AZURE2 Documentation
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**AZURE2** is an R-matrix code for nuclear astrophysics, used to calculate differential
and angle-integrated cross sections for resonant nuclear reactions. It provides a
graphical user interface for setting up calculations, fitting experimental data, and
visualizing results.

The R-matrix portions of the code are based on the formulation of
A. M. Lane and R. G. Thomas, *Reviews of Modern Physics* **30**, 257 (1958).

.. note::

   All published works that incorporate results generated by AZURE2 should cite:

   R.E. Azuma, E. Uberseder, E.C. Simpson, C.R. Brune, H. Costantini, R.J. deBoer,
   J. Gorres, M. Heil, P.J. Leblanc, C. Ugalde, and M. Wiescher,
   *Physical Review C* **81**, 045805 (2010).

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Getting Started

   getting_started/installation
   getting_started/overview
   getting_started/capabilities

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: User Guide

   user_guide/file_menu
   user_guide/configure_menu
   user_guide/particle_pairs
   user_guide/levels_channels
   user_guide/segments
   user_guide/experimental_effects
   user_guide/fitting
   user_guide/chi_squared
   user_guide/calculate
   user_guide/plot
   user_guide/mcmc
   user_guide/pyazr

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Theory

   theory/polarization_theory
   theory/polarization_implementation

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Reference

   reference/data_formats
   reference/output_files
   reference/command_line
   reference/troubleshooting

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Developer Guide

   developer/index