Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: cfcal
Version: 0.1.5
Summary: Python calculator for crystal fields
Home-page: http://github.com/rayosborn/cfcal
Author: Ray Osborn
Author-email: rayosborn@mac.com
License: BSD
Keywords: rare earth crystal fields
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Requires: scipy
Requires: numpy

CFcal: Python calculator for crystal fields
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This is a Python package for performing calculations of crystal field (CF) 
properties of rare earth ions using the Stevens Operator formalism [K. W. H. 
Stevens, Proc. Phys. Soc. A **65**, 209 (1952)]. Once the CF parameters have 
been initialized, the CF Hamiltonian can be diagonalized to determine the 
energies and wavefunctions of all the CF levels. These can be used to determine
the magnetic susceptibility and neutron scattering spectra as a function of 
temperature.


