Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Wave processes in random media: physical principles, mathematical methods, and applications

 June 8 2017 Wave processes in random media: physical principles, mathematical methods, and applications

8-22 June 2017 - Aula 7
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Via dei Musei 41 - Brescia - Italy

Prof. Valentin FREILIKHER
Department of Physics, Faculty of Exact Sciences | Bar-Ilan
University Ramat-Gan, Israel

  1. June 8th, h 11-14 (Slides)
    Introduction. Disorder in nature. Disordered systems in quantum mechanics, optics, acoustics, and radiophysics.
  2. June 9th, h 11-14 (Slides)
    Concepts and definitions of electrodynamics and statistical description of wave fields.
  3. June 12th, h 11-14 (Slides)
    General mathematical formulation of the problem. Equations with random parameters.
  4. June 14th, h 11-14 (Slides)
    Integral equations. Green's function. Perturbation methods.
  5. June 19th, h 11-14 (Slides)
    Radiative transport equation and diffusion equation. Weak localization and backscattering enhancement. Multiple scattering. Feynman diagrams.
  6. June 21st, h 11-14 (Slides)
    One-dimensional disordered systems. Anderson localization.
  7. June 22nd, h 11-13 (Slides)
    Systems with random boundaries. Rough surface scattering.

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