ChiantiPy A Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopy
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A Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopy ChiantiPy is the Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopyWhat is CHIANTIThe CHIANTI provides a database of atomic data that can be used to interpret the emission of spectral lines and continus emitted from high-temperature, optically-thin astrophysical sources. The CHIANTI project provides a suite of routines written in Interactive Data Language (IDL) to access the database and calculate various quantities for use in interpreting observed spectra or producing synthetic spectra.Getting started with ChiantiPyPrerequisites * Python ( latext 2.X version; not compatible with version 3.X ) * Numpy * Scipy * Matplotlib * PyQt4 or wxPython * CHIANTI, the atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopyIn addition, the FortranFormat module from Scientific Python, developed by Konrad Hinsen of the Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire (http://dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr/ScientificPython/), is included in this distribution for simplicity.Installing the CHIANTI databaseThe gzipped data tar ball can be downloaded from the CHIANTI website * put the file in a convenient directory, cd to the directory and untar the file * ChiantiPy uses the environment variable XUVTOP to find the database. Set XUVTOP to the name of the directory where the CHIANTI data tarball was placed. For example> setenv XUVTOP /data1/xuv/directory.where.the.tarball.was.placedSome sites have the CHIANTI database maintained as part of a SolarSoft distribution. In that case, simply set XUVTOP to the directory were it exists, usually something like $SSW/packages/chianti/dbaseInstalling the ChiantiPy packageThe ChiantiPy package can be downloaded from the ChiantiPy, untar it, cd to the directory where it was unpacked, and then, as root> python setup.py installIf you do not have root privileges, simply put the ChiantiPy directory (simply called 'chianti') in your PYTHONPATHRunning ChiantiPyThe documentation can be found on its web page ChiantiPyIn particular, a quick start guide is included which should get you up and running fairly quickly.eeping track of ChiantiPyThere is a mailing list that you can subscribe to at . In order to subscribe it is first necessary to obtain a user account from sourceforge.net. This is a straightforward process. Requirements: · Python

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