25.01

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.01
• PICSAR-QED: 24.09
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• pyAMReX: 25.01
• openPMD-api: 0.15.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• Fix read_raw_data.py script by @dpgrote in #5490
• Remove unused function ScrapeParticles by @RevathiJambunathan in #5491
• Add multifab method that takes an int for the direction by @dpgrote in #5473
• Fix the extrapolation for guard cells in the insulator region by @dpgrote in #5499
• Fix the time for the insulator boundary field evaluation by @dpgrote in #5488
• Removing asserts now that AMReX has been updated. by @clarkse in #5476
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5504
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5501
• Add Dan Barnes' effective potential (semi-implicit) Poisson solver by @roelof-groenewald in #5079
• Add verbosity flag for diagnostic output print statements by @roelof-groenewald in #5503
• Added abort message if 1D PSATD is used by @oshapoval in #5500
• Added AnalyticFluxDistribution class by @oshapoval in #5422
• Replace quartz with dane by @dpgrote in #5507
• Update Dane install to put sources in the workspace directory by @dpgrote in #5509
• Add quasi-3D Integrated Green Functions solver by @aeriforme in #5089
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5513
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5512
• Fix FieldEnergy reduced diagnostic by @dpgrote in #5498
• DSMC: make the check of the number of processes more robust by @RemiLehe in #5515
• Follow-up: quasi-3D IGF solver by @aeriforme in #5516
• CTest: split checksum analysis from test analysis, expose arguments by @EZoni in #5456
• Doc: Wave Attenuation Numerics by @ax3l in #5532
• Injection from EB: do not create particles outside of user-specified bounds by @RemiLehe in #5521
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5529
• PEC: Fix Uninit Var Warning (GCC) by @ax3l in #5536
• Use same MLMG parameters in MS solver as in ES solver by @roelof-groenewald in #5517
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5539
• Update CMake version for Perlmutter AY25 by @n01r in #5535
• Remove an unnecessary call to WarpX::GetInstance() by @lucafedeli88 in #5540
• CI: ignore all .rst files in the repository by @EZoni in #5523
• Docs: fix bugs (broken links, missing examples) by @EZoni in #5522
• Python 3.13 Support, 3.8 EOL by @ax3l in #5361
• Release 25.01 by @ax3l in #5544

Full Changelog: 24.12...25.01

24.12

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.12
• PICSAR-QED: 24.09
• picmistandard: 0.31.0
• pyAMReX: 24.12
• openPMD-api: 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• Add PECInsulator boundary condition by @dpgrote in #4943
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5442
• Install lasy on Perlmutter by default by @RemiLehe in #5439
• CI: build tests with -g1 compile option by @EZoni in #5443
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5445
• Implicit add filtering by @dpgrote in #5086
• Fixing some bugs that lead to non-convergence. Relaxing tolerance whi… by @clarkse in #5446
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5450
• Set use_filter false for implicit evolve schemes by @dpgrote in #5453
• Add strang implicit spectral em redo by @dpgrote in #5027
• Simplify diagnostic functor setup by @dpgrote in #5455
• Revert "Python: Warn old warpx.multifab Signature (#5326)" by @RemiLehe in #5452
• Check that all E-field values are finite in Ohm solver by @roelof-groenewald in #5417
• Fix PEC-Insulator boundary condition with staggering by @dpgrote in #5451
• Remove theta() function from ImplicitSolver base class. by @JustinRayAngus in #5441
• Docs: Thomson Parabola Spectrometer example by @aeriforme in #5058
• Use AMReX FFT for IGF Solver by @WeiqunZhang in #5457
• Update license to explicitly list LLNL by @dpgrote in #5461
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5468
• Docs: update list of TC members by @EZoni in #5465
• Documentation: Clarify reduced diagnostics by @n01r in #5462
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5470
• Split Bfield advance in two for SemiImplicit_EM evolve by @JustinRayAngus in #5483
• Setting laser particle positions to be time-centered for implicit solvers by @JustinRayAngus in #5485
• Update Perlmutter profiles to fix Boost dependency by @EZoni in #5477
• CI: fix Clang UB sanitizer, disable Clang thread sanitizer by @EZoni in #5474
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5486
• Add reduced_diags general input by @dpgrote in #5479
• Release 24.12 by @EZoni in #5496

