of PDEs
    Abstract

    We show that fixed energy scattering measurements for the magnetic
    Schroedinger operator uniquely determine the magnetic field and electric
    potential in dimensions $n \geq 3$. The magnetic potential, its first
    derivatives, and the electric potential are assumed to be exponentially
    decaying. This improves an earlier result of Eskin and Ralston which considered
    potentials with many derivatives.

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