How to cite EMPIRE?

The proper reference to the EMPIRE code is a paper published in the special issue of Nuclear Data Sheets. The EMPIRE system is the outcome of a multi-year coordinated effort of several developers and contributors who benefitted from the voluntary support of many scientists mentioned in the acknowledgments included in the above mentioned EMPIRE reference paper. The system is distributed free of charge to anybody who is willing to use it. The only reward to the authors are the citations in the published papers. Therefore, we kindly ask for referring to the EMPIRE system in any paper that makes use of it by citing the reference given below in two forms convenient for cutting and pasting:

ASCII

M. Herman, R. Capote, B.V. Carlson, P. Oblozinsky, M. Sin, A. Trkov, H. Wienke, V. Zerkin, "EMPIRE: Nuclear Reaction Model Code System for Data Evaluation", Nucl. Data Sheets, 108 (2007) 2655-2715.

BibTeX

@article{Herman:2007,
author="M.~{Herman} and R.~{Capote} and B.V.~{Carlson} and P.~{Oblo\v{z}insk\'{y}} and M.~{Sin} and A.~{Trkov} and H.~{Wienke} and V.~{Zerkin}",
title="{EMPIRE}: Nuclear Reaction Model Code System for Data Evaluation",
journal="Nucl. Data Sheets",
year=2007,
volume="108",
pages="2655"}

This work summarizes development of the code, describes physics of the nuclear reaction models and the related input parameter libraries, discusses code's capabilities, and provides basic instructions for performing calculations. More details regarding input instructions and file formats can be found in the manual .

Please note: although the above citation refers to the EMPIRE-3.0, i.e., to the older version than the one provided in this distribution, the reaction models described in the paper are essentially the same as those currently available from this web site. Obviously, the extensions and additions introduced in the later versions of the code are not covered in the discussed reference.