Full Changelog: 24.11...24.12

24.11

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.11
• PICSAR-QED: 24.09
• picmistandard: 0.31.0
• pyAMReX: 24.11
• openPMD-api: 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• Fix: newVersion.sh Python by @ax3l in #5359
• Doc: Update Lawrencium (LBNL) by @ax3l in #5360
• CI: add base input file for convenience by @EZoni in #5362
• Remove multifab_map and associated functions by @dpgrote in #5351
• CI: checksums cleanup by @EZoni in #5297
• Doc: Catalyst Verbatim Formatting by @ax3l in #5365
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5369
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5373
• Doc: Governance GitHub Team Links by @ax3l in #5374
• CI: update docs and reset tool for checksums by @EZoni in #5372
• Docs: fix checksums section cross-reference by @EZoni in #5376
• CMake: Fix List of Pip Options by @ax3l in #5378
• Disable AMReX_LINEAR_SOLVER_INCFLO by default by @WeiqunZhang in #5364
• Expose MultiParticleContainer.GetChargeDensity to Python by @roelof-groenewald in #5382
• CMake: No FFTW Needed for SYCL anymore by @ax3l in #5380
• Fix CI: CodeQL Setup by @ax3l in #5385
• Generalize differential luminosity for photons by @RemiLehe in #5222
• SYCL: 1D EB Compile by @ax3l in #5384
• Move isAnyBoundaryPML to Warpx.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5353
• Implement injection of particles from the embedded boundary by @RemiLehe in #5208
• Avoid interpolating from guard cells in BTD by @RemiLehe in #5342
• Update BackTransformed diagnostics to take into account arbitrary moving window velocity by @RemiLehe in #5341
• Add WarpX example for FEL simulation by @RemiLehe in #5337
• CI: skip build/test jobs if only Docs/ is modified by @EZoni in #5387
• PYBIND11_FINDPYTHON=ON by @ax3l in #5390
• HPC: SRUN_CPUS_PER_TASK to SLURM_ by @ax3l in #5340
• CI: avoid duplicate runs for secondary branches on main repo by @EZoni in #5394
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5393
• CI: fix AppleClang workflow by @EZoni in #5399
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5391
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5402
• Fix a typo in cmake option disabling amrex incflo solvers by @WeiqunZhang in #5405
• Update picmistandard to 0.31.0 by @dpgrote in #5406
• Docs: fix typo in documentation for Leonardo supercomputer (CINECA) by @lucafedeli88 in #5403
• Add Time-Averaged Field Diagnostics by @n01r in #5285
• Docs: how to generate QED tables in beam-beam example by @aeriforme in #5416
• CI: fix IntelLLVM builds by @EZoni in #5419
• CTest: fix bug with WarpX_APP=OFF and WarpX_PYTHON=ON by @EZoni in #5421
• Docs: update documentation for Adastra supercomputer (CINES) by @lucafedeli88 in #5423
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5420
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5418
• Add PICMI interface for injecting from embedded boundary by @RemiLehe in #5395
• Fix bug where tmax was ignored in flux injection by @RemiLehe in #5430
• Rigid injection: Center field scaling around the v push by @RemiLehe in #5389
• Create Issue Templates by @ax3l in #5278
• Python: Warn old warpx.multifab Signature by @ax3l in #5326
• Implicit Field Solve Preconditioner based on Curl-Curl Operator by @debog in #5286
• Correct inaccurate comment in IGF code by @RemiLehe in #5438
• CI: find and print backtraces by @EZoni in #5424
• Fix dt_update_interval argument to ElectrostaticSolver by @dpgrote in #5434
• Release 24.11 by @EZoni in #5440
• Add Novatron paper in documentation by @RemiLehe in #5427
• Update bug report issue template by @EZoni in #5436

