PlasmaPy Documentation

Note

This branch contains prototype functionality for the swept Langmuir analysis contained in plasmapy.analysis.swept_langmuir. As a result, this branch contains both reviewed and unreviewed functionality, so use this branch at your own discretion.

Reviewed code will overlap with the main branch; that is, it can be found in both this branch and main.

It’s not intended for this branch to be merged with main, but only as a prototype branch so code can be tested on real data as it is being developed. As functionality matures, each bit will be merged into main with its own focused pull request.

PlasmaPy is an open source community-developed core Python 3.8+ package for plasma physics currently under development.

Example highlights

Creating Synthetic Charged Particle Radiographs by Particle Tracing

Dispersion: A Full Two Fluid Solution

Thomson Scattering: Spectral Density

Swept Langmuir Analysis: Floating Potential

Emission of Thermal Bremsstrahlung by a Maxwellian Plasma

Grids: Non-Uniform Grids

First Steps

• Installing
• Getting Started
• Examples
• Feedback and Communication
• How to Contribute
• Community Code of Conduct
• Acknowledging and Citing

Package features

• Analysis & Diagnostic Toolkits
• Dispersion
• Formulary
• Particles
• Simulation
• Plasma Calculator
• Plasma Objects
• Package Utilities

Guide for Contributors

• Overview
• Code Development Guidelines
• Changelog Guide
• Documentation Guide
• Testing Guide

All the Rest

• Authors and Credits
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Changelog
• Vision Statement
• PlasmaPy.org