elementary_particle

class elementary_particle.ElementaryParticle(symbol, origin=array([0.0, 0.0, 0.0]), units='ANGSTROMS')

An abstract python interface to create an elementary quantum particle i.e Leptons as electron, muon, etc. (dict)

Database information from:

From: http://physics.nist.gov/constants

Parameters

• symbol (str) – Symbol for the particle.

• origin (ndarray) – Origin for the particle (atomic units.)

• units (str, optional) – Units of the origin, valid values are ‘ANGSTROMS’ or ‘BOHR’

property is_quantum

Whether the particle of the atomic element is being treated as a quantum species or not