plasmapy.dispersion.numerical

The numerical subpackage contains functionality associated with numerical dispersion solvers.

Attention

This functionality is under development. Backward incompatible changes might occur in future releases.

Sub-Packages & Modules

hollweg_

Functionality for calculating various numerical solutions to Hollweg's two-fluid dispersion relation.

kinetic_alfven_

Functionality for calculating various numerical solutions to the kinetic Alfvén dispersion relation.

Functions

hollweg(B, ion, k, n_i, theta, *, T_e, T_i)

Calculate the two-fluid dispersion relation presented by Hollweg [1999], and discussed by Bellan [2012].

Example Notebooks