BOLOS is a BOLtzmann equation solver Open Source library.
This package provides a pure Python library for the solution of the
Boltzmann equation for electrons in a non-thermal plasma. It builds upon
previous work, mostly by G. J. M. Hagelaar and L. C. Pitchford [HP2005],
who developed Bolsig+. BOLOS is a multiplatform, open source
implementation of a similar algorithm compatible with the Bolsig+_
cross-section input format.
The code was developed by Alejandro Luque <http://www.iaa.es/~aluque> at the
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía <http://www.iaa.es> (IAA), CSIC <http://www.csic.es> and is licensed under the LGPLv2 License. Packages can be
downloaded from the project homepage on PyPI. The
source code can be obtained from
GitHub, which also hosts the bug tracker. The documentation can be
read on ReadTheDocs.
.. _LGPLv2 License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.0.html .. _BOLSIG+: http://www.bolsig.laplace.univ-tlse.fr/ .. _homepage: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/bolos/ .. _documentation: http://bolos.readthedocs.org/ .. _source code: https://github.com/aluque/bolos .. _bug tracker: https://github.com/aluque/bolos/issues .. [HP2005] Solving the Boltzmann equation to obtain electron transport coefficients and rate coefficients for fluid models, G. J. M. Hagelaar and L. C. Pitchford, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 14 (2005) 722–733.