Element

class PlasmaCalcs.mhd.elements.Element(name=None, i=None, *, m=None, ionize_ev=None, saha_g1g0=None, abundance=None)

Bases: Fluid

Fluid corresponding to an element, including ions AND neutrals.

CAUTION: some code assumes (without checking) that Element objects are immutable.: Changing an Element after creating it could lead to unexpected behavior.
name: None or str: name of this element. None –> name unknown.

defaults assume names will be title-case element symbol, e.g. ‘H’, ‘He’;

using different names is allowed but will prevent default lookups.
i: None or int: index of this element (within an ElementList). None –> index unknown.
m: None or number: mass, in atomic mass units. E.g., ~1 for H.
ionize_ev: None or number: first ionization potential [eV]. E.g., ~13.6 for H.
saha_g1g0: None or number: ratio of g (degeneracy of states) for g1 (ions) to g0 (neutrals). E.g., 0.5 for H.
abundance: None or number: abundance of this element relative to H:

A(elem) = 12 + log10(n(elem) / n(H)), n = number density.

if not provided, trying to get abundance-related quantities will crash.

internally, q=None always, because elements have no charge info.

Methods

`__eq__`(v)	return self==v.
`__init_subclass__`(*[, _serial_typename])	register cls as a subclass of XarrayIoSerializable.
`copy`(**kw_init)	return a copy of self.
`deserialize`(serial)	creates an XarrayIoSerializable object from a serialized representation.
`equal_except_i`(v)	returns whether self == v (another DimensionValue), ignoring i.
`from_dict`(d)	return cls from dict d.
`get_element`(args__None, *kw__None)	return self (because self is an Element...).
`get_elements`(args__None, *kw__None)	return [self] (because self is an Element...).
`ion`([q])	return ionized Specie of self.get_element()
`is_charged`()	tells whether self is a charged fluid.
`is_electron`()	tells whether self is an electron.
`is_ion`()	tells whether self is an ion.
`is_neutral`()	tells whether self is a neutral fluid.
`lookup_dict`()	returns dict for looking up self within a DimensionValueList, given int, str, or self.
`n_per_nH`()	return n(elem)/n(H) for this element.
`neutral`(**kw_specie)	return neutral Specie of self.get_element().
`r_per_nH`()	return r(elem)/n(H) for this element.
`register_type`(cls_to_register[, ...])	register cls_to_register as a serializable subclass of XarrayIoSerializable.
`saha_list`(*[, istart])	return SpecieList of neutral & once-ionized ions of self.get_element().
`serialize`()	return dict of info about self, including 'typename' key.
`to_dict`()	return dictionary of info about self.
`with_i`(i)	return copy of self with i=i, or self if self.i==i already.
`_repr_contents`()	contents used by self.__repr__
`_repr_simple`()	return simple repr for self: Classname(s, i).

Attributes

`SERIAL_TYPES`
`element`	alias to self.
`get_I`	alias to neutral
`get_II`	alias to ion
`name`	alias to s
`ndim`
`size`

__eq__(v): return self==v. Equal if:

- v is an instance of type(self), and

all kw from both self._kw_eq and v._kw_eq have the same values.

(any kw missing attrs will be treated as UNSET.)

For DimensionValue, just compares self.s==v.s and self.i==v.i.

Subclasses may add more kwargs to compare by altering _kw_def.

- or, self.s == v or self.i == v, and v is not another DimensionValue

- or, v is a DimensionSingleValueSpecifier and v.checker(self) gives True.

Not equal if v is a DimensionValue but not an instance of type(self),

e.g. class Fluid(DimensionValue):…; class Snap(DimensionValue):…;

Fluid(‘H’, 0) != Snap(‘H’, 0).

classmethod __init_subclass__(*, _serial_typename=None, **kw)

register cls as a subclass of XarrayIoSerializable.

_serial_typename: None or str: name to use for this type, for serialization purposes.

None –> use cls.__name__.

This method also sets cls._serial_typename = _serial_typename.

_repr_contents(): contents used by self.__repr__

_repr_simple(): return simple repr for self: Classname(s, i).

if s is None, use Classname(i) instead.

if i is None, use Classname(s, i=None) instead.

Called when using PlasmaCalcs.tools.repr_simple.

copy(**kw_init): return a copy of self. Can provide new kwargs here to override old values in result.

E.g. self.copy(i=7) makes a copy of self but with i=7 instead of self.i.

static deserialize(serial)

creates an XarrayIoSerializable object from a serialized representation.

serial: dict or str: str –> convert to dict via ast.literal_eval.

dict must contain ‘typename’ key.

The output here will be an instance of XarrayIoSerializable.SERIAL_TYPES[typename]

property element: alias to self. because self (an Element) is the element corresponding to self.

element_cls: alias of Element

equal_except_i(v): returns whether self == v (another DimensionValue), ignoring i.

equal if v is an instance of type(self) and

all kw from both self._kw_eq and v._kw_eq have the same values.

(any kw missing attrs will be treated as UNSET.)

For DimensionValue: self.s==v.s and self.i==v.i. Subclasses may add more.

classmethod from_dict(d): return cls from dict d.

If ‘d’ contains ‘typename’, result is like cls.deserialize(d) instead,

however, first require that result is an instance of cls (or subclass of cls).

E.g. Fluid.from_dict(dict(typename=’EppicDist’, …)) returns EppicDist,

but Snap.from_dict(dict(typename=’EppicDist’, …)) crashes with InputError.

Subclasses wishing to alter deserialize behavior will probably override this method instead.

property get_I: alias to neutral

property get_II: alias to ion

get_element(*args__None, **kw__None): return self (because self is an Element…).

(ElementHaver-related logic expects this method to exist.)

get_elements(*args__None, **kw__None): return [self] (because self is an Element…).

(ElementHaver-related logic expects this method to exist.)

ion(q=1, **kw_specie)

return ionized Specie of self.get_element()

q: charge in elementary charge units. (default: +1)

is_charged(): tells whether self is a charged fluid. i.e. self.q != 0.

if self.q is None, returns None instead of bool.

is_electron(): tells whether self is an electron. i.e. self.q < 0.

if self.q is None, returns None instead of bool.

is_ion(): tells whether self is an ion. i.e. self.q > 0.

if self.q is None, returns None instead of bool.

is_neutral(): tells whether self is a neutral fluid. i.e. self.q == 0.

if self.q is None, returns None instead of bool.

lookup_dict(): returns dict for looking up self within a DimensionValueList, given int, str, or self.

(used by DimensionValueList.lookup_dict)

n_per_nH(): return n(elem)/n(H) for this element. n = number density

property name: alias to s

neutral(**kw_specie): return neutral Specie of self.get_element().

r_per_nH(): return r(elem)/n(H) for this element. r = mass density

static register_type(cls_to_register, _serial_typename=None)

register cls_to_register as a serializable subclass of XarrayIoSerializable.

_serial_typename: str or None: name to use for serialization. if None, use cls_to_register.__name__.

saha_list(*, istart=0, **kw_specie)

return SpecieList of neutral & once-ionized ions of self.get_element().

istart: start index for the SpecieList. Index affects conversion to int.

serialize(): return dict of info about self, including ‘typename’ key.

specie_cls: alias of Specie

specie_list_cls: alias of SpecieList

to_dict(): return dictionary of info about self. Attribute values for keys in self._kw_def.

e.g. if _kw_def={‘s’, ‘i’}: result = {‘s’: self.s, ‘i’: self.i}

with_i(i): return copy of self with i=i, or self if self.i==i already.