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

24.03

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.03
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.28.0
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• Implemented Villasenor and Buneman deposition routine for implicit solver by @JustinRayAngus in #4623
• Particle Container to Pure SoA Again by @ax3l in #4653
• Fix: Pre-Installed AMReX w/ CUDA by @ax3l in #4668
• Add hybrid resistivity current term by @clarkse in #4661
• CI: 4 Cores Linux/Win, 3 Cores macOS by @ax3l in #4673
• Update GitHub Action versions by @WeiqunZhang in #4674
• Update Polaris install instructions by @roelof-groenewald in #4664
• Minor fix in SLURM signal forwarding description by @roelof-groenewald in #4665
• ParticleHistogram2D change openPMD access type by @n01r in #4659
• Fix docs for checksumAPI terminal call by @n01r in #4677
• CI: NVHPC 24.1 by @ax3l in #4679
• Update pyAMReX to development by @ax3l in #4680
• AMReX/pyAMReX: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4678
• Update openPMD-viewer documentation by @RemiLehe in #4682
• Apply filtering for the charge density in full diagnostics RZ PSATD by @oshapoval in #4624
• Add automated test for spacecraft charging by @EyaDammak in #4413
• Fix: openPMD RZ Positions by @ax3l in #4686
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4690
• Lassen (LLNL) TOSS3: Update by @ax3l in #4692
• Bugfix: sum guard cell values in current density diagnostic by @roelof-groenewald in #4596
• HPC3 (UCI): -j 8 by @ax3l in #4694
• Add PICMI documentation for ReducedDiagnostics by @RemiLehe in #4693
• Obtain exact point of contact of Particles with EB by @EyaDammak in #4560
• Removed const modifier from LPInfo object on stack that was causing a… by @clarkse in #4696
• Adding a RZ version for the test "Point_of_contact_EB" by @EyaDammak in #4699
• Obtain exact time (real) when particles hit boundaries + test by @EyaDammak in #4695
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #4707
• Docs: update instructions for Fugaku supercomputer (Riken, Japan) by @lucafedeli88 in #4656
• Fix Particle Id Overflows by @ax3l in #4708
• Implementation of 4th order particle shape beyond implicit solver cases by @kale-j in #4706
• Cleanup some docstrings by @RemiLehe in #4714
• Save the normal components in the particle buffer when there is EB by @EyaDammak in #4702
• Add focusing position to Gaussian beam initialization by @aeriforme in #4639
• Update the documentation particles.rst in adding the new attributes by @EyaDammak in #4719
• PICMI: Fix unresolved reference for species by @n01r in #4722
• Improve Documentation for Laser-Ion Acceleration from Planar Target by @n01r in #4569
• Update of the time saved for scraped particles on the boundaries by @EyaDammak in #4710
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4728
• Position keyword now adds position variables in PICMI ParticleDiagnostic by @n01r in #4721
• openPMD: Fix Particle Weight Dims in 1D/2D by @ax3l in #4717
• Clang-Tidy: Fix Diagnostics Branch by @ax3l in #4731
• Exchange guard cells with the electrostatic solver by @RemiLehe in #4713
• Adding support for pml in domain for multiple patches by @RevathiJambunathan in #4632
• Update test that checks absorption of particles in PML by @RemiLehe in #4733
• Fix: Windows add_dll_directory Expand by @ax3l in #4734
• Doc: Python Bld in Separate Dir by @ax3l in #4739
• Doc: Pre-Commit Locally by @ax3l in #4741
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4745
• Clang-tidy CI tests: use clang-tidy-15 instead of clang-tidy-14 by @lucafedeli88 in #4689
• Enable WarpX::ComputeEdgeLengths in RZ by @roelof-groenewald in #4749
• New Python test: Particle-Boundary interaction by @EyaDammak in #4729
• Adding normal components to regular boundary buffer by @EyaDammak in #4742
• Add function to set domain boundary potentials from Python by @roelof-groenewald in #4740
• clean up ablastr/fields by @aeriforme in #4753
• Split clang-tidy CI test into 4 to improve performances by @lucafedeli88 in #4747
• Replace links to learn git by @RemiLehe in #4758
• Bugfix in fields.py for GPU run without cupy by @roelof-groenewald in #4750
• Release 24.03 by @ax3l in #4759

New Contributors

• @JustinRayAngus made their first contribution in #4623

Full Changelog: 24.02...24.03

24.02

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.02
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.28.0
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