New Contributors

• @debog made their first contribution in #5286

Full Changelog: 24.10...24.11

24.10

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.10
• PICSAR-QED: 24.09
• picmistandard: 0.30.0
• pyAMReX: 24.10
• openPMD-api: 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5219
• GatherAndPush: Use CTO ParallelFor by @WeiqunZhang in #5217
• Set up CTest by @EZoni in #5068
• CTest follow-up: remove obsolete files/scripts by @EZoni in #5220
• EBs: Compiled by Default, Controlled at Runtime by @ax3l in #4865
• Mini-PR: clean-up in WarpX::ComputeDivB by @roelof-groenewald in #5225
• Hybrid-PIC: Only calculate grad Pe when longitudinal part of E matters by @roelof-groenewald in #5224
• Constify: DownwardD* by @ax3l in #5234
• Improvements to maxParticleVelocity by @archermarx in #5169
• Cleanup dimension macros around ignore_unused by @dpgrote in #5238
• EB: Cleanup & Simplify by @ax3l in #5223
• Docs: fix broken links in Examples section by @EZoni in #5239
• Docs LaTeX fix for sqrt by @johvandewetering in #5240
• [Hackathon] Clean up in SpectralFieldData for multi-dimensions by @dpgrote in #5244
• [Hackathon] Clean up macros in Source/EmbeddedBoundary/WarpXInitEB.cpp by @dpgrote in #5237
• AMReX_BLProfiler.H should be included, not AMReX_TinyProfiler.H by @atmyers in #5250
• [Hackathon] Clean dimension macros in particle routines by @dpgrote in #5248
• Clean up cache of clang sanitizer CI by @WeiqunZhang in #5255
• Added labeling function for WarpX CI tests by @oshapoval in #5253
• Refactor theory in docs and add multiphysics by @n01r in #5245
• CTest: more docs on -R regular expression filtering by @EZoni in #5257
• Cleanup stencils for filtering by @dpgrote in #4985
• [Hackathon] Use AMREX_ENUM for algorithm selection by @WeiqunZhang in #5252
• Reduce time in CI tests by @oshapoval in #5232
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5262
• Remove slow test for 1D laser acceleration with fluid by @RemiLehe in #5261
• Refactor AddPlasma and AddPlasmaFlux by @atmyers in #5231
• [Hackathon] Update Source/Parallelization/WarpXComm_K.H by @dpgrote in #5246
• Add ionization documentation by @n01r in #5251
• Reduce time in beam-beam CI test - follow up by @aeriforme in #5263
• docs: provove build and usage instructions of catalyst by @ChristosT in #5264
• Replace "std::endl" with "\n" (except for error messages) by @lucafedeli88 in #5183
• Fix C++20 issue by @lucafedeli88 in #5268
• Adding documentation on PSATD-JRhom by @oshapoval in #5247
• ES solver cleanup - 2024 hackathon by @roelof-groenewald in #5241
• Add base 2D Langmuir test, fix broken docs link by @EZoni in #5271
• For flux injection, improve the calculation of number of particles per cell by @dpgrote in #5272
• [Hackathon] Ionization docs fixes by @johvandewetering in #5270
• Minor refactoring of refined injection for AddPlasmaFlux by @RemiLehe in #5274
• Updated visualization scripts for beam-beam collision example by @Haavaan in #4797
• Docs: how to use add_subdirectory for new tests by @EZoni in #5279
• Copy rho from guard cells in IGF solver by @RemiLehe in #5284
• CFL-limited adaptive timestepping for electrostatic solver by @archermarx in #5176
• Integrated Green's Function Poisson Solver using heFFTe by @Haavaan in #4937
• Fix clang-tidy errors in development branch by @EZoni in #5296
• Docs: add missing references in Science Highlights by @lucafedeli88 in #5288
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5298
• Doc: HPC3 has CMake 3.30.2 by @ax3l in #5300
• LUMI (CSC): September Upgrade by @ax3l in #5301
• magnetostatic_eb test: fix warnings by @ax3l in #5302
• Docs: Lonestar6 A100 GPUs (TACC) by @ax3l in #3673
• Add: MultiFabRegister by @ax3l in #5230
• MultiFabRegister Leftover Clang-Tidy by @ax3l in #5309
• Rename Bold to B_old by @ax3l in #5312
• Python: warpx.multifab legacy signature by @ax3l in #5321
• Divide rho by epsilon to undo the multiplication before computing phi by @RevathiJambunathan in #5324
• Fix Legacy Python MF API by @ax3l in #5325
• PoissonSolver: Missing Include by @ax3l in #5327
• PoissonSolver: EB Compiled but Disabled Usage by @ax3l in #5328
• Fixed a bug where centering coefficients used in Magentostatic solver… by @clarkse in #5289
• MultiFabRegister: use has_vector when possible by @EZoni in #5334
• Remove m_cell_centered_data from multifab map by @dpgrote in #5322
• FieldType: Ensure Doxygen Works by @ax3l in #5330
• Skip Guard in IGF Solver (Revert #5284) by @ax3l in #5335
• General moving-window transformations in boosted-frame simulations by @bnara in #5226
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5310
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5343
• Poisson computePhi: Simplify Boundary Handler by @ax3l in #5346
• Doc: HPC no heFFTe yet by @ax3l in #5348
• Doc: NVTX in Nvidia Conda by @ax3l in #5345
• Use only plasma current in HybridPICSolveE by @roelof-groenewald in #5273
• CI: avoid duplicate runs for secondary branches on main fork by @EZoni in #5308
• Expose Synchronize to picmi by @budjensen in #5355
• General parser function for external fields by @kli-jfp in #5349
• Release 24.10 by @ax3l in #5357
• Update ALCF Polaris profile by @WeiqunZhang in #5358

