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ABINIT : 1. THE ABINIT GROUP }

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Since the beginning of the project, in 1997,
several groups have shown a clear commitment to the
ABINIT project:
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 J.-M. Beuken, X. Gonze, G.-M. Rignanese, L. Sindic ...
 (Universit\'e Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
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 G. Zerah, F. Jollet, M. Torrent, G. Jomard, A. Roy, V. Recoules, ...
 (Commissariat Energie Atomique, Bruyeres, France)
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 M. Mikami (Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., Japan)
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 Ph. Ghosez, J.-Y. Raty (Universit\'e de Liege, Belgium)
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 L. Reining, V. Olevano, G. Onida, R. Godby (contributors to the GW part of
  ABINIT, from Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau (France), U. Roma (Italy),
  U. of York (UK), U. Grenoble)
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 D. Vanderbilt, D. Hamann (Rutgers U., USA)
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 M. Cot\'e (U. de Montr\'eal, Canada)
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Many others have contributed to development and testing
efforts (more than 200 persons on the developpers mailing list),
including : \\
 D.C. Allan, S. Goedecker, T. Deutsch, Y. Pouillon, M. Verstraete, F. Bruneval, ...
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{\blue An international collaboration, self-organized ...}
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