Release 24.04

24.04

• A new test_screening_templated unit test was added -- this
  works with any of the templated networks. (#1525)

• A lot of small code clean-ups from clang-tidy (#1516, #1518, #1519, #1520,
  #1522)

• The NSE solver was optimized (#1503, #1504, #1506, #1507, #1508)

• The integrator code was synced up between implementations, fixing
  a bug in the RKC retry tolerances (#1513)

• A reinterpret_cast in rhs.H was removed (#1435)

Release 24.03

24.03

• pivoting in the linear algebra routines can now be disabled
  (#1454)

• the scaling of the energy derivatives in the Jacobian when
  running with integrator.scale_system=1 has been fixed (#1479)

• added a new linear algebra unit test (#1493)

• when building with HIP we disable forced inlining (#1490)

• improved the energy update with NSE and remove unused terms
  (#1483, #1484, #1485)

• remove using namespace amrex from most headers (#1465, #1474)

• updated the pynucastro networks to pynucastro 2.2.0 (#1470)

• fixed an error code check in the VODE integrator (#1472)

• added a zone-by-zone retry capability to the burner (#969)

Release 24.02

24.02

• Lots of general code cleaning from coverity and clang-tidy
  (#1450, #1452, #1453, #1460, #1459, #1457, #1458)

• Fixed a bug in the VODE pivoting when a cached Jacobian is used
  (#1456)

• Added reverse rates to CNO_extras (#1445)

• Sync networks up with pynucastro to get constexpr mion/bion
  (#1437)

• NSE+SDC improvements (#1431)

• Start of moving the runtime parameters from globals to structs
  (#1422)

Release 24.01

24.01

• The quantum corrections for the Chabrier screening are
  now optional (#1428)

• We've replaced std::pow() with amrex::Math::powi for integer
  powers for better GPU performance (#1432)

• in_nse now works with an eos_t for tabular NSE (#1424)

• There are a new set of interfaces for inverting the EOS when
  we are in NSE (with the tabular NSE) that consistently find
  T and the composition (#1405, #1430)

• The NSE table now uses finer spacing (#1427)

• The SDC+NSE update for tabular NSE is now based on a 2nd-order
  Runge-Kutta method (#1415)

• An additional check on molar fractions was added to
  self-consistent NSE to determine if we are in NSE (#1417)

• The NSE table interface was changed (#1404, #1418)

• A script that checks if a network is compatible with
  self-consistent NSE was added (#1416)

• constant T evolution was fixed (#1408)

• An unsafe reinterpret_cast was removed from linear algebra (#1412)

• Methods for computing T derivatives of an NSE table quantity were
  added (#1407)

Microphysics 23.12

23.12

• The SDC+NSE update now includes plasma neutrino losses (#1357,
  #1400)

• The default tabular NSE interpolation is now cubic (#1399)

• Self-consistent NSE now requires chabrier1998 or null screening
  (#1398)

• A new network, subch_base, was added that further simplifies
  subch_simple (#1393)

• A slightly larger network for Urca was added (#1365)

• A new NSE table was added. This is generated via pynucastro and
  there is a python script that can be used to regenerate it (#1350)

• A bug was fixed in the neutrino cooling that was introduced in an
  optimization last release (#1380)

Microphysics 23.11

23.11

• The sneut5 neutrino cooling term was cleaned up (#1371, #1372,
  #1373, #1374, #1375, #1377, #1378, #1379)

• The number of predictor-corrector iterations for the SDC+NSE algorithm
  is now a runtime parameter (#1370)

• The Urca network now includes a more accurate rate for neutron decay
  and electon-capture onto a proton. (#1359)

• The He-C-Fe-group network now includes the positron parts of the
  weak reaction rates (#1360)

• A check was added to ensure that the helm_table.dat is valid on
  reading (#1355)

Microphysics 23.10

23.10

• The simplified-SDC and true-SDC code paths for integration
  have been merged (#1338, #1340, #1341).

• All pynucastro networks have been updated with the latest
  version of pynucastro (2.1.0) (#1342)

• The neutrino cooling terms now use templating on derivatives
  (#1329)

• NUM_EXTRA_SPECIES was removed (#1321)

Release 23.09

Microphysics 23.09

Release 23.08

Microphysics 23.08

Release 23.07

Microphysics 23.07