New Contributors

• @johvandewetering made their first contribution in #5240
• @Haavaan made their first contribution in #4797
• @budjensen made their first contribution in #5355
• @kli-jfp made their first contribution in #5349

Full Changelog: 24.09...24.10

24.09

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.09
• PICSAR-QED: 24.09
• picmistandard: 0.30.0
• pyAMReX: 24.09
• openPMD-api: 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• CI: heFFTe for tests by @ax3l in #5121
• CMake: More Pip Control Options by @ax3l in #5128
• Move PerformanceHints from WarpX class into anonymous namespace in WarpXInitData.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #4893
• CI: update option name to clean test dirs by @EZoni in #5129
• Remove obsolete USE_WARPX_PSATD by @RemiLehe in #5134
• CI: fix fluctuations in collisionXZ checksums by @EZoni in #5132
• Add oneMKL FFT to AnyFFT wrapper for SYCL backend by @WeiqunZhang in #5127
• EB: Assert that its used by @ax3l in #5103
• setup.py: More Unique build_base by @ax3l in #5130
• Doc: apt w/ python3-dev by @ax3l in #5138
• collisionZ tolerance bump by @ax3l in #5147
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5126
• AnyFFT: multiply by @ax3l in #5146
• Tests: useOMP = 1 by @ax3l in #5142
• potential fix to varying results for collisionXZ and collisionXYZ CI tests by @JustinRayAngus in #5148
• Reset collisionZ benchmark by @RemiLehe in #5151
• Nuclear fusion algorithm modifications by @JustinRayAngus in #5133
• Python: Errors & Linting by @ax3l in #5124
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5152
• Update DSMC reaction weight calculation by @roelof-groenewald in #5135
• Simplify Subtitle by @RemiLehe in #5157
• Doc: Typos in LXPLUS (CERN) by @ax3l in #5154
• CI: Ruff by @ax3l in #5123
• Function to get particle cell index. by @archermarx in #5118
• Add callback to write values to external field multifabs by @roelof-groenewald in #5162
• Laser initialization in PICMI: allow negative focal distance and t_peak by @RemiLehe in #5164
• Binary: Append .HEFFTE by @ax3l in #5160
• Binary-pairing Coulomb collisions: improvements and optimization by @JustinRayAngus in #5047
• Increase time limit for clang-tidy by @RemiLehe in #5167
• Fix: heFFTe on Perlmutter GPU by @ax3l in #5158
• Catalyst2 support by @ChristosT in #5155
• Cleanup binary collision by @dpgrote in #5163
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5172
• minor adjustments to comments in implicit solver classes by @JustinRayAngus in #5170
• Remove broken links from performance tests by @dpgrote in #5174
• Add differential luminosity reduced diagnostic by @aeriforme in #5161
• Clean up call to apply_boundary by @dpgrote in #5178
• Simplify overwrite_amrex_parser_defaults WarpXAMReXInit.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #4965
• remove multiplication of vcms/vcms in UpdateMomentumPerezElastic by @JustinRayAngus in #5177
• Add scraping boundary diagnostics with PICMI by @oshapoval in #5109
• reduce redundant calculations in UpdateMomentumPerezElastic by @JustinRayAngus in #5186
• Modernize usage of type traits in WarpX by @lucafedeli88 in #5184
• UB sanitizer CI test: bump clang version from 15 to 17 by @lucafedeli88 in #5181
• warpx.roundrobin_sfc: A runtime parameter to control distribution mapping by @WeiqunZhang in #4909
• Doc: Remove Cori (NERSC) & Spock (OLCF) by @ax3l in #5187
• ABLASTR: make deposit_charge function non-static by @lucafedeli88 in #5185
• Add feature projection div cleaner by @clarkse in #4944
• Express differential luminosity diagnostics in eV by @RemiLehe in #5197
• Generalization of WarpXSolverVec class used by implicit solvers by @JustinRayAngus in #5171
• Set default for m_current_injection_position by @dpgrote in #5195
• Doc: Tioga (LLNL) by @ax3l in #5003
• Set t_old by @dpgrote in #5196
• Add recent papers in documentation by @RemiLehe in #5207
• Fix directional comparisons in assertions by @bnara in #5201
• remove unnecessary limit check in UpdateMomentumPerezElastic by @JustinRayAngus in #5188
• Doc: Conda-Forge w/ heFFTe by @ax3l in #4989
• CMake: Replace FetchContent_Populate by @ax3l in #5179
• Simplify cache cleanup actions by @WeiqunZhang in #5215
• Use amrex::ParmParse::prettyPrintTable by @WeiqunZhang in #5216
• Release 24.09 by @ax3l in #5214

