plasmapy.particles.particle_class

Classes to represent particles.

Classes

AbstractParticle()	An abstract base class that defines the interface for particles.
AbstractPhysicalParticle()	Base class for particles that are defined with physical units.
CustomParticle([mass, charge, symbol, Z])	A class to represent custom particles.
DimensionlessParticle(*[, mass, charge, symbol])	A class to represent dimensionless custom particles.
Particle(argument, *_[, mass_numb, Z])	A class for an individual particle or antiparticle.

Functions

molecule(symbol[, Z])

Parse a molecule symbol into a CustomParticle or Particle.

Variables & Attributes

ParticleLike	An object is particle-like if it can be identified as an instance of Particle or CustomParticle, or cast into one.
valid_categories	A set containing all valid particle categories.

Example notebooks

Using PlasmaPy Particles