Citation

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📖 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19679793

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Plain text

Rai, R. (2026). jwspecfit: Resolution-aware emission-line fitting, MCMC sampling, and chemical abundances for JWST NIRSpec (v1.0.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19679793

BibTeX

@software{rai_jwspecfit,
  author       = {Rai, Raunaq},
  title        = {{jwspecfit}: Resolution-aware emission-line fitting,
                  MCMC sampling, and chemical abundances for JWST NIRSpec},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.1},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.19679793},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19679793},
}

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Citing the methods

jwspecfit wraps published methods — please cite the originals:

  • Salim+18 — attenuation curve

  • Cardelli+89 — MW extinction

  • Storey & Hummer 1995 — H I recombination via PyNEB

  • Osterbrock & Ferland 2006 — Case B ratios

  • Sanders+25 — strong-line calibrations

  • Cullen+25 — Bayesian forward model

  • Martinez+25 — N/O ICFs

  • Izotov+06 — S, Ne, Ar ICFs

  • Garnett 1992 / DESI DR2 — T_e–T_e relations

Full citation keys in References and methodology.