7. Useful Functions

This chapter contains a summary of useful functions and subroutines that might be re-used in the future.

7.1. General Functions and Subroutines

Function	Module	Input	Output	Description
UNITVECTOR	MOD_Globals	3D vector	3D vector	Normalizes a given vector by dividing all vectors entries by the vector’s magnitude
CROSSNORM	MOD_Globals	two 3D vectors	3D vector	Computes the cross product of two 3-dimensional vectors: cross=v1 x v2 and normalizes the resulting vector
CROSS	MOD_Globals	two 3D vectors	3D vector	Computes the cross product of two 3-dimensional vectors: cross=v1 x v2
VECNORM	MOD_Globals	3D vector	REAL	Computes the Euclidean norm (length) of a vector
DOTPRODUCT	MOD_Globals	3D vector	REAL	Computes the dot product of a vector with itself

7.2. Particle Functions and Subroutines

Function (Module)	Input	Output	Description
isChargedParticle (MOD_part_tools)	particle ID	LOGICAL	Check if particle has charge unequal to zero
PARTISELECTRON (MOD_globals)	particle ID	LOGICAL	Check if particle is an electron by checking if the charge is equal to 1.602176634e-19 (division and nearest integer)
isDepositParticle (MOD_part_tools)	particle ID	LOGICAL	Check if particle is to be deposited on the grid
isPushParticle (MOD_part_tools)	particle ID	LOGICAL	Check if particle is to be pushed (integrated in time)
isInterpolateParticle (MOD_part_tools)	particle ID	LOGICAL	Check if the field at a particle’s is to be interpolated (accelerated)
VeloFromDistribution (MOD_part_tools)	distribution type, Tempergy	3D vector	WIP, Calculates a velocity vector from a defined velocity distribution and Tempergy (temperature [K] or energy [J] or velocity [m/s])
DiceUnitVector (MOD_part_tools)	None	3D vector	Calculates a normalized vector in 3D (unit space) in random direction
DiceDeflectedVelocityVector (MOD_part_tools)	cRela2(post-collison), alphaVSS(iSpecA,iSpecB)	3D vector	Calculates scaled post-collision relative velocity vector in center-of-mass frame
	if alphaVSS>1 (VSS) also: , cRelaX,cRelaY,cRelaZ (pre-collision)		VSS case includes coordinate transformation due to anisotropic scattering
CreateParticle (MOD_part_tools)	species ID, position, element ID, velocity and internal energies	particle ID (optional)	Creates a new particle at a given position and energetic state and return the new particle ID (optional)
GetParticleWeight (MOD_part_tools)	particle ID	REAL	Determines the weighting factor of a particle