SCATTERING OF POLARIZED RADIATION BY ION-SOUND TURBULENT-PLASMA PULSATIONS

For the case of an optically semitransparent plasma slab, the polarization of the radiation scattered by ion-sound turbulent pulsations is studied. Both the problem of laser light scattering in the slab by ion-sound turbulence and the problem of continuum radiation transmitted through the slab are considered. For transmitted radiation and for the radiation reflected from the slab, the analytical expressions for the Stokes parameters are obtained. The difference in the polarization of radiation is demonstrated for the cases of radiation polarized by turbulent pulsations and that due to the Thomson scattering by plasma electrons.