GammaLib

The GammaLib version 0.8.0 has been released.

The release includes the following changes:

• Major review of public interfaces of all classes
• Reorganize sky models
• Introduce GContainer interface class
• Add Virtual Observatory support
• Introduce GUrl classes for transparent URL handling
• Make use of GUrl class in XML I/O
• Optimize computations
• Introduce gammalib namespace for constants and functions
• GModelSpatialDiffuseCube reads ENERGIES extension
• Add sky region handling
• Add on/off analysis support for CTA
• Add xspec interface support
• Rework registry classes to remove memory leaks on termination
• Add support for variable-length FITS columns
• Generalise GSkyPixel to 1D and 2D pixelisations
• Added King profile PSF for CTA
• Reorganise GOptimizerPars class and add GOptimizerPar class
• Put likelihood computation in GObservation class
• Add broken power law spectral model
• Add Gaussian spectral model
• Update parameter files if necessary
• Implement exact sky map pixel solid angle computation
• Rename the following classes:
  • GWcs ⇒ GSkyProjection
  • GWcslib ⇒ GWcs
  • GWcsHPX ⇒ GHealpix
  • GPar ⇒ GApplicationPar
  • GPars ⇒ GApplicationPars