pyrfu.mms.eis_pad module#

pyrfu.mms.eis_pad.eis_pad(inp_allt, vec: DataArray | None = None, energy: list | None = None, pa_width: int = 15)[source]#

Calculates Pitch Angle Distributions (PADs) using data from the MMS Energetic Ion Spectrometer (EIS)

Parameters:

inp_allt (xarray.Dataset) – Energy spectrum for all telescopes.
vec (xarray.DataArray, Optional) – Axis with to compute pitch-angle. Default is X-GSE.
energy (array_like, Optional) – Energy range to include in the calculation. Default is [55, 800].
pa_width (int, Optional) – Size of the pitch angle bins, in degrees. Default is 15.

Returns:

pa_flux – Pitch-angle angle distribution for every energy channels in the energy range.

Return type:

xarray.DataArray