pynucastro: an interface to nuclear reaction rates and code generator for reaction network equations

TL;DR

pynucastro provides an interface for visualizing nuclear reaction networks and automatically generating code to solve their differential equations, leveraging JINA Reaclib data for nuclear astrophysics research.

Contribution

It introduces a new tool that simplifies exploration and computation of nuclear reaction networks by integrating reaction rate data with automated code generation.

Findings

Enables visual analysis of nuclear reaction networks.

Automates code creation for reaction network ODEs.

Facilitates research in nuclear astrophysics.

Abstract

pynucastro addresses two needs in the field of nuclear astrophysics: visual exploration of nuclear reaction rates or networks and automated code generation for integrating reaction network ODEs. pynucastro accomplishes this by interfacing with nuclear reaction rate parameterizations published by the JINA Reaclib project (Cyburt et al. 2010).