commit 3a834566538d274ca1a7ea67f2524ad24a769487
parent 99ef5ec9c665b0e259deb46f727e38722fb82186
Author: Vincent Forest <vincent.forest@meso-star.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:50:55 +0200
Fix some misspellings and update the README file
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# Star Schiff
-The purpose of this library is to numericaly solve the radiative properties of
+The purpose of this library is to numerically solve the radiative properties of
soft particles with respect to an "Approximation Method for Short Wavelength or
-High-Energy Scattering" (L. Schiff, 1956).
-
-It will estimate total cross-sections (absorption, scattering and
-extinction cross-sections) in addition to the phase
-function, its cumulative and its inverse cumulative, for a mixture of
-different particule types.
-
-A given type of particule is defined by its optical properties
-(refractive index, provided at various wavelengths)
-and any user-defined geometry distribution.
-
-The Monte-Carlo Method is used in order to solve Maxwell's equations
-within Schiff's approximation, as presented in
-[Charon et al. 2015](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407315003283). The
-main advantages of using this method are: the possibility to address
-any shape of particule, and the fact results are provided with a
-numerical accuracy. The user has therefore the ability to increase the
-computation time in order to obtain more accurate results if needed.
+High-Energy Scattering" (L. Schiff, 1956). The Monte-Carlo Method is used in
+order to solve Maxwell's equations within Schiff's approximation, as presented
+in
+[Charon et al.2015](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407315003283).
+The main advantages of using this method are: the possibility to address any shape
+of particle, and the results are provided with a numerical accuracy. The user
+has therefore the ability to increase the computation time in order to obtain
+more accurate results if needed.
+
+Monte-Carlo is used to estimates total cross-sections (absorption, scattering
+and extinction cross-sections) in addition to the phase function, its
+cumulative and its inverse cumulative, for a mixture of several particles.
+These set of particles is defined by its optical properties (refractive index,
+provided at various wavelengths) and a geometry distribution that controls the
## How to build
@@ -38,10 +34,10 @@ the one of the RCMake package.
## License
-Star-Schiff is developped by [|Meso|Star>](http://www.meso-star.com) for the
-the [National Center for Scientific Research](http://www.cnrs.fr/index.php)
-(CNRS). It is a free software copyright (C) CNRS 2015-2016 released under the
-[OSI](http://opensource.org)-approved GPL v3.0 license. You are welcome to
+Star-Schiff is developed by [|Meso|Star>](http://www.meso-star.com) for the
+[National Center for Scientific Research](http://www.cnrs.fr/index.php) (CNRS).
+It is a free software copyright (C) CNRS 2015-2016 released under the
+[OSI](http://opensource.org)-approved GPL v3+ license. You are welcome to
redistribute it under certain conditions; refer to the COPYING file for
details.