What's Changed

• Clang-tidy: enforce clang-tidy_readability_make_member_function_const check by @lucafedeli88 in #4510
• Implement correction to ADK for high fields by @MaxThevenet in #4505
• Fix documentation for diags : coarsening ratio by @RevathiJambunathan in #4588
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4590
• Fix plasma injection from file for parallel runs by @WeiqunZhang in #4597
• Fix input of galerkin_scheme by @dpgrote in #4607
• Docs: spruce up parameters.rst by @eebasso in #4609
• atomicAdd -> lockAdd by @WeiqunZhang in #4608
• Disambiguate the routine name initialize_inputs in picmi.py by @dpgrote in #4554
• Fix undefined behavior in meanParticleVelocity by @RemiLehe in #4614
• Perlmutter (NERSC): January 2024 Update by @ax3l in #4620
• Update CuPy version in Perlmutter dependencies by @roelof-groenewald in #4621
• Use RK4 to integrate the B-field in time in the hybrid-PIC algorithm by @roelof-groenewald in #4461
• Update picmi.ElectrostaticSolver child class in external Poisson solver test by @roelof-groenewald in #4622
• Add warpx_used_inputs_file in Python input by @dpgrote in #4618
• Fix undefined behavior issue in WarpX initialization by @lucafedeli88 in #4615
• Doc: Fast, Local Compilation by @ax3l in #4603
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4630
• Temporary fix: disable hanging CI test (Python_background_mcc_1d_tridiag) by @roelof-groenewald in #4628
• Update pyAMReX by @ax3l in #4633
• Update Particle Container to Pure SoA by @ax3l in #3850
• Remove particles that are initialized in the EB by @RemiLehe in #4585
• Update DSMC picmi class initialization function by @roelof-groenewald in #4646
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #4647
• Fix neutral particle got pushed by @GivenChen in #4643
• Reactivate CI test (Python_background_mcc_1d_tridiag) by @roelof-groenewald in #4650
• Grammar Change in Theory Intro by @sevicky in #4617
• Revert "Update Particle Container to Pure SoA (#3850)" by @ax3l in #4652
• AMReX: Latest development by @ax3l in #4654
• Docs: update instructions for Adastra supercomputer (CINES, France) by @lucafedeli88 in #4655
• Fix doc for doChargeConservingDepositionShapeNImplicit by @dpgrote in #4658
• Add WarpX_CCACHE Option by @haampie in #4637
• Update profile and job script for LUMI supercomputer by @lucafedeli88 in #4634
• Fix BTD/Scrape Flush Count with Filters by @ax3l in #4657
• Release 24.02 by @ax3l in #4660
• Add install instructions for ALCF's Polaris by @roelof-groenewald in #4636

New Contributors

• @GivenChen made their first contribution in #4643
• @sevicky made their first contribution in #4617
• @haampie made their first contribution in #4637

Full Changelog: 24.01...24.02

24.01

Dependencies

• AMReX: 24.01
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.28.0
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

List of PRs merged since the last release

This list was generated with

git log 23.12.. --format='- %s'

