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authorGravatar Remi Lehe <remi.lehe@normalesup.org> 2019-04-24 16:03:12 -0700
committerGravatar GitHub <noreply@github.com> 2019-04-24 16:03:12 -0700
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Merge pull request #69 from ECP-WarpX/RZgeometry
R zgeometry
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@@ -44,10 +44,14 @@ Setting up the field mesh
For each direction, use 1 for periodic conditions, 0 otherwise.
+* ``geometry.coord_sys`` (`integer`) optional (default `0`)
+ Coordinate system used by the simulation. 0 for Cartesian, 1 for cylindrical.
+
* ``geometry.prob_lo`` and ``geometry.prob_hi`` (`2 floats in 2D`, `3 integers in 3D`; in meters)
The extent of the full simulation box. This box is rectangular, and thus its
extent is given here by the coordinates of the lower corner (``geometry.prob_lo``) and
- upper corner (``geometry.prob_hi``).
+ upper corner (``geometry.prob_hi``). The first axis of the coordinates is x (or r with cylindrical)
+ and the last is z.
* ``warpx.fine_tag_lo`` and ``warpx.fine_tag_hi`` (`2 floats in 2D`, `3 integers in 3D`; in meters) optional
**When using static mesh refinement with 1 level**, the extent of the refined patch.
@@ -163,6 +167,10 @@ Particle initialization
``electrons.density_function(x,y,z) = "n0+n0*x**2*1.e12"`` where ``n0`` is a
user-defined constant, see above.
+* ``<species_name>.radially_weighted`` (`bool`) optional (default `true`)
+ Whether particle's weight is varied with their radius. This only applies to cylindrical geometry.
+ The only valid value is true.
+
* ``<species_name>.momentum_distribution_type`` (`string`)
Distribution of the normalized momentum (`u=p/mc`) for this species. The options are: