MSG

Multidimensional Spectral Grids (MSG) is an open-source software package that synthesizes stellar spectra and photometric colors via interpolation in pre-calculated grids. MSG is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.

User Guide

• Preliminaries
  • Why use MSG?
  • Obtaining MSG
  • Citing MSG
  • Development Team
  • Related Links
  • Acknowledgments
• Quick Start
• Walkthroughs
  • Python Walkthrough
  • Fortran Walkthrough
  • C Walkthrough
• MSG Fundamentals
  • Elemental Spectra
  • Evaluating Elemental Spectra
  • Observed Spectra
  • Photometric Colors
• Data Files
  • File Types
  • Obtaining Data
  • Importing Data
• Data Caching
  • Caching Demo
  • Wavelength Subsetting
  • Performance Impact
  • Choosing Cache Settings
  • Technical Details
• Exception Handling
  • Python
  • Fortran
  • C
• Grid Voids
  • Causes of Voids
  • Parameter Adjustment
• Troubleshooting
  • Missing forum.inc
  • Other Problems
• Contributing
  • Code
  • Documentation
  • Data

Reference Guide

• Installation
  • Pre-Requisites
  • Building MSG
  • Testing MSG
  • Installing the pymsg Module
  • Custom Builds
  • GitHub Access
• Python Interface
  • API Specification
• Fortran Interface
  • API Specification
  • Compiling/Linking
• C Interface
  • API Specification
  • Compiling/Linking
• Data Schema
  • Conventions
  • Files
  • Groups

Appendices

• Grid Tools
  • Converting Spectra
  • Packaging Grids
  • Managing Grids
  • Creating Passband Files
• Tensor Product Interpolation
  • Univariate Interpolation
  • Bivariate Interpolation
  • Multivariate Interpolation