List of used symbols

In rbamlib the common symbols usually have 1 or 2 characters. The symbols are typically written in lower case with a few exceptions of commonly recognized variables. The following table provides the list of the used symbols and corresponding [units] that are used across rbamlib.

Symbol	Description
r	Distance from the planet’s center [planet’s radii, R]
al	Pitch angle, \(\alpha\) [rad]
mu	1st adiabatic invariant, \(\mu\) [MeV/G]
K	2nd adiabatic invariant, K [G^0.5 * R]
L	L-shell
en	Energy [MeV]
pc	Momentum times speed of light [MeV]
Jc	2nd adiabatic invariant K times speed of light [MeV/G]