Appropriate boundary conditions of the wave equation

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Here, I have some acoustic waves generated in a compressible fluid by small oscillations of a cylinder with boundary at $r=a$.

In this problem, I am only interested in the solution outside of the cylinder.

I have worked out that the PDE to be solved is

$$\frac{\partial^2 \phi}{\partial t^2} = c_0^2 \nabla^2 \phi \\ \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial r}=-\varepsilon\omega aie^{-i\omega t} \qquad \qquad \text{ on } r = a$$

where $\phi = \phi(r,\theta,t)$ is the velocity potential and $(r,\theta)$ are plane polar coordinates.

The general solution I have found is

$$\phi(r,\theta,t) = \bigg[AJ_0\bigg(\frac{\omega}{c_0}r \bigg) + BY_0\bigg(\frac{\omega}{c_0}r \bigg)\bigg]e^{-i\omega t}$$

where $J_0$ and $Y_0$ are Bessel functions of the first and second kind (please assume that this general solution is correct).

However, I only have the one boundary condition at $r=a$.

Imposing a boundedness condition as $r\rightarrow \infty$ is useless because $J_0$ and $Y_0$ are already bounded.

Any hints as to what the other boundary condition should be?

What boundary condition is typically imposed when solving the wave equation outside a circle?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!