PlasmaPy: A plasma physics Python package

Welcome to the plasmapy package, an open source community-developed Python package for the plasma community. Documentation is available in the docstrings and online (accessible also using the plasmapy.online_help() function).

Sub-Packages & Modules

analysis	The analysis subpackage for PlasmaPy.
diagnostics	The diagnostics subpackage contains functionality for defining diagnostic parameters and processing data collected by diagnostics, synthetic or experimental.
dispersion	The dispersion subpackage contains functionality associated with plasma dispersion relations, including numerical solvers and analytical solutions.
formulary	The formulary subpackage contains commonly used formulae from plasma science.
particles	The plasmapy.particles subpackage provides access to information about atoms, isotopes, ions, and other particles.
plasma	Base classes for representing plasmas.
simulation	Module containing plasma simulation tools.
utils	Package of functions and classes used to develop clean, readable, and informative code.

Functions

online_help(query)

Open a webpage containing a search page in PlasmaPy's documentation, or another page that contains relevant online help.

Variables & Attributes

__citation__	PlasmaPy citation instructions
__version__	str(object='') -> str str(bytes_or_buffer[, encoding[, errors]]) -> str