New Contributors

• @ChristosT made their first contribution in #5155
• @bnara made their first contribution in #5201

Full Changelog: 24.08...24.09

24.08

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.08
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.29.0
• pyAMReX: 24.08
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• Fix typo in parameters.rst by @arichar6 in #5030
• C++17 mordernization: replace std::is_same<T1, T2>::value with std::is_same_v<T1, T2> by @lucafedeli88 in #5028
• Remove debug build type from Langmuir 2D fluid test by @EZoni in #5031
• Add ability to load external particle fields from file by @oshapoval in #4997
• Reset collision checksums and add particle data by @RemiLehe in #5042
• CI: fix dimensionality of test Python_ohms_law_solver_EM_modes_rz by @EZoni in #5037
• Specify the unit of the potential, in the documentation by @RemiLehe in #5035
• Correct formatting of the documentation for gaussian_parse_momentum_function by @RemiLehe in #5038
• Remove work-around in regression testing script by @EZoni in #5034
• CI: restore input for test Langmuir_multi_nodal by @EZoni in #5039
• generalizing temperature calc in Coulomb scattering method to weighted particles by @JustinRayAngus in #5040
• Use latest PICMI version in readthedocs by @RemiLehe in #5044
• CI: remove unused params, check particles in collisionXYZ by @EZoni in #5043
• shuffling the full list of particles for intra-species binary collisions by @JustinRayAngus in #5045
• Fix Lassen: BLAS++/LAPACK++ by @ax3l in #5050
• Initialize with value all aux, cax fields by @EZoni in #5049
• ABLASTR FFT: Fix Standalone Build by @ax3l in #5051
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5054
• Doc: Lassen Doc String h5py by @ax3l in #5052
• Fix CMake Python IPO Control by @ax3l in #5055
• Change 'if (bool_var == 1)' into 'if (bool_var)' for readability by @lucafedeli88 in #5060
• Doc: Lassen Stays TOSS3, Fix SciPy by @ax3l in #5063
• Avoid N² Operation in Binary-Pairing Coulomb Collsions by @JustinRayAngus in #5066
• GNU Make: fix make clean by @WeiqunZhang in #5067
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5074
• Fix again the collisionXYZ benchmark by @dpgrote in #5083
• [WIP] Recompute the macroscopic properties everytime the moving window moves. by @RemiLehe in #5082
• Update script to compile WarpX on Frontier (OLCF) by @lucafedeli88 in #5076
• PICMI (Bucket): NumPy 2.0 Compatibility by @ax3l in #5075
• Add PRL using WarpX in Science Highlights by @RemiLehe in #5093
• Improving Coulomb collision method for weighted-particles by @JustinRayAngus in #5091
• Fix Electrostatic FFT python interface, take 2 by @archermarx in #5081
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5095
• CI: remove unused parameter analysisOutputImage by @EZoni in #5097
• Fix bug with ES solver and MR: E_aux=E_fp in UpdateAuxilaryData by @oshapoval in #4922
• Enable tiling in some MFIter loops by @EZoni in #5096
• Add documentation for binomial smoother by @RemiLehe in #5099
• Expose more diagnostics options in PICMI by @RemiLehe in #5100
• Doc: HPSF & Gov Links by @ax3l in #5085
• Doc: Pitzer (OSC) by @Wang-Zhongwei in #5064
• ABLASTR: Pass GridType instead of Global by @ax3l in #5106
• PICMI interface for implicit solvers by @dpgrote in #5101
• Treat external field types consistently by @roelof-groenewald in #5104
• Update test to use lasy 0.5.0 by @RemiLehe in #5111
• Fix bug in PrintMainPICparameters (uninitialized values) by @EZoni in #5114
• Temporarily disable openbc_poisson_solver by @ax3l in #5117
• CI: Clean out Pip Caches by @EZoni in #5110
• Fix: species_type init memory by @ax3l in #5119
• AnyFFT: 1D Support by @ax3l in #5112
• CI: clean test dirs, reset collisionXZ checksums by @EZoni in #5120
• Add density min and max arguments to picmi.AnalyticDistribution by @roelof-groenewald in #5108
• Change alpha particle momentum initialization by @PhysicsDan in #5033
• Checksum Reset via Env Variable by @ax3l in #5105
• Make quantum_xi_c2 a non-static member variable of the WarpX class by @lucafedeli88 in #5073
• Add thread sanitizer test in CI by @lucafedeli88 in #4799
• Release 24.08 by @ax3l in #5125

