diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index c8631ec9453f76173619d7dba41b053152d2f186..d3d7fceb5022796e9fe464cde6def683778bed46 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/lib.{0}-{1}.{2}".format(
get_platform(), *sys.version_info[:2]))
import kwant
+import kwant.qsymm
import kwant.continuum # sphinx gets confused with lazy loading
# -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/index.rst b/doc/source/reference/index.rst
index 58e0b70d5fd32fc50acca1e890b993a485ba561d..849a064917de693e8b0466590c7832e940b1a843 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/index.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The following modules provide functionality for special applications.
kwant.kpm
kwant.continuum
kwant.wraparound
+ kwant.qsymm
Modules mainly for internal use
===============================
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/kwant.qsymm.rst b/doc/source/reference/kwant.qsymm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..43935cf9129606a7cc06f31bbf2f9b66bdd53589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/reference/kwant.qsymm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+:mod:`kwant.qsymm` -- Integration with `Qsymm <https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/qt/qsymm>`_
+===========================================================================================
+
+.. automodule:: kwant.qsymm
+ :members:
+ :special-members:
+ :exclude-members: __weakref__
diff --git a/kwant/qsymm.py b/kwant/qsymm.py
index 291f7e2b69deca4f487e7019592a8f3d6707faaa..5ae0f449a552a3efc40b704af9a6c3801fe1a5e1 100644
--- a/kwant/qsymm.py
+++ b/kwant/qsymm.py
@@ -35,30 +35,30 @@ from kwant._common import get_parameters
def builder_to_model(syst, momenta=None, real_space=True,
params=None):
- """Make a qsymm.BlochModel out of a Builder.
+ """Make a qsymm.BlochModel out of a `~kwant.builder.Builder`.
Parameters
----------
- syst: kwant.Builder
+ syst : `~kwant.builder.Builder`
May have translational symmetries.
- momenta: list of strings or None
+ momenta : list of strings or None
Names of momentum variables. If None, 'k_x', 'k_y', ... is used.
- real_space: bool (default True)
+ real_space : bool (default True)
If False, use the unit cell convention for Bloch basis, the
exponential has the difference in the unit cell coordinates and
k is expressed in the reciprocal lattice basis. This is consistent
- with kwant.wraparound.
+ with `kwant.wraparound`.
If True, the difference in the real space coordinates is used
and k is given in an absolute basis.
Only the default choice guarantees that qsymm is able to find
nonsymmorphic symmetries.
- params: dict, optional
+ params : dict, optional
Dictionary of parameter names and their values; used when
evaluating the Hamiltonian matrix elements.
Returns
-------
- qsymm.BlochModel
+ model : qsymm.BlochModel
Model representing the tight-binding Hamiltonian.
Notes
@@ -176,21 +176,21 @@ def builder_to_model(syst, momenta=None, real_space=True,
def model_to_builder(model, norbs, lat_vecs, atom_coords, *, coeffs=None):
- """Make a Builder out of qsymm.Models or qsymm.BlochModels.
+ """Make a `~kwant.builder.Builder` out of qsymm.Models or qsymm.BlochModels.
Parameters
----------
- model: qsymm.model.Model, qsymm.model.BlochModel, or an iterable thereof
+ model : qsymm.Model, qsymm.BlochModel, or an iterable thereof
The Hamiltonian (or terms of the Hamiltonian) to convert to a
Builder.
- norbs: OrderedDict or sequence of pairs
+ norbs : OrderedDict or sequence of pairs
Maps sites to the number of orbitals per site in a unit cell.
- lat_vecs: list of arrays
+ lat_vecs : list of arrays
Lattice vectors of the underlying tight binding lattice.
- atom_coords: list of arrays
+ atom_coords : list of arrays
Positions of the sites (or atoms) within a unit cell.
The ordering of the atoms is the same as in norbs.
- coeffs: list of sympy.Symbol, default None.
+ coeffs : list of sympy.Symbol, default None.
Constant prefactors for the individual terms in model, if model
is a list of multiple objects. If model is a single Model or BlochModel
object, this argument is ignored. By default assigns the coefficient
@@ -198,14 +198,15 @@ def model_to_builder(model, norbs, lat_vecs, atom_coords, *, coeffs=None):
Returns
-------
- syst: kwant.Builder
+ syst : `~kwant.builder.Builder`
The unfinalized Kwant system representing the qsymm Model(s).
Notes
-----
Onsite terms that are not provided in the input model are set
to zero by default.
- The input Model(s) representing the tight binding Hamiltonian in
+
+ The input model(s) representing the tight binding Hamiltonian in
Bloch form should follow the convention where the difference in the real
space atomic positions appear in the Bloch factors.
"""
@@ -371,11 +372,11 @@ def _get_builder_symmetries(builder):
Parameters
----------
- builder: kwant.Builder
+ builder : `~kwant.builder.Builder`
Returns
-------
- builder_symmetries: dict
+ builder_symmetries : dict
Dictionary of the discrete symmetries that the builder has.
The symmetries can be particle-hole, time-reversal or chiral,
which are returned as qsymm.PointGroupElements, or
@@ -413,18 +414,18 @@ def find_builder_symmetries(builder, momenta=None, params=None,
Parameters
----------
- builder: kwant.Builder
- momenta: list of strings or None
+ builder : `~kwant.builder.Builder`
+ momenta : list of strings or None
Names of momentum variables, if None 'k_x', 'k_y', ... is used.
- params: dict, optional
+ params : dict, optional
Dictionary of parameter names and their values; used when
evaluating the Hamiltonian matrix elements.
- spatial_symmetries: bool (default True)
+ spatial_symmetries : bool (default True)
If True, search for all symmetries.
If False, only searches for the symmetries that are declarable in
- kwant.Builder objects, i.e. time-reversal symmetry, particle-hole
- symmetry, chiral symmetry, or conservation laws. This can save
- computation time.
+ `~kwant.builder.Builder` objects, i.e. time-reversal symmetry,
+ particle-hole symmetry, chiral symmetry, or conservation laws.
+ This can save computation time.
prettify : bool (default True)
Whether to carry out sparsification of the continuous symmetry
generators, in general an arbitrary linear combination of the
@@ -432,8 +433,7 @@ def find_builder_symmetries(builder, momenta=None, params=None,
Returns
-------
- symmetries: list of qsymm.PointGroupElements and/or
- qsymm.ContinuousGroupElement
+ symmetries : list of qsymm.PointGroupElements and/or qsymm.ContinuousGroupElement
The symmetries of the Kwant system.
"""