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is a novel software tool for accessing and visualizing nuclear data.
This application incorporates a novel database management and visualization
tools into an intuitive interface. The nuclide chart is used to access properties
and to display results of searches. Selecting a nuclide in the chart displays
a level scheme with tables of basic, radioactive decay, and other properties.
All level schemes are interactive, allowing the user to modify the display,
move between nuclides, and to display entire daughter decay chains. Nuclides
can be searched for a variety of properties and attributes. Standard properties
include mass, half life, spin-parity, decay mode, decay energy, decay branch,
isomer energy, isotopic abundance, and neutron cross sections for capture,
scattering, and fission. Mass is expressed in terms of mass, mass excess,
binding energy, and binding energy per nucleon. Custom data can be imported
from text files or can be generated for reaction Q-values and separation
energies. Version 2 of the software application MacNuclide is a substantial improvement over version 1.0, offering a number of new features and including advanced display and handling of nuclear data. At the time the manual was written, nearly all the code was in place and in usable form. We have decided to accelerate the release of the software by phasing in features and offering multiple releases. A summary of the releases is given below. The ordering may change depending on the ease of installation and testing. MacNuclide version 2.1
MacNuclide is a copyrighted software application. No distribution rights are granted to any laboratory, company, individual, or any other group without the explicit written permission of the copyright owner: Craig A. Stone. Individuals may down-load one free copy of MacNuclide for their non-commercial personal and professional use by completing the registration form on the following page. Submitting valid information on this form grants the user a single site, single computer license. This license grants the user permission to use a copy of the application on a computer at their home in addition to a computer at their work. Only one license is granted per person. Failure to complete the enclosed form with valid information voids the license and consitutes a copyright violation on the part of the user. Cross-platform
Java MacNuclide (ALPHA) This work
has been supported by U.S. Department of Energy grant DE-FG03-91ER-40630.
Aspects of the networked database access have been supported by U.S. Department
of Energy Small Business Innovation Research Grant DE-FG03-96ER-82275.
Web distribution support has been provided by Scientific Digital Visions,
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