Bug#835367: ITP: voro++ -- library for the computation of the Voronoi diagram
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Roger Wesson * Package name: voro++ Version : 0.4.6 Upstream Author : Chris Rycroft * URL : http://math.lbl.gov/voro++ * License : BSD Programming Lang: C++ Description : library for the computation of the Voronoi diagram Voro++ is a software library for carrying out three-dimensional computations of the Voronoi tessellation. A distinguishing feature of the Voro++ library is that it carries out cell-based calculations, computing the Voronoi cell for each particle individually. It is particularly well-suited for applications that rely on cell-based statistics, where features of Voronoi cells (eg. volume, centroid, number of faces) can be used to analyze a system of particles. Many codes make use of voro++ and the paper describing it has been cited 250+ times. I propose to create a package that could be maintained by the Debian Astronomy Team.
Bug#809504: ITP: neat -- Nebular Empirical Analysis Tool - analysis of astronomical spectra with propagation of uncertainties
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Roger Wesson * Package name: neat Version : 1.8 Upstream Author : Roger Wesson * URL : http://www.nebulousresearch.org/codes/neat * License : GPL v3 Programming Lang: fortran 95 Description : Nebular Empirical Analysis Tool - analysis of astronomical spectra with propagation of uncertainties Code for rapidly calculating temperatures, densities and abundances in planetary nebulae, HII regions and other emission line objects. Propagates uncertainties using a Monte Carlo technique. NEAT is maintained and developed by me and two co-authors. It was released in 2012 and has been used in a number of studies published in the astronomical literature. It is already packaged and available via PPA at https://launchpad.net/~nebulousresearch/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Bug#809507: ITP: alfa -- Automated Line Fitting Algorithm
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Roger Wesson * Package name: alfa Version : 1.0 Upstream Author : Roger Wesson * URL : http://www.nebulousresearch.org/codes/alfa * License : GPL v3 Programming Lang: fortran 95 Description : Automated Line Fitting Algorithm ALFA measures the fluxes of emission lines in astronomical spectra. It is fully automated and takes a few seconds to measure a spectrum containing hundreds of emission lines. It uses a genetic algorithm to optimise the fit parameters. It can also directly read FITS data cubes, making it particularly useful for spatially resolved spectroscopy. The code is maintained by me, is under active development, and is already packaged and available via PPA at https://launchpad.net/~nebulousresearch/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Bug#827841: ITP: mocassin -- Monte Carlo simulations of ionised nebulae
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Roger Wesson * Package name: mocassin Version : 2.02.70 Upstream Author : Barbara Ercolano * URL : http://www.3d-mocassin.net * License : GPL-2+ Programming Lang: fortran Description : Monte Carlo simulations of ionised nebulae MOCASSIN is a fully 3D or 2D photoionisation and dust radiative transfer code which employs a Monte Carlo approach to the transfer of radiation through media of arbitrary geometry and density distribution. It was originally developed for the modelling of photoionised regions like HII regions and planetary nebulae and has since expanded and been applied to a variety of astrophysical problems, including modelling clumpy dusty supernova envelopes, star forming galaxies, protoplanetary disks and inner shell fluorence emission in the photospheres of stars and disk atmospheres. The code can deal with arbitrary Cartesian grids of variable resolution, it has successfully been used to model complex density fields from SPH calculations and can deal with ionising radiation extending from Lyman edge to the X-ray. The dust and gas microphysics is fully coupled both in the radiation transfer and in the thermal balance. Mocassin is a widely used code, with papers describing it having nearly 200 citations in the astronomical literature. The source code is available from 3d-mocassin.net and is licensed under GPL-v2+. I propose to create a debian package which can be maintained within the Debian Astronomy Team.
