v0.10.2

Theory

General
Basis functions and collocation nodes
Perturbation Theory
Zernike Polynomial Evaluation
List of Variables
Optimizers Supported

Getting Started

Installation
Command Line Interface
Input File
Outputs

Examples

Using DESC Interactively
Using DESC Interactively (Using Spline Basis for profiles)
Saving To VMEC-Formatted Output
Solving Equilibria with Fixed Axis and Fixed NAE O(rho) Behavior in DESC
Solving Current-Constrained Equilibria
Precise QA

Tutorials

Getting Started With DESC
Using a DESC Equilibrium Output
Solving Vacuum Equilibria
Stellarator Optimization

Developer guides

Adding new physics quantities
Adding new objective functions
Adding new optimizers
Collocation grids

Public API

API Documentation
- Basis
- Coils
- Continuation
- Derivatives
- Equilibrium
- Examples
- Geometry
- Grid
- IO
- Magnetic Fields
- Objective Functions
- Optimize
- Perturbations
- Plotting
- Profiles
- Transform
- VMEC

DESC

API Documentation
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desc.objectives.Energy.gamma

property Energy.gamma

Adiabatic (compressional) index.

Type:: float

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