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well as standard deviations along each direction ``<species_name>.ux_th``,
``<species_name>.uy_th`` and ``<species_name>.uz_th``.
+ * ``maxwell_juttner``: Maxwell-Juttner distribution for high temperature plasma. This mode
+ requires a dimensionless temperature parameter ``<species_name>.theta``, where theta is equal
+ to kb*T/(m*c^2), where kb is the Boltzmann constant, and m is the mass of the species. It also
+ includes the optional parameter ``<species_name>.beta`` where beta is equal to v/c. The plasma
+ will be initialized to move at velocity beta*c in the ``<species_name>.direction = 'x', 'y', 'z'``,
+ direction. The MJ distribution will be initialized in the moving frame using the Sobol method,
+ and then the distribution will be transformed to the simulation frame using the flipping method.
+ Both the Sobol and the flipping method can be found in Zenitani 2015 (Phys. Plasmas 22, 042116).
+
* ``radial_expansion``: momentum depends on the radial coordinate linearly. This
requires additional parameter ``u_over_r`` which is the slope.