xraylib
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This is xraylib, a library for X-ray matter interactions cross sections for X-ray fluorescence applications: core C library


This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Availability
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The current stable version of xraylib is always available from http://github.com/tschoonj/xraylib

Installation
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xraylib can be compiled using GNU Autotools or meson. Please consult the INSTALL file in this distribution for more detailed instructions. 
An installer for Windows including a 64-bit dll and the xraylib headers is also available. 

More information about xraylib
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The project homepage is https://github.com/tschoonj/xraylib/wiki

See the Changelog file for recent changes to the library.

In 2004 an article was published about xraylib: A. Brunetti, M. Sanchez del Rio, B. Golosio, A. Simionovici and A. Somogyi, "A library for X-ray matter interaction cross sections for X-ray fluorescence applications",  Spectrochimica Acta B 59 (2004) 1725-1731 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2004.03.014)

This paper was recently superseded by a new publication, covering all aspects of xraylib upto version 2.15.0: T. Schoonjans, A. Brunetti, B. Golosio, M. Sanchez del Rio, V. A. Solé, C. Ferrero and L. Vincze, "The xraylib library for X-ray--matter interactions. Recent developments", Spectrochimica Acta B 66 (2011) 776-784 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2011.09.011)

If you would publish scientific results that were obtained using xraylib, please refer to this paper.

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Reporting bugs
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Details of compilation problems can be found in the INSTALL file.

If you would encounter a bug which is not covered in these files please report it in the Issues section http://github.com/tschoonj/xraylib

Contributing to xraylib
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If you are interested in participating in xraylib development, please see the webpage at http://ftp.esrf.eu/pub/scisoft/xraylib/readme.html