Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pyPENELOPEtools
Version: 1.0.0
Summary: Python interface to facilitate the use of the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE and its main programs
Home-page: https://github.com/pymontecarlo/pypenelopetools
Author: Hendrix Demers and Philippe T. Pinard
Author-email: hendrix.demers@mail.mcgill.ca and philippe.pinard@gmail.com
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
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Description: pyPENELOPEtools
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        **pyPENELOPEtools** is an open-source software to facilitate the use of the 
        Monte Carlo code PENELOPE and its main programs such as PENEPMA. 
        It is a programming interface to setup, run and analyze Monte Carlo simulations.
        Most of the code was adapted from `pyPENELOPE <http://pypenelope.sourceforge.net>`_, but
        with the goal to facilitate the integration with 
        `pyMonteCarlo <https://github.com/pymontecarlo/pymontecarlo>`_.
        
        What is PENELOPE?
        -----------------
        
        PENELOPE (*Penetration and ENErgy LOss of Positrons and Electrons*) is a
        a general-purpose Monte Carlo code system for the simulation of coupled 
        electron-photon transport in arbitrary materials. 
        PENELOPE covers the energy range from 1 GeV down to, nominally, 50 eV. 
        The physical interaction models implemented in the code are 
        based on the most reliable information available at present, limited only by 
        the required generality of the code. 
        These models combine results from first-principles calculations, semi-empirical 
        models and evaluated data bases. 
        It should be borne in mind that although PENELOPE can run particles down to 50 
        eV, the interaction cross sections for energies below 1 keV may be affected by 
        sizeable uncertainties; the results for these energies should be considered as 
        semi-quantitative. 
        
        PENELOPE incorporates a flexible geometry package called PENGEOM that permits 
        automatic tracking of particles in complex geometries consisting of homogeneous
        bodies limited by quadratic surfaces. 
        The PENELOPE code system is distributed by the 
        `OECD/NEA Data Bank <http://www.nea.fr>`_. 
        
        PENELOPE is coded as a set of `FORTRAN <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran>`_ 
        subroutines, which perform the random sampling of interactions and the tracking 
        of particles (either electrons, positrons or photons). 
        In principle, the user should provide a main steering program to follow the 
        particle histories through the material structure and to keep score of 
        quantities of interest.
        
        Documentation
        -------------
        
        The `documentation <http://pypenelopetools.readthedocs.io>`_ contains the
        installation instructions, tutorials and API.
        
        Release notes
        -------------
        
        1.0.0
        ^^^^^
        
        * First release
        
        Authors
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        - `Philippe T. Pinard <https://github.com/ppinard>`_ (High Wycombe, United Kingdom)
        - `Hendrix Demers <https://github.com/drix00>`_ (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
        
        License
        -------
        
        License under Apache Software License 2.0.
        
        Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Philippe Pinard
        
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Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics
