Transformation of the Angular Power Spectrum of Scattered Radiation in a Turbulent Absorbing Magnetoactive Plasma

We consider the oblique incidence of a small-amplitude plane electromagnetic wave on a layer of turbulent absorbing plasma in a uniform external magnetic field. The equations for the first two statistical moments of the angular power spectrum of scattered radiation are derived in the geometrical-optics approximation. We show that two asymmetry factors of the problem, i.e., the oblique incidence and the influence of the anisotropic medium, compensate for each other along a certain direction and impede the appearance of the effect of displacement of the power-spectrum maximum and the effect of anomalous spectrum broadening. We find the condition at which such a case of wave propagation is realized. The dependence of the angular-spectrum shape on the distance from the plasma-layer boundary is studied numerically without using the small-angle approximation. The calculations confirm the results obtained using the geometrical-optics approximation.