Length Plasma Parameters (plasmapy.formulary.lengths)

Functions to calculate fundamental plasma length parameters.

Functions

Debye_length(T_e, n_e)	Calculate the exponential scale length for charge screening in an electron plasma with stationary ions.
gyroradius(B, particle, *[, Vperp, T, ...])	Calculate the radius of circular motion for a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field (including relativistic effects by default).
inertial_length(n, particle, *[, mass_numb, Z])	Calculate a charged particle's inertial length.

Aliases

PlasmaPy provides aliases of the most common plasma functionality for user convenience. Aliases in PlasmaPy are denoted with a trailing underscore (e.g., alias_). For further details, please refer to the contributor guide’s section on aliases.

cwp_(n, particle, *[, mass_numb, Z])	Alias to inertial_length.
lambdaD_(T_e, n_e)	Alias to Debye_length.
rc_(B, particle, *[, Vperp, T, ...])	Alias to gyroradius.
rhoc_(B, particle, *[, Vperp, T, ...])	Alias to gyroradius.

Examples

Examples

Physics of the E×B drift

Analysing ITER parameters

Plasma parameters in Earth’s magnetosphere