25.10

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.10
• pyAMReX: 25.10
• PICSAR-QED: 25.06
• pybind11: 3.0.1
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6146
• More readable code in PushPX, PushXPSingleStep by @EZoni in #6113
• FieldGather: Enable Lower D by @ax3l in #6127
• Docs: Fix HTTP Error 403 by @EZoni in #6151
• Change y to z in WarpX 2D examples by @RemiLehe in #6152
• remove unnecessary input param from ImplicitPushXP() by @JustinRayAngus in #6148
• UB sanitizer test : print stack trace for easier debugging by @lucafedeli88 in #6153
• Python: MultiFabRegister::list by @ax3l in #6164
• Pre-Build AMReX: RCylindrical, RSphere by @ax3l in #6163
• Cleanup/streamline ImplicitPushXPSubOrbits() by @JustinRayAngus in #6160
• move detailed print for implicit solvers to base class. by @JustinRayAngus in #6168
• ImplicitPushPX: fix maybe-uninitialized warning by @lucafedeli88 in #6172
• Implicit gamma inverse function by @JustinRayAngus in #6170
• Implementation of Bremsstrahlung collisions by @dpgrote in #5537
• Dependencies: weekly update by @github-actions[bot] in #6171
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6173
• Diagnostics: pass particle container by const ref to (slightly) reduce reliance on WarpX::GetInstance by @lucafedeli88 in #5712
• Fix loading photons from openPMD file by @aeriforme in #6155
• PSATD: OMP Parallelize Data Packing and Unpacking by @WeiqunZhang in #6167
• Suppress GCC -Warray-bounds warnings by @EZoni in #6088
• Fix minor bugs in script to update dependencies by @EZoni in #6150
• MF Register Direction: Descriptive Members by @ax3l in #6162
• Add example of basic python input file by @dpgrote in #6149
• CI: debug autoupdate workflows by @EZoni in #6122
• MANIFEST.in: dependencies.json by @ax3l in #6179
• Python: Remove Deprecated multifab Overload by @ax3l in #6180
• Fix ablastr::utils::write_used_inputs_file by @WeiqunZhang in #6165
• add option to modify particle update on initial Newton step by @JustinRayAngus in #6169
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #6182
• New SubcyclingHalf enum for subcycling algorithm by @EZoni in #6174
• Allow phi output with non-ES solvers by @roelof-groenewald in #5872
• use span to allocate mesh data by default by @guj in #6123
• Doc: Frontier Plotfile Options by @ax3l in #5962
• MacroscopicEvolveE: pass macroscopic_solver_algo to MacroscopicEvolveE as a parameter instead of using WarpX::macroscopic_solver_algo by @lucafedeli88 in #5770
• Add Python hook to change do_no_gather and do_not_deposit value for particle container by @roelof-groenewald in #6190
• Move PushType enum to WarpXAlgorithmSelection.H by @EZoni in #6187
• Add CI test to read particles from openPMD by @RemiLehe in #5937
• Fix Warning: GNU 11 + NVCC 11.7 by @ax3l in #6193
• Python: load_inputs_file by @ax3l in #6154
• Dependencies: weekly update by @github-actions[bot] in #6196
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6198
• Add time-varying external fields by @SeverinDiederichs in #6194
• Fix a bug in the 2d mode of the IGF solver by @WeiqunZhang in #6199
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #6201
• Fix: Config.precision by @ax3l in #6200
• Update Polaris install scripts by @roelof-groenewald in #6178
• Add option to have the process number of each box in the output by @atmyers in #6177
• Update the "X" in ASCII art "WarpX" text to look more like our new logo by @lucafedeli88 in #6185
• Docs: fix link to input files by @aeriforme in #6204
• Some cleaning of the #include directives by @lucafedeli88 in #6209
• Use a different name for Breit-Wheeler-specific functions by @RemiLehe in #6208
• Binary collisions: move two-product initialization out of the fusion folder by @RemiLehe in #6212
• DSMC: rename m_ioniz_product to m_product by @RemiLehe in #6211
• LinearBreitWheelerCollisionFunc.H and LinearComptonCollisionFunc.H : remove unnecessary #include of the WarpX header by @lucafedeli88 in #6217
• Some cleaning of the #include directives (II) by @lucafedeli88 in #6216
• Initial Box Splitting (Profile): NRandomPerCell by @ax3l in #6159
• Dependencies: weekly update by @github-actions[bot] in #6224
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6228
• Add rotation to Gaussian beam initialization by @aeriforme in #4767
• Use shuffling to avoid N^2 computation in luminosity calculation by @atmyers in #6192
• AddParticles.cpp : fix "maybe-uninitialized" issue for variable XDim3 r by @lucafedeli88 in #6230
• Rename WarpXParticleContainer's member variable mass to m_mass by @EZoni in #6232
• Implicit particle suborbits refactor. by @JustinRayAngus in #6202
• Fix input file of photon pusher test by @EZoni in #6235
• MusclHancockUtils.H: remove unnecessary min3 and max3 helper functions by @lucafedeli88 in #6234
• Add error message for non-supported scattering processes in DSMC by @roelof-groenewald in #6236
• WarpX class: remove unnecessary getPMLRZ() method from WarpX class by @lucafedeli88 in #6237
• WarpX class: move UpdateInjectionPosition method to anonymous namespace in WarpXMovingWindow.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #6238
• Fix position update for flux of photons by @EZoni in #6231
• Only allow Gaussian beam rotation in 3D and 2D XZ by @aeriforme in #6242
• WarpX class: remove unused variables plotfile_headerversion and slice_plotfile_headerversion by @lucafedeli88 in #6244
• SpectralFieldData, SpectralFieldDataRZ, SpectralSolver : move implementation of some methods from the header to the cpp file by @lucafedeli88 in #6226
• Shared deposition not implemented in RCYLINDER and RSPHERE geometries by @EZoni in #6213
• Docs: fix two broken links by @aeriforme in #6246
• Release: WarpX 25.10 by @github-actions[bot] in #6239

