DDSCAT¶
Description¶
Discrete Dipole Scattering (DDSCAT) is a Fortran code for calculating scattering and absorption of light by irregular particles and periodic arrangement of irregular particles.
Environment Modules¶
Run module spider ddscat to find out what environment modules are available for this application.
Environment Variables¶
- HPC_DDSCAT_DIR - installation directory
- HPC_DDSCAT_BIN - executable directory
Additional Usage Information¶
Required Modules¶
Serial¶
- intel/2013
- ddscat
Parallel¶
- intel/2013
- openmpi/1.6.5
- ddscat
Please see the Modules Documentation Page for more information.
Citation¶
If you publish research that uses DDSCAT you have to cite it as follows:
- Review paper is available from J. Opt. Soc. Am. site. Draine, B.T., & Flatau, P.J., "Discrete dipole approximation for scattering calculations", J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 11, 1491-1499 (1994)
- Draine, B.T., & Flatau, P.J., "Discrete-dipole approximation for periodic targets: theory and tests", J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 25, 2593-2703 (2008).
- P. J. Flatau and B. T. Draine, "Fast near field calculations in the discrete dipole approximation for regular rectilinear grids," Opt. Express 20, 1247-1252 (2012)
Categories¶
astronomy