Wave Propagation and Time Reversal in Randomly Layered Media (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability) [Hardcover]

Jean-Pierre Fouque (Author), Josselin Garnier (Author), G. Papanicolaou (Author), Knut Solna (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0387308903 | ISBN-13: 978-0387308906 | Publication Date: July 16, 2007 | Edition: 1

The content of this book is multidisciplinary by nature. It uses mathematical tools from the theories of probability and stochastic processes, partial differential equations, and asymptotic analysis, combined with the physics of wave propagation and modeling of time reversal experiments. It is addressed to a wide audience of graduate students and researchers interested in the intriguing phenomena related to waves propagating in random media. At the end of each chapter there is a section of notes where the authors give references and additional comments on the various results presented in the chapter.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From the reviews: "An up-to-date monograph written by highly regarded experts that presents in a modern way the generalities of the physics of randomly layered media and covers a broad range of applications has long been eagerly anticipated by mathematicians, physicists, and engineers. … I strongly recommend the book to graduate students and advanced researchers … . this is an excellent book which will be interesting, informative, and enjoyable for a wide circle of students, researchers, and engineers, demanding a place on their bookshelves." (Valentin Freilikher, Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 131, 2008) "This excellent monograph … provides a masterful presentation of wave propagation in one-dimensional (layered) random media. … This book serve as an indispensable reference to any mathematician and scientist interested in the analysis of partial differential equations with random coefficients." (Guillaume Bal, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2009 a) "This book focuses … entirely on the case of classical, linear waves (e.g., acoustics) in randomly layered media. … I recommend this book highly to anyone interested in wave propagation in random media, or just asymptotic methods for stochastic differential equations. … this narrower focus provides necessary clarity to the mathematical presentation. … this book does an admirable job of presenting mathematicians with the fundamental analytical tools needed to study this subject." (Arnold D. Kim, SIAM Review, Vol. 51 (3), 2009)

From the Back Cover

Wave propagation in random media is an interdisciplinary field that has emerged from the need in physics and engineering to model and analyze wave energy transport in complex environments. This book gives a systematic and self-contained presentation of wave propagation in randomly layered media using the asymptotic theory of ordinary differential equations with random coefficients. The first half of the book gives a detailed treatment of wave reflection and transmission in one-dimensional random media, after introducing gradually the tools from partial differential equations and probability theory that are needed for the analysis. The second half of the book presents wave propagation in three-dimensional randomly layered media along with several applications, primarily involving time reversal. Many new results are presented here for the first time. The book is addressed to students and researchers in applied mathematics that are interested in understanding how tools from stochastic analysis can be used to study some intriguing phenomena in wave propagation in random media. Parts of the book can be used for courses in which random media and related homogenization, averaging, and diffusion approximation methods are involved.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 632 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387308903
• ISBN-13: 978-0387308906
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #631,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)