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Factorization method versus migration imaging in a waveguide

We present a comparative study of two qualitative imaging methods in an acoustic waveguide with sound hard walls. The waveguide terminates at one end and contains unknown obstacles of compact support, to be determined from data gathered by an array of sensors that probe the obstacles with waves and measure the scattered response. The first imaging method, known as the factorization method, is based on the factorization of the far field operator. It is designed to image at single frequency and estimates the support of the obstacles by a Picard range criterion. The second imaging method, known as migration, works either with one or multiple frequencies. It forms an image by backpropagating the measured scattered wave to the search points, using the Green's function in the empty waveguide. We study the connection between these methods with analysis and numerical simulations.