ROADMAP.md

PlasmaPy Development Roadmap

This document summarizes the overall development plans for PlasmaPy. This roadmap is very fluid and is subject to change due to community priorities. For the most up-to-date information, see PlasmaPy's issues, pull requests, and projects.

Features to be included in Version 0.1 release

This is to be a preview/prototype release.

• Code and documentation infrastructure
• Plasma parameter calculations
• Transport coefficient functions
  • Braginskii theory
• Base PlasmaBlob class
• Dimensionless numbers functionality

Features to be included in Version 0.2 release

• MHD simulation capability (finite difference & spectral)
• PIC simulation capability (only 1D for v0.1?)
• Simulation visualization/analysis tools
  • Basic turbulence analysis functionality from TurbPlasma (to be speeded up via Numba/Cython)

Features to be included in Version 0.3 release or at an indefinite time in future

• Magnetic topology analysis tools (data cube)
• Grad-Shafranov solver
• Dispersion solver
• Magnetic topology analysis tools (cylindrical geometry)
• MHD simulation capability (finite element)
• PIC simulation capability (2D)
• Spacecraft data analysis
• Experimental analysis tools
• Analytical plasma physics tools (with SymPy)
• Capability to read in CDF files (separate package?)

Future events

• Code development meeting
• Software Carpentry workshops at plasma physics conferences
• Python in Plasma Physics conference?