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Software to simulate and fit neutron and x-ray reflectometry and grazing-incidence small-angle scattering. The latter is computed as usual, using the distorted-wave Born approximation, hence the name. Users can set up arbitrary multilayer samples with interface roughness and embedded nanoparticles.
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BornAgain is an open-source, cross-platform research software for the analysis of neutron and x-ray reflectometry and grazing-incidence small-angle scattering (GISAS) data.
Users can set up arbitrary multilayer samples with interface roughness and embedded nanoparticles. BornAgain simulates the expected reflected and transmitted beam intensity and the scattering towards a two-dimensional detector. The name of the software alludes to the Born approximation that is used to compute scattering intensities.
BornAgain is driven through Python scripts. It is bundled with a large collection of example scripts that are all covered by tests and described in the online documentation.
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Joachim Wuttke
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Mikhail Svechnikov
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Ammar Nejati
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Walter Van Herck
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Pospelov Gennady
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