Minor updates to notebooks

Author: namurphy

2023-SULI/plasmapy-tutorial-completed.ipynb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    "id": "5b8f9968",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# PlasmaPy"
+    "# SULI Computational Workshop"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "import sys\n",
+    "\n",
+    "if 'google.colab' in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    if 'plasmapy' not in sys.modules:\n",
+    "        !pip install plasmapy==2023.5.1 requests==2.27.1\n",
+    "        \n",
     "import numpy as np\n",
     "import astropy.units as u\n",
     "from astropy import constants as const\n",
@@ -931,7 +937,11 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "electron.is_category(require=\"lepton\", exclude=\"baryon\", any_of={\"boson\", \"fermion\"})"
+    "electron.is_category(\n",
+    "    require=\"lepton\", \n",
+    "    exclude=\"baryon\", \n",
+    "    any_of={\"boson\", \"fermion\"},\n",
+    ")"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -1129,7 +1139,7 @@
    "id": "0ba578e6",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "When we calculate $β$ for the photosphere, we find that it is an order of magnitude larger than 1, so plasma pressure forces are more important than magnetic tension and pressure."
+    "When we calculate $β$ for the photosphere, we find that it is an order of magnitude larger than $1$, so plasma pressure forces are more important than magnetic tension and pressure."
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -1178,7 +1188,7 @@
     "\n",
     "[Magnetic reconnection] is the fundamental plasma process that converts stored magnetic energy into kinetic energy, thermal energy, and particle acceleration.  Reconnection powers solar flares and is a key component of geomagnetic storms in Earth's magnetosphere. Reconnection can also degrade confinement in fusion devices such as tokamaks.\n",
     "\n",
-    "The **inertial length** for a particle is the characteristic length scale for getting accelerated or decelerated by forces in a plasma.  \n",
+    "The **inertial length** is the characteristic length scale for a particle to get accelerated or decelerated by electromagnetic forces in a plasma.  \n",
     "\n",
     "When the reconnection layer thickness is shorter than the **ion inertial length**, $d_i ≡ c/ω_{pi}$, collisionless effects and the Hall effect enable reconnection to be **fast** (Zweibel & Yamada 2009).  The inner electron diffusion region has a thickness of about the **electron inertial length**, $d_e≡c/ω_{pe}$.  (Here, $ω_{pi}$ and $ω_{pe}$ are the ion and electron plasma frequencies.)\n",
     "\n",
@@ -1367,7 +1377,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.10"
+   "version": "3.11.3"
   },
   "widgets": {
    "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-state+json": {

2023-SULI/plasmapy-tutorial.ipynb

@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@
     "\n",
     "[Magnetic reconnection] is the fundamental plasma process that converts stored magnetic energy into kinetic energy, thermal energy, and particle acceleration.  Reconnection powers solar flares and is a key component of geomagnetic storms in Earth's magnetosphere. Reconnection can also degrade confinement in fusion devices such as tokamaks.\n",
     "\n",
-    "The **inertial length** for a particle is the characteristic length scale for getting accelerated or decelerated by forces in a plasma.  \n",
+    "The **inertial length** is the characteristic length scale for a particle to get accelerated or decelerated by electromagnetic forces in a plasma.  \n",
     "\n",
     "When the reconnection layer thickness is shorter than the **ion inertial length**, $d_i ≡ c/ω_{pi}$, collisionless effects and the Hall effect enable reconnection to be **fast** (Zweibel & Yamada 2009).  The inner electron diffusion region has a thickness of about the **electron inertial length**, $d_e≡c/ω_{pe}$.  (Here, $ω_{pi}$ and $ω_{pe}$ are the ion and electron plasma frequencies.)\n",
     "\n",