Release Notes for OPAL 2022.1

Bugfixes in OPAL 2022.1

• Fix particle-matter interactions for CCOLLIMATOR element (#380 (closed), #718 (closed))
• Fix back-track simulations (#675 (closed))
• Fix algorithm for spatial monitors (#682 (closed))
• Fix for output file names for LossDataSink (#685 (closed))
• Fix values assigned to dispersion (#687 (closed))
• Fix description of minimum values in monitor statistics (#689 (closed))
• Fix units in DumpEMFields header (#691 (closed))
• Fix mean longitudinal position in temporal monitor (#698 (closed), #706 (closed))
• Fix input momentum between FROMFILE distribution type and BEAM (#701 (closed))
• Fix particle definition in BEAM command (#703 (closed))
• Fix assignation of BEAM, FIELDSOLVER and DISTRIBUTION in RUN command (#713 (closed))
• Fix AMR solver (#714 (closed), #715 (closed))
• Fix wake function (#734 (closed))
• Fix Trimcoils (#736 (closed))

New features in OPAL 2022.1

• Python interface for OPAL (#624 (closed), #660 (closed))
• New element attribute (DELETEONTRANSVERSEEXIT, default true) to disable deletion of particles when exiting transversally (#673 (closed))
• Command-line argument --help-command to display the help for opal commands and their attributes (#680 (closed))
• Beam stripping physics in OPAL-t (#684 (closed), #724 (closed))
• New option (COMPUTEPERCENTILES, default false) to compute percentiles (#693 (closed))
• New end field model using an asymmetric enge function for Scaling FFA magnet (#722 (closed), #728 (closed))
• New option (DUMPBEAMMATRIX, default false) to write 6D beam (sigma) matrix in statistics output (#729 (closed))
• P3M solver (Particle-Particle-Particle-Mesh, #737 (closed))

Code improvements

• Internal unit conversions (#690 (closed), #704 (closed))
• Replace plain enum by scoped enumerations (#694 (closed), #708 (closed))

Input file related changes

• The properties of heavy ion beams have been redefined (#699 (closed))
• Wake field file format simplified (#735 (closed))

Output file related changes

• Four additional quantities temperature, Debye length, plasma parameter and RMS number density are available in the stat file for simulations without emission (#737 (closed))