Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of u/erica/CF_bvn_plot

Timestamp:

03/11/15 16:53:28 (10 years ago)

Author:

Erica Kaminski

Comment:

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u/erica/CF_bvn_plot

@@ -40 +40 @@
 [[latex($nscale=tempscale=1$)]]
 
-which '''let's me do a cute trick''' - 
+which means - 
 
 [[latex($P_B(cu) = \frac{P_B(cgs)}{nscale*K_B*tempscale}$)]]
@@ -48 +48 @@
 [[latex($P_B(cu)*nscale*tempscale = P_B(cu)[\frac{K}{cm^3}] = \frac{P_{B}(cgs)}{K_B}$)]]
 
-That is, the LHS, which are the values I will be plotting, are in''' units of K/cm^3^''', and therefore instead of calling it something like 'magnetic pressure in computational units', I can call it: 
+The units of P(cgs) are Kb(K)/cm^3^ (from ideal gas law). This means, the output from the code is equivalent to P(cgs)/Kb and this ratio has units of K/cm^3^.  
 
-[[latex($P_B K_B ^{-1} (\frac{K}{cm^3})$)]]
+That is, I am free to either call the quantity, 
 
-which is still a scaled magnetic pressure -- but perhaps a more physically motivated one for readers.. 
 
-This of course is plotted against number density, which again given nscale = 1, is already in units of cm^-3^.
+[[latex($P_B(cu)(K/cm^3) ~or~ \frac{P(cgs)}{K_B}[\frac{K}{cm^3}] $)]]
+
+The right hand quantity seems more intuitive, so will go with that. If someone were to instead plot the left hand quantity -- hopefully a reader would recognize the lack of the boltzmann constant and realize that it was in fact a scaled quantity being plotted. 
+
+This is plotted against number density, which again given nscale = 1, is already in units of cm^-3^.