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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+- family-names: "Harty"
+  given-names: "Thomas"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4077-226X"
+title: "Atomic Physics"
+version: 1.0.2
+# doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1234
+# date-released: 2017-12-18
+url: "https://github.com/OxfordIonTrapGroup/atomic_physics/"
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