5.5.5

Release notes

• The code is now IMAS compatible and capable to read some inputs from IDS.
• Possible to initialize inputs completely within Python from dictionaries.
• MPI support when simulations are run in Python.
• Tools to assess orbit-resonances.
• Fixed a bug in AFSI when at least the other reactant was a Maxwellian distribution (the Maxwellian was not properly sampled).
• Analytical model for CX.
• The code now supports numpy 2.0 and unyt 3.0 (dropped support for unyt < 3.0).
• Minor bugfixes and enhances in various postprocessing routines.

5.5.4

Release notes

• BBNBI can now use ADAS data.
• Bugfix in atomic data interpolation. Uncertain how much it affected simulations.
• Improved time-step control in the adaptive gc scheme. Time step size is now more consistent, which means you might have to decrease ADAPTIVE_TOL_ORBIT to achieve previous level of error.
• Fixed a bug, introduced in previous release, in markergen where marker R coordinate was completely off.
• Fixed wrong units in ion mass when using the import plasma template.
• New templates: LOCUST markers and analytical ripple.
• BioSaw can now include 2D Bphi component from the equilibrium.
• Minor bugfixes and small new features.

5.5.3

Release notes

• Marker generator supports (gyro-orbit) particles and rho distributions.
• libascot can be used with MPI=1.
• Fixed an issue where 2D wall leaked.
• Fixed distributions in BBNBI runs.
• MARS-F template now supports two different formats.
• Several bugfixes and enhancements in post-processing.

Ascot5.5.2

• Made the code Conda compatible:
  • Included environment.yaml for creating an environment where ASCOT5 can be built and run.
  • Updated installation instructions to make use of Conda.
  • All dependencies are found in conda-forge.
• Several new import templates:
  • wall data from EQDSK and VTK
  • plasma profiles from text files with option to extrapolate
  • perturbation from MARS-F
• a5manage can now display the contents of the file.
• Camera controls for the interactivate 3D wall (load) plot.
• New plots and improved some others.

Ascot5.5.1

• Fixed a bug where interpolating temperature in 1DS plasma input could over-estimate the value by ~1 keV.
• Fixed bugs in 1DS and 1Dt plasma inputs where sanity checks printed non-sensical values. These did not affect the simulation itself.

Ascot5.5

• Source code made open and is now hosted on GitHub.
• Major overhaul of the Python interface a5py.
• Online documentation and tutorials now available.
• New GUI (usable but unstable).
• BBNBI integrated to the rest of the code.
• AFSI is now available.
• BioSaw integrated to the rest of the code.
• Implemented constant of motion distribution output.