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This is the SPARTA software package.

SPARTA stands for Stochastic PArallel Rarefied-gas Time-accurate Analyzer.

Copyright (2014) Sandia Corporation. Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software. This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.

SPARTA is a Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) code designed to run efficiently on parallel computers. It was developed at Sandia National Laboratories, a US Department of Energy facility, with funding from the DOE. It is an open-source code, distributed freely under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).

The primary authors of the code are Steve Plimpton and Michael Gallis, who can be emailed at [email protected] and [email protected]. The SPARTA web site at http://sparta.sandia.gov has more information about the code and its uses.

The SPARTA distribution includes the following files and directories:

README this file LICENSE the GNU General Public License (GPL) bench benchmark problems data files with species/reaction params, surface files doc documentation examples simple test problems lib additional library files python Python wrapper on SPARTA as a library src source files tools pre- and post-processing tools

Point your browser at any of these files to get started:

doc/Manual.html the SPARTA manual doc/Section_intro.html hi-level introduction to SPARTA doc/Section_start.html how to build and use SPARTA doc/Developer.pdf SPARTA developer guide