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+Authors
+=======
+
+Christopher L. Farrow, Christopher James Wright, Pavol Juhas,
+Chia-Hao (Timothy) Liu, Timur Davis, S. Matthew Román, Simon J.L. 
+Billinge
+
+Contributors
+------------
+For a list of contributors, visit 
+https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.pdfmorph/graphs/contributors