Dr Edward J. Parkinson

Python

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Python is a (confusingly named) state-of-the-art Monte Carlo radative transfer and ionization software suite written in (mostly pre-ANSI) C. Currently under active development, Python has been around since the mid-90’s developed by Knox Long, Christian Knigge, Stuart Sim, Nick Higginbottom, James Matthews, Sam Mangham, Mandy Hewitt and me. Python has a flexible interface for inputting your own computational grids, or can be configured to use several hard-wired, but parameterised, kinematic models. It has been used for a variety of research projects involving the winds, but not limited to, of cataclysmic variables, active galactic nuclei and tidal disruption events.

Technology

C, CMake, GNU Science Library, MPI, Python (the language), Sphinx