New Contributors

• @arichar6 made their first contribution in #5030
• @Wang-Zhongwei made their first contribution in #5064

Full Changelog: 24.07...24.08

24.07

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.07
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.28.0
• pyAMReX: 24.07
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• Simplify main file by @lucafedeli88 in #4964
• Fix FieldProbe Check: Particle Shape by @ax3l in #4983
• CMake: heFFTe Support by @ax3l in #4986
• Resetting collisionXYZ Temperature by @ax3l in #4999
• Cleanup deposition and gather routines by @dpgrote in #4978
• Documentation: fix a typo in parameters.rst by @lucafedeli88 in #5001
• Doc: Update WarpX Ack Text by @ax3l in #5004
• Doc: Resonant excitation of plasma waves in a plasma channel by @ax3l in #4998
• Warning instead of error for Background MCC by @RevathiJambunathan in #4991
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4995
• Fix: Perlmutter heFFTe CPU by @ax3l in #5006
• Fix ccache for macos by @WeiqunZhang in #5007
• BLAS++: v2024.05.31+ by @ax3l in #5012
• Doc: Latest Commit of BLAS++/LAPACK++ by @ax3l in #5013
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5014
• obvious bug fix in ElasticCollisionPerez by @JustinRayAngus in #5021
• Document how to define EB with STL file by @RemiLehe in #5023
• Add random seed to Examples/Tests/collision/inputs_3d by @dpgrote in #5022
• Simplify VelocityProperties.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5016
• Fix gatherParticlesFromEmbeddedBoundaries by @lucafedeli88 in #5011
• Update default behavior for gathering with direct deposition by @RemiLehe in #5024
• Release 24.07 by @ax3l in #5025

Full Changelog: 24.06...24.07

24.06

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.06
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.28.0
• pyAMReX: 24.06
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• LICENSE.txt: Wrap to 80 Characters by @ax3l in #4929
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4931
• Updated proton-boron cross section by @PhysicsDan in #4377
• Avoid un-needed copy in BackTransformParticleFunctor by @atmyers in #4934
• Fix two race conditions found with thread sanitizer by @lucafedeli88 in #4932
• Ensure compilation with double precision particles for DSMC collisions by @aveksler1 in #4938
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4940
• Promote DSMC calculations to double precision to allow use with single-precision particles by @archermarx in #4941
• Make particle IDs valid in BoundaryScraping by @RemiLehe in #4955
• Profiler: use amrex logic for device synchronization instead of custom solution by @lucafedeli88 in #4889
• Add particle boundary none by @dpgrote in #4920
• Make RemakeMultiFab a lambda function inside WarpX::RemakeLevel by @lucafedeli88 in #4947
• Fix: MPIInitHelpers.cpp Macro by @ax3l in #4957
• Picmi: allow different random_fraction for different species by @roelof-groenewald in #4951
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4956
• CMake: WarpX_PSATD -> WarpX_FFT by @ax3l in #4912
• FFT-based Poisson solver follow-up by @aeriforme in #4945
• Document PICMI function LoadInitialField by @RemiLehe in #4962
• New Implicit Solver interface with options to select Picard or Newton (JFNK) for the nonlinear solver. by @JustinRayAngus in #4736
• Add upper bound for weight of product particles from particle resampling by @aveksler1 in #4969
• Add initialization of extra attribs to picmi by @roelof-groenewald in #4972
• Add temperature diagnostic by @dpgrote in #4942
• Cleanup diagnostic dimension macros by @dpgrote in #4973
• Slightly increase tolerance for embedded_circle test by @lucafedeli88 in #4968
• Remove unneeded macros from AllocLevelData by @dpgrote in #4979
• Release 24.06 by @ax3l in #4980

