plasmapy.formulary.collisions.frequencies

Frequency parameters related to collisions.

Classes

MaxwellianCollisionFrequencies(...)

Compute collision frequencies between two slowly flowing Maxwellian populations.

SingleParticleCollisionFrequencies(...)

Compute collision frequencies between test particles (labeled 'a') and field particles (labeled 'b').
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.