Sommerfeld Radiation Condition

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This is a condition for the Frequency Domain Problem that the scattered wave is only outgoing at infinity. It depends on the convention regarding whether the time dependence is [math]\displaystyle{ \exp (i\omega t)\, }[/math] or [math]\displaystyle{ \exp (-i\omega t)\, }[/math] Assuming the former (which is the standard convention on this wiki) In two-dimensions the condition is

[math]\displaystyle{ \left( \frac{\partial}{\partial|x|}+{i}k\right) (\phi-\phi^{\mathrm{{In}}})=0,\;\mathrm{{as\;}}|x|\rightarrow\infty\mathrm{.} }[/math]

where [math]\displaystyle{ \phi^{\mathrm{{In}}} }[/math] is the incident potential and [math]\displaystyle{ k }[/math] is the wave number.

In three-dimensions the condition is

[math]\displaystyle{ \sqrt{|\mathbf{r}|}\left( \frac{\partial}{\partial|\mathbf{r}|}+{i}k\right) (\phi-\phi^{\mathrm{{In}}})=0,\;\mathrm{{as\;}}|\mathbf{r}|\rightarrow\infty\mathrm{.} }[/math]

If the time dependence is assumed to be [math]\displaystyle{ \exp (-i\omega t)\, }[/math] then we have in two-dimensions

[math]\displaystyle{ \left( \frac{\partial}{\partial|x|}-{i}k\right) (\phi-\phi^{\mathrm{{In}}})=0,\;\mathrm{{as\;}}|x|\rightarrow\infty\mathrm{.} }[/math]

and in three-dimensions

[math]\displaystyle{ \sqrt{|\mathbf{r}|}\left( \frac{\partial}{\partial|\mathbf{r}|}-{i}k\right) (\phi-\phi^{\mathrm{{In}}})=0,\;\mathrm{{as\;}}|\mathbf{r}|\rightarrow\infty\mathrm{.} }[/math]