Analysis of subwavelength resonances in high contrast elastic media by a variational method

TL;DR

This paper mathematically characterizes subwavelength elastic resonances in high contrast media, deriving asymptotic expansions and field representations, which enhance understanding of wave scattering in elastic materials.

Contribution

It introduces a novel variational approach to identify and analyze subwavelength resonances in elastic media, including explicit asymptotic formulas and field representations.

Findings

Resonances occur when a specific matrix determinant vanishes.

Asymptotic expansions of resonant frequencies are derived.

Explicit representations of scattered fields and far-field patterns are provided.

Abstract

In this paper, we present a mathematical study of wave scattering by a hard elastic obstacle embedded in a soft elastic body in three dimensions. Our contributions are threefold. First, we characterize subwavelength resonances using the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map and an auxiliary variational form, showing that these resonances occur when the determinant of a specific matrix vanishes. Second, employing Gohberg-Sigal theory and Puiseux series expansions for multi-valued functions, we derive the asymptotic expansions of subwavelength resonant frequencies in the low-frequency regime through this explicit characterization. Finally, we provide a representation of the scattered field in the interior domain, where the enhancement coefficients are governed by the imaginary parts of the resonant frequencies. Additionally, we establish the transversal and longitudinal far-field patterns for the scattered field in the exterior domain.