Miscellaneous Plasma Parameters (plasmapy.formulary.misc)

Functions for miscellaneous plasma parameter calculations.

Functions

Bohm_diffusion(T_e, B)	Return the Bohm diffusion coefficient.
magnetic_energy_density(B)	Calculate the magnetic energy density.
magnetic_pressure(B)	Calculate the magnetic pressure.
thermal_pressure(T, n)	Return the thermal pressure for a Maxwellian distribution.

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.

DB_(T_e, B)	Alias to Bohm_diffusion.
pmag_(B)	Alias to magnetic_pressure.
pth_(T, n)	Alias to thermal_pressure.
ub_(B)	Alias to magnetic_energy_density.