Pith Number

pith:MSBMNKVP

pith:2017:MSBMNKVPB4KK7T6DVALSRJGOUI

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Master equation theory applied to the redistribution of polarized radiation in the weak radiation field limit. V. The two-term atom

V. Bommier

arxiv:1708.05579 v1 · 2017-08-18 · astro-ph.SR

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{MSBMNKVPB4KK7T6DVALSRJGOUI}

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The bundle contains the canonical record plus signed events. A mirror can host it anywhere and recompute the same current state with the deterministic merge algorithm.

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First computed	2026-05-18T00:30:41.827876Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

6482c6aaaf0f14afcfc3a81728a4cea22d9d20f6599857048199994156ce025f

Aliases

arxiv: 1708.05579 · arxiv_version: 1708.05579v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1708.05579 · pith_short_12: MSBMNKVPB4KK · pith_short_16: MSBMNKVPB4KK7T6D · pith_short_8: MSBMNKVP

Agent API

Resolver JSON Graph JSON Events JSON Schema Signing key

Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/MSBMNKVPB4KK7T6DVALSRJGOUI \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: 6482c6aaaf0f14afcfc3a81728a4cea22d9d20f6599857048199994156ce025f

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "e1a73cab8b0fa81d87e142c2e58afa92ff546f1780065ba278a71042623a2931",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "astro-ph.SR",
    "submitted_at": "2017-08-18T12:32:54Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "d626904d30dd44f043bb8d98775c4b209caf5e03b4180749ad9a89b4047f56a9"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1708.05579",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}