Equipartition and retrieval of Green's function

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Abstract

Physical and mathematical arguments are presented for equipartition as the statistical state achieved by a random field, independent of its sources, in the limit of enough scattering. The arguments are simplest for the case of thermally excited fields, but are shown to apply also, with caveats, in non-equilibrium acoustics and seismology. Practical implications are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)397-402
Number of pages6
JournalEarthquake Science
Volume23
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010

Keywords

  • Elastic waves
  • Equipartition
  • Information entropy
  • Noise correlation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Geology

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