Superpositions and higher order Gaussian beams

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 449-475

  Tanushev, Nicolay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caustics; Gaussian beams; High frequency waves; Ray methods; Superpositions; Wave equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349099865     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2008.v6.n2.a9     Document Type: Article

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