About us
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History
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This project began as a MATLAB function called :code:`GetTrajectory`, which took an Earth's magnetosphere model
and initial conditions, and returned charged-particle trajectories. Its original purpose was to study cosmic rays
and trapped particles in the Earth's radiation belts. Over time, the code evolved: new magnetic field models and
simulation settings were added, and the range of physics problems within our research group expanded to include
cosmic-ray transport in the heliosphere and the Galaxy. Eventually, we decided to transform the package into a
general-purpose trajectory framework, rewrite it in an object‑oriented style, and release it as an open‑source
package for the broader scientific community.

Development team
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The developers of the package include current and former researchers and students of the GeoSpace Research
Laboratory at National Research Nuclear University MEPhI:

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      | Andrey
      | Dyagilev

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      | Norayr
      | Galikyan

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      | Vladislav
      | Golubkov

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      | Arseniy
      | Lintsov

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      | Andrey
      | Mayorov

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      | Arseniy
      | Suvorov

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      | Rustam
      | Yulbarisov

Citing gtsimulation
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If you use gtsimulation in a scientific publication, we would appreciate citations to the following paper:

`GT simulation: A numerical package for cosmic ray trajectory tracing in electromagnetic fields
<https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2026.110202>`_, Mayorov *et al.*, Comput. Phys. Commun. 325, pp. 110202, 2026.

Bibtex entry::

  @article{gtsimulation,
    author    = {Mayorov, Andrey and Dyagilev, Andrey and Galikyan, Norayr
                 and Golubkov, Vladislav and Yulbarisov, Rustam},
    journal   = {Computer Physics Communications},
    title     = {GT simulation: A numerical package for cosmic ray
                 trajectory tracing in electromagnetic fields},
    year      = {2026},
    month     = Aug,
    pages     = {110202},
    volume    = {325},
    doi       = {10.1016/j.cpc.2026.110202},
  }