Scattering of elastic waves in a perturbed isotropic half space with a free boundary. The limiting absorption principle

Abstract

AbstractIn this article we consider the self‐adjoint operator governing the propagation of elastic waves in a perturbed isotropic half space with a free boundary condition. We prove the limiting absorption principle in appropriate Hilbert spaces for this operator. We also prove decreasing properties for the eigenfunctions associated with strictly positive eigenvalues of this operator.The proofs are based on the limiting absorption principle for the self‐adjoint operator governing the propagation of elastic waves in a homogeneous isotropic half space with a free boundary and on the so called division theorem for it. Both perturbations of R+2 ={(x1, x2) ϵ R2; x2 > 0} and R+2 = {(x1, x2, x3) ϵ R3; x3 > 0} are considered.