function FF = compute_fa(Napj, spar, xperp) %% Compute the dispersion function from the moment hierarchi decomp. % Normalized Hermite Hp = @(p,s) polyval(HermitePoly(p),s)./sqrt(2.^p.*factorial(p)); % Laguerre Lj = @(j,x) polyval(LaguerrePoly(j),x); % Maxwellian factor FaM = @(s,x) exp(-s.^2-x); [SS, XX] = meshgrid(spar, xperp); %meshgrid for efficient evaluation FF = 0 .* SS; [Pmax,Jmax] = size(Napj); FAM = FaM(SS,XX); for p_ = 0:Pmax-1 HH = Hp(p_,SS); for j_ = 0:Jmax-1 LL = Lj(j_,XX); FF = FF + Napj(p_+1,j_+1)*HH.*LL.*FAM; end end