New Contributors

• @PhysicsDan made their first contribution in #4377

Full Changelog: 24.05...24.06

24.05

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.05
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.28.0
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• Fix outdated element-wise comparison based assertions by @roelof-groenewald in #4829
• Fix out of bounds memory access in HybridPICModel::GetCurrentExternal by @roelof-groenewald in #4830
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4834
• HPC3 (UCI): Fix ADIOS2 HDF5 Build by @ax3l in #4836
• Output the potential phi on the macroparticles by @RemiLehe in #4599
• Remove calls to WarpX::GetInstance() in PEC class and cleaning by @lucafedeli88 in #4771
• Refactor output of phi on the particles by @RemiLehe in #4839
• Filter rho, when using relativistic electrostatic solver by @RemiLehe in #4823
• Fix out of bounds access to distance_to_eb by @roelof-groenewald in #4831
• Doc: LUMI (CSC) Update by @ax3l in #4810
• pybind11: v2.12.0 by @ax3l in #4844
• Add ohms law hybrid multifab redistribution by @clarkse in #4848
• Use function to remove invalid particles without MPI exchange by @RemiLehe in #4849
• Use BinaryCollision class for DSMC collisions by @roelof-groenewald in #4744
• Use local deleteInvalidParticles (instead of Redistribute) in binary collisions by @RemiLehe in #4851
• Update optimas/libensemble documentation by @RTSandberg in #4854
• Always update guard cells in WarpXSumGuardCells by @RemiLehe in #4840
• Set OpenMP threads manually on Perlmutter nodes by @n01r in #4857
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4858
• Optimizing GPU acceleration of binary collision algorithms. by @mhaseeb123 in #4577
• Add thermal boundary specification to picmi by @roelof-groenewald in #4850
• Add M. Haseeb in the list of developers by @RemiLehe in #4862
• Update pyAMReX by @ax3l in #4870
• Add function to set value of do_not_push by @roelof-groenewald in #4868
• Downgrade Reg Tests by @ax3l in #4882
• Remove unnecessary include of WarpX.H in "ParticleCreationFunc.H" by @lucafedeli88 in #4877
• Ensure that only necessary headers are included in FieldAccessorFunctors.H by @lucafedeli88 in #4878
• Remove unnecessary include "WarpX.H" from FlushFormat.H by @lucafedeli88 in #4879
• Further downgrade regression_testing by @lucafedeli88 in #4884
• DepositCharge: Component 1 Allocated? by @ax3l in #4859
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4881
• Reorder particle boundary handling and call to Redistribute by @roelof-groenewald in #4852
• Fix macOS CI failure by @roelof-groenewald in #4887
• Make sure that include guard names start with WARPX_ by @lucafedeli88 in #4876
• Implement grid based merging algorithm by @roelof-groenewald in #4820
• Remove "friend class PML" from WarpX class by @lucafedeli88 in #4874
• Move FieldType enum from WarpX.H into a separate header by @lucafedeli88 in #4875
• Remove call to WarpX::GetInstance() from FilterCreateTransformFromFAB.H by @lucafedeli88 in #4873
• Remove calls to WarpX::GetInstance() from MacroscopicProperties.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #4872
• TNSA Example: Link Domain Decomposition by @ax3l in #4885
• Fix failing development builds by @roelof-groenewald in #4890
• Great Lakes Cluster (UMich) by @ax3l in #4869
• Open Governance Model by @ax3l in #4743
• openPMD-api: 0.15.2 by @ax3l in #4847
• Add two missing includes (found with iwyu) by @lucafedeli88 in #4895
• isort: First Party Modules by @ax3l in #4902
• Clarify ParticleContainerWrapper.add_particles() docstring #4891 by @jwestern in #4903
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4904
• Doc: Great Lakes ADIOS2 Update by @ax3l in #4905
• Fix external fields on grid in 1D by @RemiLehe in #4906
• Add option for Cartesian velocity grid with VelocityCoincidenceThinning by @roelof-groenewald in #4886
• Fix Python installation instructions on Perlmutter by @RemiLehe in #4907
• Make do_current_centering a regular member variable of the WarpX class by @lucafedeli88 in #4901
• Add CI test for velocity coincidence thinning by @roelof-groenewald in #4919
• Amend Notices for Non-Endorsement by @ax3l in #4924
• Diagnostics: Fix Position Selection by @ax3l in #4914
• Resetting charge buffers to zero. by @oshapoval in #4916
• Update hip installation script for CI by @WeiqunZhang in #4927
• ElectrostaticSphereLabFrame_MR_emass_10: +Positions by @ax3l in #4930
• ablastr::particles::compute_weights : implement 1D and use template parameter to specify if field is nodal by @lucafedeli88 in #4846
• Small optimization in ParticleReductionFunctor by @dpgrote in #4926
• Code clean-up for binary collisions by @roelof-groenewald in #4921
• Release 24.05 by @ax3l in #4928

