Release Notes for OPAL 2.2
Bugfixes in OPAL 2.2.1
- Fix for segmentation fault in FromFile due to RASTER=TRUE (#465 (closed))
- Fix format of _ElementPositions.sdds files (#468 (closed))
Bugfixes in OPAL 2.2.0
- Fixes for flattop distribution (#371 (closed) #372 (closed))
- Fixes for output (#355 (closed) #382 (closed))
- Issue #308 (closed) Time structure and time shift after particle-matter interaction
- Fixes for RFCavity element (#267 (closed) #356 (closed))
- Fixes for cyclotron plugin elements (#206 (closed) #243 (closed) #246 (closed) #247 (closed) #253 (closed) #293 (closed) #313 (closed) #375 (closed) #382 (closed))
- Fixes for optimiser (#230 (closed) #233 (closed) #235 (closed) #257 (closed))
- Issue #401 (closed) Closed Orbit Finder should not call exit()
- Issue #329 (closed) CollimatorPhysics: Error{0}> reduce: mismatched element count in vector reduction
- Issue #120 (closed) Particle Termination
- Issue #342 (closed) Wrong turn number at restart (OPAL-Cycl)
- Fix and improve writing ASCII output of LossDataSink (!161 (merged))
New features in OPAL 2.2.0
- Track back in time (#353 (closed))
- OPAL-map
- BeamStripping physics
- Analytical vertical FFA field map (#402 (closed))
- Objectives for
SAMPLER
command (#249 (closed)) - Pixmap image as
COLLIMATOR
input (#237 (closed)) -
CROSSOVER
,MUTATION
,STARTPOPULATION
andBIRTH_CONTROL
attributes for optimiser (#257 (closed)) - Optimiser restarting (#228 (closed), #251 (closed), #278 (closed))
- Optimizer: Generalizing objectives with sddsVariableAt (#318 (closed))
-
PHIMIN
,PHIMAX
,COEFNUMPHI
,COEFDENOMPHI
attributes forTRIMCOIL
element (#276 (closed)) - Match distribution (#241 (closed))
- OPAL-t : Transverse Distribution from Laser Profile (#275 (closed))
- OPAL-Cycl: Distinguish bunches in probe (#343 (closed)), write plugin element output files every turn (#344 (closed))
- Many more features, for details see the manual
Input file related changes
-
OPAL-Cycl:
LOCAL_CARTESIAN_OFFSET
andLOCAL_CYLINDRICAL_OFFSET
now uses metres and radians as input instead of mm and degrees. - The attributes
WIDTH
andHEIGHT
of the elementVARIABLE_RF_CAVITY
have units [m] instead of [mm].
Output file related changes
- OPAL-Cycl: Halo parameter added to STAT file (#268 (closed))
- Loss output files in ASCII format is changed from [mm] to [m] (#378 (closed))