%matplotlib inline
Let's import some basics (and PlasmaPy
!)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import plasmapy.dispersion.dispersionfunction
help(plasmapy.dispersion.dispersionfunction.plasma_dispersion_func)
We'll now make some sample data to visualize the dispersion function:
x = np.linspace(-1, 1, 1000)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, x)
Z = X + 1j * Y
print(Z.shape)
Before we start plotting, let's make a visualization function first:
def plot_complex(X, Y, Z, N=50):
fig, (real_axis, imag_axis) = plt.subplots(1, 2)
real_axis.contourf(X, Y, Z.real, N)
imag_axis.contourf(X, Y, Z.imag, N)
real_axis.set_title("Real values")
imag_axis.set_title("Imaginary values")
for ax in [real_axis, imag_axis]:
ax.set_xlabel("Real values")
ax.set_ylabel("Imaginary values")
fig.tight_layout()
plot_complex(X, Y, Z)
We can now apply our visualization function to our simple dispersion relation
# sphinx_gallery_thumbnail_number = 2
F = plasmapy.dispersion.dispersionfunction.plasma_dispersion_func(Z)
plot_complex(X, Y, F)
So this is going to be a hack and I'm not 100% sure the dispersion function is quite what I think it is, but let's find the area where the dispersion function has a lesser than zero real part because I think it may be important (brb reading Fried and Conte):
plot_complex(X, Y, F.real < 0)
We can also visualize the derivative:
F = plasmapy.dispersion.dispersionfunction.plasma_dispersion_func_deriv(Z)
plot_complex(X, Y, F)
Plotting the same function on a larger area:
x = np.linspace(-2, 2, 2000)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, x)
Z = X + 1j * Y
print(Z.shape)
F = plasmapy.dispersion.dispersionfunction.plasma_dispersion_func(Z)
plot_complex(X, Y, F, 100)
Now we examine the derivative of the dispersion function as a function of the phase velocity of an electromagnetic wave propagating through the plasma. This is recreating figure 5.1 in: J. Sheffield, D. Froula, S. H. Glenzer, and N. C. Luhmann Jr, Plasma scattering of electromagnetic radiation: theory and measurement techniques. Chapter 5 Pg 106 (Academic press, 2010).
xs = np.linspace(0, 4, 100)
ws = (-1 / 2) * plasmapy.dispersion.dispersionfunction.plasma_dispersion_func_deriv(xs)
wRe = np.real(ws)
wIm = np.imag(ws)
plt.plot(xs, wRe, label="Re")
plt.plot(xs, wIm, label="Im")
plt.axis([0, 4, -0.3, 1])
plt.legend(
loc="upper right", frameon=False, labelspacing=0.001, fontsize=14, borderaxespad=0.1
)
plt.show()