New Contributors

• @mhaseeb123 made their first contribution in #4577
• @jwestern made their first contribution in #4903

Full Changelog: 24.04...24.05

24.04

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.04
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.28.0
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• Implement stair-case Yee solver with EB in RZ geometry by @RemiLehe in #2707
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4763
• Clean up AddGaussianBeam by @aeriforme in #4761
• Remove two superfluous include directives by @lucafedeli88 in #4770
• Adding hyper-resistivity to generalized ohms law hybrid solver. by @clarkse in #4772
• Doc: Conda -y Install Block by @ax3l in #4776
• Zenodo: Add Justin & Kale as Co-Authors by @ax3l in #4760
• Compute electrostatic fields at the beginning of EM simulations, if potential is specified by @RemiLehe in #4723
• Better error message when Poisson solver does not have supported boundary by @RemiLehe in #4778
• CI: isort + black compatibility by @ax3l in #4769
• Fix redundant string init in WarpXAlgorithmSelection.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #4781
• Remove WarpX:: from ablastr/fields/VectorPoissonSolver.H by @lucafedeli88 in #4782
• Define class function defineAllParticleTiles for NamedComponentParticleContainer by @RemiLehe in #4780
• update ml workflow for pasc revisions by @RTSandberg in #4768
• Add callbacks after B and E field pushes by @roelof-groenewald in #4784
• Add UB sanitizer CI test by @lucafedeli88 in #4783
• ApplyPECto Rho and J if partBndry reflecting/FieldBndry PEC by @RevathiJambunathan in #4785
• Allow the user to set the initial potential, in PICMI EM simulations by @RemiLehe in #4788
• Add QED lookup tables generator/reader in /Tools by @lucafedeli88 in #3137
• fix variable add in picmi lab particle diagnostics by @RTSandberg in #4793
• Doc: Update submission script for Adastra supercomputer by @lucafedeli88 in #4786
• Add function to get total weight of all particles in container by @roelof-groenewald in #4795
• Electron current diagnostic for Hybrid solver by @aveksler1 in #4336
• Update spacecraft charging test by @RemiLehe in #4792
• Document the function add_applied_field in PICMI by @RemiLehe in #4794
• Docs: update hybrid-pic description and parameters by @roelof-groenewald in #4796
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4800
• Fix a number of compilation warnings by @roelof-groenewald in #4801
• Clean up BeamRelevant with TypeMultiplier by @n01r in #4798
• Fix ParticleHistogram2D by @pordyna in #4779
• Remove GPUClock Cost Function by @ax3l in #4802
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4803
• Cleaning: .rst Ending in TOC by @ax3l in #4804
• Update profile for Fugaku supercomputer by @lucafedeli88 in #4808
• Evolve Loop: Simplify by @ax3l in #4791
• Fix two minor typos in the scripts to run WarpX on Frontier by @lucafedeli88 in #4811
• Add thermalBC for particles by @RevathiJambunathan in #4790
• Clang tidy CI test: add performance-unnecessary-* checks to clang-tidy CI test by @lucafedeli88 in #4136
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4814
• Add clang-tidy workflow by @lucafedeli88 in #4806
• Clang tidy CI test: add several clang-analyzer-* checks to clang tidy CI test by @lucafedeli88 in #4684
• Doc: Perlmutter Update by @ax3l in #4809
• Printing out the time dependencies of the charge and current densitie… by @oshapoval in #4815
• updated docs about focal distance by @aeriforme in #4762
• Implement Poisson solver based on integrated Green functions by @aeriforme in #4648
• Fix: ABLASTR FFT Poisson Solver by @ax3l in #4821
• Restart Bug fix for BTD by @RevathiJambunathan in #4827
• Release 24.04 by @ax3l in #4824

New Contributors

• @pordyna made their first contribution in #4779

Full Changelog: 24.03...24.04