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Stochastically perturbed fields, with applications to wave propagation in random media

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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The statistical properties of a classical field propagating through a randomly inhomogeneous medium are analysed by a method in which the random medium is described by the two-point (bilocal) correlation function of its random characteristic,e.g., refractive index, potential, convective velocity, etc. A scheme of diagrams is introduced to classify the types of interaction between the propagating field and the random background. Equations for the one- and two-point fields are given, and the wave dispersion and attenuation they imply are discussed. The analysis is very similar to the Tamm-Dancoff theory of one- and two-nucleon propagators with virtual meson dressing and interaction, with the correlation function here playing the role of the meson field. A number of results obtained through the use of the method are described and various projected applications are cited.

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Si analizzano le proprietà statistiche di un campo classico che si propaga in un mezzo casualmente inomogeneo, con un metodo in cui il mezzo casuale è descritto da una funzione di correlazione a due centri (bilocale) delle sue caratteristiche casuali, p. es. l’indice di rifrazione, potenziale, velocità di convezione, ecc. Si introduce uno schema di diagrammi per classificare i tipi di interazione fra il campo che si propaga e il fondo casuale. Si danno le equazioni per i campi ad uno e due centri, e si discutono la dispersione e l’attenuazione dell’onda, ohe essi implicano. L’analisi è molto simile alla teoria di Tamm-Dancoff ad uno e due propagatori nucleonici con 1’intervento e l’interazione di un mesone virtuale; qui invece la funzione di correlazione fa la parte del campo mesonico. Si descrivono alcuni risultati ottenuti con l’uso del metodo e si citano varie applicazioni in progetto.

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Bourret, R.C. Stochastically perturbed fields, with applications to wave propagation in random media. Nuovo Cim 26, 1–31 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02754339

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