A B O U T   the Computational Infrastructure
The Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics (CINA) is a cloud computing system that enables researchers to: calculate thermonuclear reaction rates from nuclear physics input; create and manage customized rate libraries; modify & visualize rates; set up, execute, and visualize element synthesis calculations; and share work with other Users in an online community.

Some of the main features of CINA include:

• work with nuclear information, thermonuclear reaction rates, and simulations
• operates "in the cloud" – you need an internet connection
• forms a "virtual pipeline" to process laboratory results into astrophysical predictions
• upload your information (cross sections, rates ...), process it, use in simulations
• save your work on our server, quickly share with other Users
• graphical user interface (GUI) is a platform-independent java application
• easy-to-follow GUI simplifies complex manipulations and tasks
• automated studies of the sensitivity of simulations to reaction rate input
• post-processing nucleosynthesis simulations for main sequence (pp, CNO), novae (Hot CNO, rp-process), X-ray bursts (Hot CNO, alpha-p process, rp-process), supernovae (r-process)
• nucleosynthesis "engine" is XNET code maintained by W.R. Hix
• default reaction rate library -- JINA REACLIB v2.0 -- can be customized with your latest rates
• system online since 2004 with Users from 126 institutions in 29 countries
• new features are added at request of Users
• registered Users get free disk space on our server and access to all functions
• sample investigations available that are appropriate for high school, college, and graduate school students
• download JAVA graphical user interface for free at our site

For more information on our system, please download the CINA Feature Guide, the CINA Simulations Guide, and a description of CINA Sample Investigations.

The Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics team currently includes Michael Smith (PI), Eric Lingerfelt (Lead Developer), Caroline Nesaraja, and Christopher Smith. Funding provided by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics as part of the U.S. Nuclear Data Program.

For more information or questions on nucastrodata.org or the Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics, please contact the team by email at coordinator@nucastrodata.org