Multi-parameter analysis of the obstacle scattering problem

Abstract

We consider the acoustic field scattered by a bounded impenetrable obstacle and we study its dependence upon a certain set of parameters. As usual, the problem is modeled by an exterior Dirichlet problem for the Helmholtz equation $\Delta u +k^2u=0$. We show that the solution $u$ and its far field pattern $u_\infty$ depend real analytically on the shape of the obstacle, the wave number $k$, and the Dirichlet datum. We also prove a similar result for the corresponding Dirichlet-to-Neumann map.