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okay bestie, welcome to the BornAgain manual page 💖 (section 1 of the manual, if you're keeping score). grab a boba, we're doing science.

🌸 NAME 🌸

BornAgain</purgle> — simulate and fit neutron and x-ray reflectometry and grazing-incidence small-angle scattering. yes she does both. main character energy fr. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bornagain

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. iconic.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so. BornAgain is an open-source research software to simulate and fit neutron and x-ray reflectometry and grazing-incidence small-angle scattering. no cap, that's the actual job description.

its name, BornAgain, alludes to the central role of the distorted-wave Born approximation in the physical description of the scattering process. so the name is a physics pun. the way that's lowkey highkey genius. ✨

the software provides a generic framework for modeling multilayer samples with smooth or rough interfaces and with various types of embedded nanoparticles. layers! roughness! nanoparticles! the whole vibe check passed. 🧚

the command bornagain launches a graphical user interface that allows you to create sample models and to run simulations. pointy-clicky science, we love to see it.

alternatively, simulations, fits and visualizations can be steered through Python scripts, as described in the online documentation. so if the GUI isn't giving what it needs to give, you can just script it. periodt. 🐍

🌈 RESOURCES 🌈

bookmark them. you'll be back. 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? she's not perfect, nobody is 😭 send bug reports to contact@bornagainproject.org, or submit issues at https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/mlz/bornagain/-/issues.

ngl please actually report them, devs can't fix what they can't see, bestie 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Scientific Computing Group of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum Garching. absolute legends, fr fr. 🌟

See https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/mlz/bornagain/-/blob/main/AUTHORS.

🎀 COPYING 🎀

Copyright (C) 2013- Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH.

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 3 or higher. free as in freedom, slay. 🔥

and that's the whole page, bestie 🦋 this one was served up by perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-02-10 — shoutout to the toolchain for keeping the lights on, mwah 💋✨

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