Full Changelog: 25.09...25.10

25.09

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.09
• pyAMReX: 25.09
• PICSAR-QED: 25.06
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• Add tutorials section in documentation by @aeriforme in #6065
• Refactor ReadBCParams by @lucafedeli88 in #5767
• Update to use the correct stencils in FieldPoyntingFlux by @dpgrote in #6060
• Fix external field reading, in RZ geometry by @RemiLehe in #6069
• Fix mislabeled diagnostic output for macroscopic media by @bnara in #6072
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6075
• CI: Remove Hard-Coded Path to Checksum Files by @EZoni in #5888
• Dependencies: weekly update by @EZoni in #6074
• Add full mass matrices for charge-conserving Villasenor deposition by @JustinRayAngus in #6021
• Several fixes for warnings from doxygen by @dpgrote in #6076
• Python: Precision & SIMD in Config by @ax3l in #6089
• Load density from openPMD file by @WeiqunZhang in #6062
• Docs: Hide tutorial chapter title from front page by @EZoni in #6070
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6099
• Updated output for quadratic rho and J time dependencies by @oshapoval in #6093
• Doc Tuo (LLNL): Small Typos by @ax3l in #6100
• Dependencies: weekly update by @EZoni in #6098
• Automated workflows for weekly update and monthly release by @EZoni in #6054
• Add WarpX logo in the ReadTheDocs documentation by @RemiLehe in #6101
• CMake: WarpX_SIMD in C++20 or Newer by @ax3l in #6086
• CMake: Fix Fast-Math with Pre-built AMReX by @ax3l in #6096
• Doxygen: remove obsolete macros from Doxyfile by @EZoni in #6079
• used perform data write in all BTD cases by @guj in #5963
• CuPY not compatible with cython 3.1 by @titoiride in #5991
• Refactor Implicit parameters in readthedocs by @JustinRayAngus in #6095
• Tuolumne (LLNL): Jobscript Updates by @ax3l in #6105
• Add linear Compton scattering by @aeriforme in #5878
• Added 1D & 2D CI test with loading density from .h5 file by @oshapoval in #6106
• Add recent papers citing/using WarpX by @RemiLehe in #6111
• Update WarpX's high-level description by @RemiLehe in #6103
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6114
• CI: edit permissions for autoupdate workflows by @EZoni in #6112
• Update the embedded documentation hyperlink for parallelization info to a working URL by @Noerr in #6108
• Fix openPMD output of "eb_covered" in RZ geometry by @RemiLehe in #6110
• Add verbosity flag for diagnostics by @roelof-groenewald in #6092
• CI: debug autoupdate workflows (GitHub Actions) by @EZoni in #6115
• Implicit push cleanup by @JustinRayAngus in #6120
• Linear Compton follow-up 1 by @aeriforme in #6119
• Add CI load density RZ by @oshapoval in #6118
• Update the WarpX intro page by @RemiLehe in #6124
• Update acknowledgment slide by @aeriforme in #6104
• Set synchronize_velocity_for_diagnostics = true by @dpgrote in #5821
• created an ImplicitOptions struct to pass into Evolve(). by @JustinRayAngus in #6116
• Fix --skip-fields behavior when running default regression test by @aeriforme in #6129
• CI: workaround for macOS issue by @EZoni in #6136
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6133
• FlushFormat int comp writing by @JustinRayAngus in #6130
• Implement particle suborbits for the implicit solver by @dpgrote in #5969
• Update picmi.py by @yanghf263 in #6137
• Documentation: update in adastra documentation by @grobertdautun in #6135
• Release: WarpX 25.09 by @github-actions[bot] in #6132

