Diffraction of large-number whispering gallery mode by boundary straightening with jump of curvature

Abstract

Diffraction of a high-frequency large-number whispering gallery mode is studied, which runs along a concave curve turning to a straight line. At the point of straitening, the curvature of the boundary suffers a jump. The parabolic equation method is developed in the problem, and asymptotic formulas are presented for all waves arising in the vicinity of the non-smoothness point of the boundary. The ``ray skeleton'' of the wavefield is investigated in detail.