Scattering of pulsar radio emission by the interstellar plasma

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We present simulations of scattering phenomena which are important in pulsar observations, but which are analytically intractable.

• The simulation code, which has also been used for solar wind and atmospheric scattering problems, is available from the authors.
• These simulations reveal an unexpectedly important role of dispersion in combination with refraction.
• We demonstrate the effect of analyzing observations which are shorter than the refractive scale.