New Contributors

• @Noerr made their first contribution in #6108
• @github-actions[bot] made their first contribution in #6132

Full Changelog: 25.08...25.09

25.08

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.08
• pyAMReX: 25.08
• PICSAR-QED: 25.06
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• SYCL: Turn on AOT in CI and Update MKL by @WeiqunZhang in #6007
• Add function to get total kinetic energy for a given species by @roelof-groenewald in #5943
• Fix temperature deposition thread safety by @clarkse in #6001
• Moved particle creation routines into a new file by @dpgrote in #5997
• Rename np_current variable for more clarity by @EZoni in #6008
• Update dane scripts by @dpgrote in #6009
• Further optimizations for the binary collision module by @atmyers in #5981
• Initial partition based particle density profile by @WeiqunZhang in #5812
• Remove unused file from binary collisions module by @atmyers in #6015
• adding total iteration count to the nonlinear diagnostic file. by @JustinRayAngus in #6013
• Enable general weight scaling for radial particle distributions by @dpgrote in #5009
• fields.py relies on MultiFab global indexing by @dpgrote in #5407
• Fix energy and momentum conservation after pair wise Coulomb collisions by @dpgrote in #5932
• Update install direction in dane_warpx.profile.example by @dpgrote in #6010
• Fix GCC 8: stdc++fs by @ax3l in #5990
• PsatdAlgorithmRZ: Fix uninitialized member variable by @WeiqunZhang in #6017
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #6026
• CMake: ABLASTR/WarpX/AMReX SIMD by @ax3l in #5966
• fixed index for gmres_iter in 1d planar pinch analysis script by @JustinRayAngus in #6023
• correct step for writing of diagnostic file for the Picard nonlinear … by @JustinRayAngus in #6024
• refactored how to reflect/set Rho and J at PEC/PMC boundaries. by @JustinRayAngus in #5909
• ensure time solver-dependent alpha is set correctly in the curl-curl PC. by @JustinRayAngus in #6022
• permit CurlCurlMLMG with PEC and SilverMueller BCs. by @JustinRayAngus in #6027
• Added 1D Pierce Diode CI test by @oshapoval in #5999
• add comment about why tiling is not permitted. by @JustinRayAngus in #6029
• SymPy > 1.12.1 yield wrong results in PSATD symbolic notebooks by @EZoni in #5968
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6020
• Weekly update of dependencies by @EZoni in #6032
• Update perlmutter.rst by @truewis in #6018
• Bug fix: Mixed precision builds fail due to conflicting types by @roelof-groenewald in #6028
• PlasmaInjector.H: Hide openPMD.hpp by @ax3l in #6016
• Add --release option to script for update of dependencies by @EZoni in #6033
• Fix string concatenation in assert by @AlexanderSinn in #6040
• Update dependencies by @EZoni in #6043
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6046
• Doc: openPMD Airplane Mode by @ax3l in #6044
• Doxygen CI: Warnings as Error by @ax3l in #3560
• Run test_2d_theta_implicit_strang_psatd test on one processor by @dpgrote in #6050
• Doxygen: No Python by @ax3l in #6052
• Ascent 0.9.3 by @ax3l in #6051
• Tools: improve automated dependencies update by @EZoni in #6038
• Doc: oneAPI Requirements by @ax3l in #6055
• Updating initialization of external vector potential based fields to … by @clarkse in #6047
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #6059
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #6064
• Minor refactoring of PIC loop extracted from PR 5955 by @EZoni in #6012
• CMake: Add WarpX_FASTMATH by @ax3l in #6057
• WarpX 25.08 by @EZoni in #6066

