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Changed "weighting" to "weight" as per opemPMD issue openPMD#199.
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DavidSagan committed Mar 6, 2019
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- `charge/`
- Type: Optional *(int)*
- Description: The charge state of the particles. Used for atoms and molecules. Not needed if the charge can be computed from knowledge of the `SpeciesType` (That is, a fundamental particle). Also see `weighting`.
- Description: The charge state of the particles. Used for atoms and molecules. Not needed if the charge can be computed from knowledge of the `SpeciesType` (That is, a fundamental particle). Also see `weight`.

- `electricField/`
- Type: Optional 3-vector *(float)*
- Description: External electric field at the particle.
- Description: External electric field at the particle.
- Components: (`x`, `y`, `z`).

- `magneticField/`
- Type: Optional 3-vector *(float)*
- Description: External magnetic field at the particle.
- Description: External magnetic field at the particle.
- Components: (`x`, `y`, `z`).

- `photonPolarization/`
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- Type: Optional 3-vector *(float)*
- Description: (`Vx`, `Vy`, `Vz`) velocity vector.

- `weighting/`
- `weight/`
- Type: Optional *(float)*
- Description: If macro-particles are being simulated, the `weighting` is the the total charge or total number of the collection of particles that a macro-particle represents. Also see `charge`.
- Description: If macro-particles are being simulated, the `weight` is the total charge of a macro-particle or the total number of particles that a macro-particle represents. Also see `charge`.


Non Per-Particle Records of the `Particle Root Group`
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