Free Software for Atomic and Plasma Physics

• Weizmann Institute:
  • Plasma Formulary Interactive
  • Toy WWW interface for calculation of Hartee-Fock wavefunctions with Cowan's code
• LANL: Atomic structure package(R.D.Cowan)
  • PC-version of Cowan's code (A.E.Kramida)
• NASA/Goddard: Plasma emission codes
  • Raymond and Smith X-Ray Spectral Code
  • Kallman photoionized plasma code
  • SPEX software package
• Institute of Spectroscopy, Troitsk, Russia:
  • Dynamics of the micropinching process in a Z-pinch-like device (A.E.Kramida)
  • BIBL (spectral bibliography database)
• The University of California at Berkeley:
  • Monsignori-Fossi and Landini (1994) Plasma Code (currently unavailable)
  • PIC and other plasma codes
• University of California at Los Angeles:
  • High Beta Equilibrium Code
  • Educational Software for the Visualization of Space Plasma Processes
• LLNL:
  • The Basis Code Development System
  • The OPAL Opacity Code
• The University of Strathclyde, UK: Atomic Structure/Collisions Codes
  • AUTOSTRUCTURE
  • UCL codes
  • UK RmaX (R-matrix) codes
  • ADAS: The Atomic Data and Analysis Structure
• The Queen's University of Belfast, UK:
  • CPC Program Library (free for subscribed institutions)
  • Dirac Atomic R-Matrix Code DARC
• University College London, UK: Opacity Codes from the Opacity Project (M.Seaton)
• LAPLACE, CNRS and University of Toulouse: BOLSIG+, a user-friendly application for numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation for electrons in weakly ionized gases in uniform electric fields
• University of Kentucky:
  • FORTRAN subroutines for calculation of cross sections & rates (D.Verner, J.B.Kingdon)
  • Cloudy -- a large-scale plasma spectral simulation code (G.Ferland et al)
• University of California at Los Angeles: Xspace -- a space physics educational software package
• Northern Territory University, Australia: A Hartree-Fock program for atomic structure calculations (J.Mitroy)
• University of Oslo, Norway: MULTI - a code to solve multi-level non-LTE radiative transfer problems in stationary atmospheres (M. Carlsson)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN: Radiation Safety Information Computational Center
• UC Berkeley and George Mason University: XOOPIC Plasma Simulation Program
• Vanderbilt University: MCHF/MCDF collection
• UK RmaX Codes
• TAMIC Group: Passive microwave devices, programs and algorithms for the electromagnetic analysis
• FAC (the Flexible Atomic Code) and cFAC
• JAC - Jena Atomic Calculator
• MCDFGME: Multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock Code
• FLYCHK: Collisional-Radiative Code
• LPIC++, One Dimensional Fully Electromagnetic Particle in cell code for Laser Plasma Interaction
• UC San Diego: MHD and hydrodynamical simulation codes
• ChiantyPyis a Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopy
• Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg: STOKES, a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code for modeling multi-wavelength polarization
• Xraypack - a software package for modeling x-ray-induced dynamics of matter
• PlasmaPy - a collection of functionality commonly used and shared between plasma physicists, running within the Python ecosystem
• The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL) is a free online registry for source codes of interest to astronomers and astrophysicists

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