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Codes added in 2012 January

On January 31, there were 391 codes in the library listed on 4 pages.

2LPTIC: 2nd-order Lagrangian Perturbation Theory Initial Conditions
CLUMPY: A code for gamma-ray signals from dark matter structures
Duchamp: A 3D source finder for spectral-line data
emGain: Determination of EM gain of CCD
ExoFit: Orbital parameters of extra-solar planets from radial velocity

FFTW: Fastest Fourier Transform in the West
Fisher4Cast: Fisher Matrix Toolbox
Hammurabi: Simulating polarized Galactic synchrotron emission
HNBody: Hierarchical N-Body Symplectic Integration Package
Inflation: Monte-Carlo Code for Slow-Roll Inflation

LumFunc: Luminosity Function Modeling
McScatter: Three-Body Scattering with Stellar Evolution
Mercury: A software package for orbital dynamics
Roche: Visualization and analysis tool for Roche-lobe grometry of evolving binaries
SeBa: Stellar and binary evolution

SPS: SPIRE Photometer Simulator
VIM: Visual Integration and Mining

Codes added in 2011

ADS is now indexing ASCL entries

As of January 9, 2012, the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) started indexing ASCL entries. Codes can be cited as [author], [year], [code name], ASCL [ascl ID number], for example: Nemiroff, R. J. 1999, BHSKY, ASCL 9910.006

To provide an online citation to a particular entry, you can use the ascl ID number. For the example above, typing ascl.net/9910.006 into your browser brings up the entry for BHSKY.

Edited 11/28/2012 to add:

Most citations to codes have been in the format:

    author, year, in Astrophysics Source Code Library, record ascl ID

For example: Barnes, J. E., 2011, Astrophysics Source Code Library, record ascl:1102.027

Using the entire ascl ID (ascl:xxxx.xxx) in the reference enables ADS to more easily pick up the citation. It may be helpful to the reader to include the name of the code as well:

    Barnes, J. E., 2011, ZENO, Astrophysics Source Code Library, record ascl:1102.027

The ascl ID number can be used to provide a link to a particular entry. For the example above, typing ascl.net/1102.027 into your browser brings up the entry for the code ZENO.