Self-Averaged Scaling Limits for Random Parabolic Waves
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Abstract
We consider several types of scaling limits for the Wigner equation of the parabolic waves in random media, the limiting cases of which include the radiative transfer limit, the diffusion limit and the white-noise limit. We show under fairly general assumptions on the random refractive index field that sufficient amount of medium diversity (thus excluding the white-noise limit) leads to statistical stability or self-averaging in the sense that the limiting law is deterministic and is governed by various transport equations depending on the specific scaling involved.Keywords
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