Plasma parameters (plasmapy.formulary.parameters)

Functions to calculate fundamental plasma parameters.

Functions

Alfven_speed(B, density[, ion, z_mean])	Calculate the Alfvén speed.
Bohm_diffusion(T_e, B)	Return the Bohm diffusion coefficient.
Debye_length(T_e, n_e)	Calculate the characteristic decay length for electric fields,
Debye_number(T_e, n_e)	Return the number of electrons within a sphere with a radius of the Debye length.
gyrofrequency(B, particle[, signed, Z, to_hz])	Calculate the particle gyrofrequency in units of radians per second.
gyroradius(B, particle, *[, Vperp, T_i])	Return the particle gyroradius.
Hall_parameter(n, T, B, ion, particle[, …])	Calculate the particle Hall parameter for a plasma.
inertial_length(n, particle)	Calculate a charged particle’s inertial length.
ion_sound_speed(T_e, T_i, ion[, n_e, k, …])	Return the ion sound speed for an electron-ion plasma.
kappa_thermal_speed(T, kappa, particle[, method])	Return the most probable speed for a particle within a Kappa distribution.
lower_hybrid_frequency(B, n_i, ion[, to_hz])	Return the lower hybrid frequency.
magnetic_energy_density(B)	Calculate the magnetic energy density.
magnetic_pressure(B)	Calculate the magnetic pressure.
mass_density(density, particle[, z_ratio])	Calculate the mass density from a number density.
plasma_frequency(n, particle[, z_mean, to_hz])	Calculate the particle plasma frequency.
thermal_pressure(T, n)	Return the thermal pressure for a Maxwellian distribution.
thermal_speed(T, particle[, method, mass, ndim])	Return the most probable speed for a particle within a Maxwellian distribution.
upper_hybrid_frequency(B, n_e[, to_hz])	Return the upper hybrid frequency.

Aliases

PlasmaPy provides short-named (alias) versions of the most common plasma functionality. These aliases are only given to functionality where there is a common lexicon in the community, for example plasma_frequency has the alias wp_. All aliases in PlasmaPy are denoted with a trailing underscore _.

betaH_(n, T, B, ion, particle[, …])	Alias to Hall_parameter().
cs_(T_e, T_i, ion[, n_e, k, gamma_e, …])	Alias to ion_sound_speed().
cwp_(n, particle)	Alias to inertial_length().
DB_(T_e, B)	Alias to Bohm_diffusion().
lambdaD_(T_e, n_e)	Alias to Debye_length().
nD_(T_e, n_e)	Alias to Debye_number().
oc_(B, particle[, signed, Z, to_hz])	Alias to gyrofrequency().
pmag_(B)	Alias to magnetic_pressure().
pth_(T, n)	Alias to thermal_pressure().
rc_(B, particle, *[, Vperp, T_i])	Alias to gyroradius().
rho_(density, particle[, z_ratio])	Alias to mass_density().
rhoc_(B, particle, *[, Vperp, T_i])	Alias to gyroradius().
ub_(B)	Alias to magnetic_energy_density().
va_(B, density[, ion, z_mean])	Alias to Alfven_speed().
vth_(T, particle[, method, mass, ndim])	Alias to thermal_speed().
vth_kappa_(T, kappa, particle[, method])	Alias to kappa_thermal_speed().
wc_(B, particle[, signed, Z, to_hz])	Alias to gyrofrequency().
wlh_(B, n_i, ion[, to_hz])	Alias to lower_hybrid_frequency().
wp_(n, particle[, z_mean, to_hz])	Alias to plasma_frequency().
wuh_(B, n_e[, to_hz])	Alias to upper_hybrid_frequency().

1D Maxwellian distribution function

Thermal Speed