fast_ion_slowdown_time

Source: R/wilkie_sd.R

Function to calculate fast ion slowdown time, eq. 2.2 of Wilkie 2018, https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.01934v2

fast_ion_slowdown_time(n_e, T_i_eV, T_e_eV, A, Z)

Arguments

n_e

numeric electron density.
T_i_eV

numeric Ion temperaure in eV.
T_e_eV

numeric Electron temperaure in eV.
A

numeric Ion mass number
Z

numeric Ion charge number

Value

numeric plasma parameter