v0.5.0

Large release that finally includes features that have been in dev for a long time, in particular the laser envelope model.

What's Changed

• Use MAD matrix for second-order tracking by @AngelFP in #7
• Add PyPI badge and update installation instructions by @AngelFP in #8
• Implement faster field interpolation by @AngelFP in #10
• Improve charge deposition by @AngelFP in #9
• Implement base openPMD diagnostics by @AngelFP in #12
• requirements.txt: openPMD-api semver by @ax3l in #13
• openPMD-api: 0.13.0 by @ax3l in #14
• Improvements to openPMD output by @AngelFP in #15
• Restructure code by @AngelFP in #16
• Change geometry of fields to thetaMode in openPMD output by @AngelFP in #18
• the user can pass a function for the plasma density ramp profile by @delaossa in #19
• Implement rho and chi deposition of plasma particles in Baxevanis solver by @AngelFP in #20
• Code cleaning by @AngelFP in #21
• Switch to new build system using pyproject.toml by @AngelFP in #22
• Implement new a_i b_i solver in Baxevanis model by @AngelFP in #23
• Envelope_solver implementation by @wdenhertog in #24
• Code cleanup by @wdenhertog in #25
• Improvements to quasistatic model by @AngelFP in #26
• Add support for parabolic plasma channel by @AngelFP in #27
• Add support for more laser pulse profiles by @AngelFP in #28
• Force chi=0 at n=-1 when laser starts outside of the plasma by @AngelFP in #29
• Correct calculation of beam space charge in Baxevanis solver by @AngelFP in #30
• Make sure species arrays are contiguous by @AngelFP in #32
• Fix laser initialization by @AngelFP in #36
• adding z dependance to parabolic_coefficient by @rob-shalloo in #31
• Rename laser output fields by @AngelFP in #33
• Implement laser envelope model (plus extras) by @AngelFP in #37
• Fix bug in Beamline when using out_initial=True by @AngelFP in #38
• Add documentation page by @AngelFP in #39
• Add show method to ParticleBunch by @AngelFP in #40
• Make dz_fields equal to simulation box length by default by @AngelFP in #41
• Change default n_out and fix crash by @AngelFP in #42
• Set laser_evolution=True by default by @AngelFP in #43
• Add tutorials by @AngelFP in #44
• Require Python >= 3.7 by @MaxThevenet in #45
• Improve functionality of save_bunch_to_file by @AngelFP in #46
• Speed up calculate_psi and calculate_b_theta by @AngelFP in #61
• Avoid repeated sorting of plasma particles by @AngelFP in #62
• Add total charge to bunch diagnostics by @AngelFP in #63
• Add tests by @AngelFP in #64
• Simplify method in envelope solver by @AngelFP in #65
• Add workflow to publish to PyPI on release by @AngelFP in #67
• Release 0.5.0 by @AngelFP in #68

New Contributors

• @ax3l made their first contribution in #13
• @delaossa made their first contribution in #19
• @wdenhertog made their first contribution in #24
• @rob-shalloo made their first contribution in #31
• @MaxThevenet made their first contribution in #45

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0