PLUME

Plasma in a Linear Uniform Magnetized Environment

PLUME is a parallelised numerical code that solves the Vlasov-Maxwell dispersion relation in hot (even relativistic) magnetised plasma.

If you use the code for a science publication, please provide the code website github.com/kgklein/PLUME in the acknowledgements of your publication, and cite the code:

@software{PLUME_2025,
  author       = {{Klein}, K. G. and
                  {Howes}, G. G.},
  title        = {kgklein/PLUME: Zenodo release},
  month        = April,
  year         = 2025,
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  version      = {v1.0.1},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.15215514},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15215514}
}

and code paper Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G., and Brown, C. R.: PLUME: Plasma in a Linear Uniform Magnetized Environment, RNAAS, 2025

Publications using the PLUME code can be found in our NASA ADS Library.

For first-time users, we recommend working through our PLUME Tutorial.

The key input parameters for PLUME are described on the PLUME Input page.

The output format of PLUME is described on the PLUME Output page.