plasmapy.formulary.collisions.frequencies

Frequencies related to particle collisions.

Classes

MaxwellianCollisionFrequencies(...)

Compute collision frequencies between two slowly flowing Maxwellian populations.

SingleParticleCollisionFrequencies(...)

Compute collision frequencies between particles.
Inheritance diagram of plasmapy.formulary.collisions.frequencies.MaxwellianCollisionFrequencies, plasmapy.formulary.collisions.frequencies.SingleParticleCollisionFrequencies

Functions

collision_frequency(T, n, species[, z_mean, ...])

Collision frequency of particles in a plasma.

fundamental_electron_collision_freq(T_e, ...)

Average momentum relaxation rate for a slowly flowing Maxwellian distribution of electrons.

fundamental_ion_collision_freq(T_i, n_i, ion)

Average momentum relaxation rate for a slowly flowing Maxwellian distribution of ions.