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GammaLib: GammaLib-00-09-00 release

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen over 9 years ago

The GammaLib version 0.9.0 has been released.

The release includes the following changes:
  • Add energy dispersion to CTA module
  • Add pointing table support to CTA module
  • Add event filtering for binned analysis
  • Add +=, -=, *= and /= operators to GSkymap
  • Add integration status tracking to GIntegral
  • Add GCTAExposure and GCTAMeanPsf classes
  • Add ts and tscalc attributes to GModel and use them in models
  • Add manipulation methods to GCTAResponseTable
  • Add read(), write() and save() methods to GCTAPsf2D and GCTAPsfKing
  • Add classname() method to all classes
  • Add utc() methods to GTime class
  • Add hierachical element access methods to GXml and GXmlNode
  • Add table creation and saving methods to GCsv class
  • Add predefined entity support to XML module
  • Read/write altitude and azimuth attributes of CTA data
  • Refactor CTA response class, add GCTAResponseCube class
  • Improve CTA response computation for extended models
  • Implement CTA stacked analysis
  • Optimize CTA binned and stacked analysis
  • LM optimizer now allows logL decreases up to 1.0
  • Load events only when needed into GCTAObservation
  • Implement full automatic typecasting in Python module
  • Fill DETX and DETY values in GCTAResponseIrf::mc
  • Rename GCTAModelBackground to GCTAModelCubeBackground
  • Rename GCTAModelInstBackground to GCTAModelIrfBackground
  • Rename GIntegral::romb() to GIntegral::romberg()
  • Correctly take into account logfile name change in Python
  • Correctly use DETX/DETY in radians in GCTAInstDir
  • Introduce class codes to avoid dynamic type casting
  • Remove error computation from optimization
  • Add GOptimize::errors() method for error computation
  • Add support for user and save CTA energy thresholds
  • Several bug corrections

ctools: ctools mailing list

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen over 9 years ago

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ctools: 3rd coding sprint at MPIK, Heidelberg

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen almost 10 years ago

The third ctools coding sprint will take place at MPIK, Heidelberg (Germany) in the week 7-11 July 2014. For more information, please check the page https://cta-redmine.irap.omp.eu/projects/ctools/wiki/Third_coding_sprint.

ctools: ctools-00-07-01 release

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen about 10 years ago

ctools-00-06-01 was just released.

This is a bug fix release. The following bug fixes are included:

  • Added missing hyphens in pfiles synchronisation section (#1091)
  • Add configuration test script (#1091)
  • Correctly filter instrument and id attributes in ctobssim
  • Use reworked GCaldb for calibration data access (#1116)

ctools-00-07-01 requires GammaLib-00-08-01.

GammaLib: GammaLib-00-08-01 release

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen about 10 years ago

The GammaLib version 0.8.1 has been released.

This is a bug fix release that includes the following changes:

  • Added missing hyphens in pfiles synchronisation section (#1091)
  • Add configuration test script (#1091)
  • GModelSky, GCTAModelBackground and GCTAModelRadialAcceptance write id attribute into XML file (#1092)
  • Add GChatter typedef to Python interface
  • GAMMALIB_CALDB takes precedence over CALDB environment variable (#1094)
  • Added vo module and GVOClient class to Python interface
  • Track results of Python unit tests (#1119)
  • Clean-up calibration database interface (#1102)
  • Correct 2D PSF Monte-Carlo simulations (#1128)
  • Correct deadtime computation for CTA non point source response (#1133)

ctools: 2nd code sprint at DESY (Zeuthen)

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen about 10 years ago

The second ctools/gammalib code sprint will take place from the 27th to the 31st of January of 2014 at DESY (Zeuthen, Germany). Please have a look at https://cta-redmine.irap.omp.eu/projects/ctools/wiki/Second_coding_sprint for more information.

ctools: ctools-00-07-00 release

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen about 10 years ago

The ctools package version 0.7.0 has been released.

  • Adapt to GammaLib-00-08-00 interface
  • ctobssim now only simulates events within ROI and supports all kinds of data space models; time slice durations are determined based on source flux
  • ctbin now implements LIN and FILE binning algorithms
  • ctbin, ctskymap and ctmodel now generate maps with increasing longitude to the left
  • Update parameter files if necessary

ctools-00-07-00 requires GammaLib-00-08-00.

GammaLib: GammaLib-00-08-00 release

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen about 10 years ago

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

ctools: ctools-00-06-00 release

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen about 11 years ago

ctools-00-06-00 was just released.

The release includes the following changes:

  • Add ctmodel tool
  • Add usepnt parameter to ctselect
  • Adapt to GammaLib-00-07-00 interface
  • Correct ctobssim usage of seed value

ctools-00-06-00 requires GammaLib-00-07-00.

GammaLib: GammaLib-00-07-00 release

Added by Knödlseder Jürgen about 11 years ago

GammaLib-00-07-00 was just released.

The release includes the following changes:

  • Add base module for interface classes
  • Introduce GBase from which almost all classes derive
  • Add dependency tracking for Python interface
  • Add COMPTEL instrument interface
  • Open FITS image using the equivalent data type
  • Refactor CTA response classes
  • Define new instrument response interface
  • Add GSource class
  • File locking failures do no longer throw exceptions
  • Optimize GNodeArray computations and add unit tests
  • Add handling of undefined and NaN values to GPar class
  • Add GPhotons photon container class
  • Implement mc(), flux() and eflux() for all spectral models
  • Rework GTime interface and introduce GTimeReference class
  • Add GModelSpectralLogParabola spectral model

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