• Release 24.01 (#4586)
• Read external fields from file in restarted simulation (#4547)
• Doc: Clean Example TODOs (#4584)
• Reduce tolerance for DSMC CI test (#4576)
• Beam-beam collision example follow-up (#4578)
• Scale fields by a dimensionless number between 0 and 1 (#4575)
• Perlmutter: Load gpu Module (#4573)
• Beam-beam collision example (#4546)
• Update dsmc and fusion binary collisions (#4572)
• Apply particle selection to BTDiagnostics (#4570)
• Update the field probe diagnostic documentation (#4564)
• Add filters for boundary scraping diagnostics (#4371)
• Add semi-implicit CI test (#4565)
• Change the sign of laser particles (#4568)
• Update explanation of why 2D simulations are not suitable for plasma-wakefield (#4544)
• Fix default initialization of runtime attributes. (#4508)
• Implicit electromagnetic solver using Picard iterations (#4071)
• Update documentation for checksum (#4561)
• Fix: BeamRelevant 1D, 2D (#4558)
• Add DSMC module (#4125)
• Add updated instructions for WarpX on Karolina (#4545)
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update (#4559)
• Fix reference (#4552)
• add hybrid-PIC PoP reference to docs (#4551)
• Clean up doc to improve readability (#4555)
• Adding user defined keywords in Hybrid PIC Python class to allow for addition of constants when defining functions for resistivity and current. (#4550)
• WarpXAMReXInit: move include directive from header to cpp file (#4543)
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update (#4541)
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#4539)
• Add updated instructions for WarpX on Karolina (#4477)
• Doc: CUDA 11.7+ (#4538)
• Spruce up kinetic_fluid_hybrid_model.rst (#4534)
• Docs: rename and spruce up boundary conditions section (#4537)
• Spruce up PIC theory section (#4536)
• Spruce up ml_dataset_training.rst (#4512)
• Fix CI for ROCm 6.0 (#4527)
• Documentation: numbered reference formatting (#4528)
• Spruce up boosted_frame.rst (#4530)
• Spruce up cold_fluid_model.rst (#4531)
• Spruce up input_output.rst (#4532)
• Fix chirp documentation (#4533)
• Doc: Extend a Simulation Workflow (#4520)
• Spruce up amr.rst (#4529)
• WarpXSumGuardCells: move function definitions in cpp file (#4521)
• Doc: Fix ChecksumAPI autofunction (#4524)
• Improve documentation for laser chirp (#4525)
• move function definition to cpp file (#4522)
• Add ability to run checksum on openPMD files (#4519)
• Clang-Tidy: readability-qualified-auto (#4507)
• Clang-Tidy: performance-noexcept-move-constructor (#4504)
• Bibliography: make author family names appear last (#4506)
• Doc: Examples Before APIs
• Doc: Fix Sphinx Warnings
• Bibliography: improved citations (#4513)
• Update descriptions of hybrid-PIC examples (#4479)
• Clang-tidy: enable no-malloc check in clang-tidy CI test (#4518)
• Clang-Tidy: readability-inconsistent-declaration-parameter-name (#4514)
• Clang-Tidy: readability-braces-around-statements (#4511)
• workflow training neural network from warpx data (#4499)
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update (#4503)
• Use more consistent species types in fusion module (#4480)
• Clang-tidy: enable readability-duplicate-include check in clang-tidy CI test (#4496)
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update (#4489)
• Custom class for bibliography style (#4482)
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#4500)
• Move external field parameters out of WarpX class (#4441)
• Tidy-Clang: performance-type-promotion-in-math-fn (#4497)
• Clang-Tidy CI: Keep Going after Errors (#4491)
• Clang-Tidy: Update performance and readability (#4492)
• sqrt -> std::sqrt (#4490)
• macOS CI: Fix brew installation (#4493)
• Add latex_theory/allbibs.bib to bibliography list and delete duplicates (#4481)
• Set alpha mass directly from NIST data (#4478)
• pybind11: v2.11.1+ (#4473)
• Fix typos in comments and docs (#4471)
• Correct on-axis field boundary for RZ (#4464)
• Rename Depose -> Deposit (#4474)
• Doc: Streamline Python Input (#4472)
• macOS CI: export CCACHE_DEPEND=1 (#4475)
• Docs: Fix Formatting in parameters.rst
• Docs: Fix Many Small Errors & Warnings
• Doc: Restructure Examples (#4467)
• Remove brew cache (#4470)

23.12

Dependencies

• AMReX: 23.12
• PICSAR-QED: 23.09
• picmistandard: release 0.28.0
• openPMD-api: release 0.15.1
• Python: 3.8 - 3.12

List of PRs merged since the last release

This list was generated with

git log 23.11.. --format='- %s'

• Release 23.12 (#4469)
• Add external current handling to Ohm's law solver (#4405)
• fix preprocessor defs for 1D in two locations (#4465)
• Bugfix in fields.py mesh() with ghost cells included (#4466)
• Fix typo in "write_diagnostics_on_restart" (#4463)
• Make geometry.dims abort message more user-friendly (#4459)
• New Cache Strategy (#4456)
• Initial commit (#4460)
• Set amrex.omp_threads = "nosmt" (#4393)
• AMReX: Update to development (#4455)
• Clang-Tidy Cache (#4453)
• Allow multiple injection sources per species (#4196)
• Frontier (OLCF): cupy (#4247)
• add start/end moving step (#4437)
• Contributing style and conventions additions (#4452)
• CPU CI: Always Serialize (#4451)
• Maxlevel user option for external field initialization (#4326)
• Doc: Fix Typo <probe>.integrate = true (#4449)
• CI: numprocs * numthreads <= 2 (#4450)
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update (#4447)
• Move AnyFFT.H and FFT wrappers into ablastr (#4005)
• Clang tidy CI test: add almost all modernize-* checks (#4319)
• Set the particle fields directly to the constant external fields (#4339)
• fix minor bug in picmi ParticleDiagnostic (#4442)
• Make whitespace alignment more consistent (#4440)
• Add gaussian_parse_momentum_function (#4400)
• Make the static variable "authors" of the WarpX class a private member of the WarpX class (#4404)
• Refinement patch parser (#4299)
• Add python binding to WarpXParticleContainer::sumParticleCharge (#4406)
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#4433)
• Add paper using WarpX for laser-driven fusion (#4428)
• AMReX: Weekly Update (#4431)
• Fix unused variable with OpenPMD=OFF (#4421)
• Doc: Laser Pulse Manip. for LPI (#4414)
• Parallelize scraping (#4418)
• Remove legacy references to EvolveEM which had been renamed Evolve (#4422)
• Update AMReX to latest commit (#4423)
• CI: Unbreak macOS (#4427)
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update (#4417)