pynucastro

https://github.com/pynucastro/pynucastro

pynucastro is a set of python interfaces to nuclear reaction rate databases (including the JINA reaclib nuclear reaction rate database). It is meant for both interactive exploration of rates (through Jupyter notebooks) and to create reaction networks for use in simulation codes.

Introduction

• Overview of pynucastro
• Reaction Rate Types
• Installation
• Contributing

Exploring Networks in Python

• pynucastro usage examples
• Plotting Examples
• Example of integrating a network

Selecting Rates

• Selecting Rates from a Library
• Checking your network
• Tabulated Weak Rate Example
• Combining ReacLib Rates with Electron Capture Tables

Advanced Rate Operations

• Screening Rates
• Modifying Rates
• Approximate Rates
• Creating a Custom Rate
• Removing Unimportant Rates
• Reverse Rates

Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium

• Solving for nuclear statistical equilibrium
• Creating an NSE table

Plasma Neutrinos

• Neutrino Cooling

Writing and Integrating Networks

• Creating Networks
• AMReX Astro Microphysics Networks

Interfacing With Other Languages

• Integrating using DifferentialEquations.jl

Reference

• Citing pynucastro
• API
• Third Party Data
• References

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page