Equilibria

Fluid/kinetic equilibria (or backgrounds) are often the starting point of dynamical plasma simulations. In Struphy they can be used for setting Initial conditions, or for providing the background in “\(\delta f\)-models”, where solutions are computed w.r.t a given background.

Contents:

• Fluid backgrounds
  • Available fluid equilibria
  • Projected fluid equilibria
  • Generic fluid equilibria
  • Base classes
• Kinetic backgrounds
  • Available Maxwellians
  • Moment functions
  • Base classes