New on CTAN: pgf-spectra
The purpose of this package is to draw the spectrum of elements in a simple way. It is based on the package pst-spectra, with similar options, but also adding some extra options. It relies on PGF/TikZ to draw the desired spectrum, continuous or discrete. As in pst-spectra, there are data available for the spectra of 99 elements and their ions (from the NASA database). It also allows the user to draw a spectrum with their own personal data.
The package's Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgf-spectra The package's files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-spectra/ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
pgf-spectra – Draw continuous or discrete spectra using PGF/TikZ
The purpose of this package is to draw the spectrum of elements in a simple way. It relies on PGF/TikZ to draw the desired spectrum, continuous or discrete.
Data for the spectra of 98 elements and their ions are available (from the NASA database and from NIST). Lines data ranges from Extreme UV to Near IR (from 10 to 4000 nanometers).
It also allows the user to draw spectra using their own data.
It is possible to redshift the lines of a spectrum, by directly entering the redshift value or the velocity and the angle to compute the redshift value.
Spectral lines data can be presented in a table or exported to a file.
The package also provides color conversion (correlated color temperature), shadings for use with TikZ and/or pgfplots and color maps for use with pgfplots.
| Package | pgf-spectra |
| Version | 3.0.1a 2024-07-07 |
| Maintainer | Hugo Gomes |