The asymptotic structure of forward scattering

[2608.27815] The asymptotic structure of forward scattering Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Mathematics > Analysis of PDEs arXiv:2608.27815 (math) [Submitted on 28 Aug 2026] Title: The asymptotic structure of forward scattering Authors: Nicholas Lohr , Izak Oltman , Ethan Sussman , Yuzhou Joey Zou View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Perturbed plane waves are fundamental objects in scattering theory on Euclidean space and asymptotically Euclidean spaces. In this paper, we investigate the structure of perturbed plane waves in the $\textit{forward}$ direction, in which the outgoing spherical wave is typically singular and conjoined to the incoming plane wave. Melrose & Zworski provided a microlocal description (in the more general setting of asymptotically conic manifolds) using their notion of Lagrangian distributions associated to pairs of intersecting Legendrian submanifolds, on the way to proving that the S-matrix is an FIO. Here, we revisit the problem in the asymptotically Euclidean case, for which the oscillatory integrals used by Melrose--Zworski attain their most complicated form (relative to the more general asymptotically conic case). We seek a more elementary description in terms of physical-space asymptotics. These are specified using a two-faced compactification $X\hookleftarrow \mathbb{R}^d$, with one face for each asymptotic regime. We prove full polyhomogeneity. A transport equation arises as a model problem at the main face (`bf'). The quantum inverted harmonic oscillator arises as a model problem at the front face (`ff'). Comments: 113 pages, 16 figures Subjects: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP) ; Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Spectral Theory (math.SP) MSC classes: Primary 35P25. Secondary 58J50 Cite as: arXiv:2608.27815 [math.AP] (or arXiv:2608.27815v1 [math.AP] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27815 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Nicholas Lohr [ view email ] [v1] Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:22:36 UTC (14,148 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: math.AP < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: math math-ph math.MP math.SP References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab)

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