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pynucastro 3.0

Introduction

Overview of pynucastro
Reaction Rate Types
Installation
Contributing

Nuclear Properties

Third Party Data
Nuclear Properties
Solar Composition

pynucastro Overview

pynucastro Usage Examples
Plotting Examples
Basic Networks
Integrating a Network
Networks with StarLib rates

Working with Libraries

Finding Available Rates
Tabulated Weak Rate Sources

Building Networks

Dealing with Duplicate Rates
Checking Your Network
Tabulated Weak Rate Example
Combining ReacLib Rates with Electron Capture Tables
alternate_rates
Inert Nuclei
Documenting Networks

Advanced Rate Operations

Screening Rates
Creating a Custom Rate
Derived Rates

Approximating Rates

Approximating alpha-capture
Approximating double n-capture
Modified Rates
Approximating C and O Burning
BranchedRate
Rate Sequences with Extra Reactants

Advanced Network Operations

Using NSE Protons
Removing Unimportant Rates
Finding Cycles (with NetworkX)
Finding the Likely Path Between Nuclei (with NetworkX)
Assessing the Stiffness of a Network
Network Reduction
Sensitivity Analysis

Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium

NSE Intro
NSE Examples
NSE vs. Direct Integration
Creating an NSE table

Thermodynamics

Fermi-Dirac Integrals
The Electron-Positron EOS
Stellar EOS
Integrating Networks with Temperature Evolution

Plasma Neutrinos

Neutrino Cooling
Effects of Thermal Neutrino Cooling in Network Integrations

Exporting Networks

Exporting Networks
Python network
Simple C++ network
Fortran Networks
AMReX Astro Microphysics Networks
Integrating using DifferentialEquations.jl
- Installing diffeqpy
- Example of Integrating a Network

Some Useful Networks

Common Networks
MESA basic.net Network
CNO burning network
The “aprox13” network
A He-burning Network

Working With Simulation Codes

Importing MESA Models and Visualizing Reactive Flow

Examples in Nuclear Astrophysics

Binding Energy per Nucleon
p-p chain vs. CNO
hot-CNO and breakout
Computing the Screened Triple-alpha rate
Ratio of C/O from He burning
Products of Carbon Burning
A Supernova Lightcurve

Developer Documentation

Working with Rate Objects
Adding Rates from the Literature
Working with Network Objects
Testing and Comparing Backends

Reference

Citing pynucastro
Changelog
API
- pynucastro package
References

Index

Index
Module Index

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