DEPOLARIZATION OF METRIC RADIO SIGNALS AND THE SPATIAL SPECTRUM OF SCATTERED RADIATION BY MAGNETIZED TURBULENT PLASMA SLAB

The mutual correlation function of the phase ∞uctuations of scattered ordinary and extraordinary waves by the magnetized plasma slab with electron density ∞uctuations and the variance of the Faraday angle is calculated by the perturbation method. Analytical expression of broadening of the spatial spectrum of scattered radiation is obtained for arbitrary ∞uctuation spectrum. Numerical calculations are carried out for the anisotropic Gaussian ∞uctuation spectrum at difierent anisotropy factor and the angle of inclination of prolate irregularities with respect to the external magnetic fleld. Isolines of the normalized root mean square deviation of the Faraday angle nonlinearly depends on the angle of inclination of prolate irregularities and increases in proportion to the anisotropy factor; two receiving antennas are located in orthogonal planes. It is shown that the broadening of the spatial spectrum of scattered electromagnetic waves