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"# Thermal Speed"
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"%matplotlib inline\n",
"\n",
"import numpy as np\n",
"from astropy import units as u\n",
"import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
"\n",
"from plasmapy.formulary import Maxwellian_speed_1D, Maxwellian_speed_2D, Maxwellian_speed_3D\n",
"from plasmapy.formulary.parameters import thermal_speed"
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"The thermal_speed function can be used to calculate the thermal velocity for a Maxwellian velocity distribution. There are three common definitions of the thermal velocity, which can be selected using the \"method\" keyword, which are defined for a 3D velocity distribution as\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"- 'most_probable'
\n",
"$v_{th} = \\sqrt{\\frac{2 k_B T}{m}}$\n",
"\n",
"- 'rms'
\n",
"$v_{th} = \\sqrt{\\frac{3 k_B T}{m}}$\n",
"\n",
"- 'mean_magnitude'
\n",
"$v_{th} = \\sqrt{\\frac{8 k_B T}{m\\pi}}$\n",
"\n",
"The differences between these velocities can be seen by plotitng them on a 3D Maxwellian speed distribution"
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"T = 1e5 * u.K\n",
"speeds = np.linspace(0, 8e6, num=600) * u.m/u.s\n",
"\n",
"pdf_3D = Maxwellian_speed_3D(speeds, T=T, particle='e-')\n",
"\n",
"fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4,3))\n",
"\n",
"v_most_prob = thermal_speed(T=T, particle='e-', method='most_probable', ndim=3)\n",
"v_rms = thermal_speed(T=T, particle='e-', method='rms', ndim=3)\n",
"v_mean_magnitude = thermal_speed(T=T, particle='e-', method='mean_magnitude', ndim=3)\n",
"\n",
"ax.plot(speeds/v_rms, pdf_3D, color='black', label='Maxwellian')\n",
" \n",
"ax.axvline(x=v_most_prob/v_rms, color='blue', label='Most Probable')\n",
"ax.axvline(x=v_rms/v_rms, color='green', label='RMS')\n",
"ax.axvline(x=v_mean_magnitude/v_rms, color='red', label='Mean Magnitude')\n",
"\n",
"ax.set_xlim(-.1, 3)\n",
"ax.set_ylim(0, None)\n",
"ax.set_title('3D')\n",
"ax.set_xlabel(\"|v|/|v$_{rms}|$\")\n",
"ax.set_ylabel(\"f(|v|)\")"
]
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"Similar speeds are defined for 1D and 2D distributions. The differences between these definitions can be illustrated by plotting them on their respective Maxwellian speed distributions."
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"\n",
"pdf_1D = Maxwellian_speed_1D(speeds, T=T, particle='e-')\n",
"pdf_2D = Maxwellian_speed_2D(speeds, T=T, particle='e-')\n",
"\n",
"dim = [1,2,3]\n",
"pdfs = [pdf_1D, pdf_2D, pdf_3D]\n",
"\n",
"plt.tight_layout()\n",
"fig, ax = plt.subplots(ncols=3, figsize=(10,3))\n",
"\n",
"for n, pdf in enumerate(pdfs):\n",
" ndim = n+1\n",
" v_most_prob = thermal_speed(T=T, particle='e-', method='most_probable', ndim=ndim)\n",
" v_rms = thermal_speed(T=T, particle='e-', method='rms', ndim=ndim)\n",
" v_mean_magnitude = thermal_speed(T=T, particle='e-', method='mean_magnitude', ndim=ndim)\n",
" \n",
" ax[n].plot(speeds/v_rms, pdf, color='black', label='Maxwellian')\n",
" \n",
" ax[n].axvline(x=v_most_prob/v_rms, color='blue', label='Most Probable')\n",
" ax[n].axvline(x=v_rms/v_rms, color='green', label='RMS')\n",
" ax[n].axvline(x=v_mean_magnitude/v_rms, color='red', label='Mean Magnitude')\n",
" \n",
" ax[n].set_xlim(-.1, 3)\n",
" ax[n].set_ylim(0, None)\n",
" ax[n].set_title('{:d}D'.format(ndim))\n",
" ax[n].set_xlabel(\"|v|/|v$_{rms}|$\")\n",
" ax[n].set_ylabel(\"f(|v|)\")\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"ax[2].legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.9, .8), loc='upper right')\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"\n"
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