Gaussian models without intermittency are extensively used in estimating the effect of turbulence,but italso brings some puzzles,for example the observed pulse shape that disagrees with the result of the standard theo...Gaussian models without intermittency are extensively used in estimating the effect of turbulence,but italso brings some puzzles,for example the observed pulse shape that disagrees with the result of the standard theoryof interstellar scintillations.Indeed the property of intermittency is inherent in turbulence,i.e.,all the quantities thatcharacterize it suffer from strong fluctuations.So it is necessary to consider turbulent intermittency in many applications.In this paper we propose a non-Gaussian phase screen,which obeys log-Poisson statistics,and also offers the correspondingpoint spread function(PSF).These results describe that intermittency leads to the more extent and different directionaldistribution of PSF.Theoretical analysis is made under the hypothesis of the phase difference satisfying log-Poissonstatistics,and the average point spread function,which accord qualitatively with the result of the above generated phasescreen,is derived.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Science Foundation of China Academy of Engineering Physics (NSAF) under Grant No.10576005the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.10647127+1 种基金the Science Foundation of Hebei Education Department under Grant No.2009135the Science Foundation of Hebei Normal University
文摘Gaussian models without intermittency are extensively used in estimating the effect of turbulence,but italso brings some puzzles,for example the observed pulse shape that disagrees with the result of the standard theoryof interstellar scintillations.Indeed the property of intermittency is inherent in turbulence,i.e.,all the quantities thatcharacterize it suffer from strong fluctuations.So it is necessary to consider turbulent intermittency in many applications.In this paper we propose a non-Gaussian phase screen,which obeys log-Poisson statistics,and also offers the correspondingpoint spread function(PSF).These results describe that intermittency leads to the more extent and different directionaldistribution of PSF.Theoretical analysis is made under the hypothesis of the phase difference satisfying log-Poissonstatistics,and the average point spread function,which accord qualitatively with the result of the above generated phasescreen,is derived.