New Contributors

• @truewis made their first contribution in #6018

Full Changelog: 25.07...25.08

25.07

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.07
• pyAMReX: 25.07
• PICSAR-QED: 25.04
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• Deactivate failing Windows CI workflow by @RemiLehe in #5934
• Implement particle_max_grid_crossings by @dpgrote in #5866
• Bugfix: Hybrid-pic restart causing inconsistencies by @roelof-groenewald in #5906
• Fix checksum failure in LASY test by @RemiLehe in #5941
• Simplify logic in the DSMC code by @RemiLehe in #5910
• Dependencies: Weekly Update by @EZoni in #5939
• Use the correct copy functor for DSMC impact ionization by @RemiLehe in #5940
• Run sanitizer test in double precision by @RemiLehe in #5936
• [Hackathon] Refactor ParserUtils and IntervalsParser by @WeiqunZhang in #5254
• Move RelativeCellPosition.H/cpp from Utils to ablastr/utils by @lucafedeli88 in #5898
• Enable Collocated grid Solve for Ohm's Law Hybrid solver by @clarkse in #5838
• Treat DSMC charge exchange as a product-producing process by @oshapoval in #5908
• Updating documentation to clarify that certain callbacks are not exec… by @clarkse in #5954
• Mini-PR: Fix outdated line in documentation by @roelof-groenewald in #5951
• Use step to determine collision execution rather than time by @roelof-groenewald in #5944
• Switch Windows Clang test to windows-2022 by @RemiLehe in #5930
• Adding flags to field initializer objects in PICMI to control project… by @clarkse in #5956
• CI: Fix Skipped Required Workflows (again) by @EZoni in #5907
• Update reference to new paper by @RemiLehe in #5883
• Move WarpX::ErrorEst from Utils/WarpXTagging.cpp to WarpX.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5897
• LLNL (LC) Tioga w/o MI300A by @ax3l in #5970
• CI: improve paths exclusion filters by @EZoni in #5972
• Doc LLNL (LC) Tuolumne by @ax3l in #5971
• CI: fix Open MPI bug in Azure pipelines by @EZoni in #5973
• Update picmi.py to clarify the effect of holmstrom_vacuum_region by @yanghf263 in #5977
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5948
• RZ: GPU-Side Abort in FDTD by @ax3l in #5974
• Aurora setup by @zippylab in #5979
• Add feature running variance deposition by @clarkse in #5811
• Clang UB sanitizer CI test: increase coverage by @lucafedeli88 in #5597
• Adds emojis to issues template names by @aeriforme in #5964
• Tuolumne (LLNL): AMReX Memory Release by @ax3l in #5982
• Tools: simplify workflows for commit, version updates by @EZoni in #5965
• Add new paper using WarpX to highlights by @roelof-groenewald in #5989
• CMake: Fix Superbuilds by @ax3l in #5993
• Splitting: Remove pc_tmp by @ax3l in #5992
• Allow rigid free-drift in transverse coordinates by @bnara in #5986
• Fixing initialization of external vector potential when using periodi… by @clarkse in #5988
• Add new paper using WarpX for Hall thruster simulations by @RemiLehe in #5995
• Reduce kernel sizes by @roelof-groenewald in #5994
• Infrastructure for using full mass matrices in the implicit solvers by @JustinRayAngus in #5929
• FullDiagnostics.cpp : use WARPX_ABORT_WITH_MESSAGE instead of std::cout by @lucafedeli88 in #6000
• Remove inclusion of unused header ablastr/parallelization/KernelTimer.H by @lucafedeli88 in #6002
• Fix moving-window subvolume field output by @bnara in #5985
• Release: 25.07 by @EZoni in #5996

New Contributors

• @yanghf263 made their first contribution in #5977
• @zippylab made their first contribution in #5979

Full Changelog: 25.06...25.07

25.06

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.06
• pyAMReX: 25.06
• PICSAR-QED: 25.04
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• Add new references using WarpX by @RemiLehe in #5879
• adastra-cines/submit.sh: updated job script example by @grobertdautun in #5850
• use verbose flag in nonlinear solvers for Print() lines. by @JustinRayAngus in #5881
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5887
• Scale the charge/current in RZ geometry when folding high-radius guard cells into domain by @RemiLehe in #5886
• Update frontier_warpx.profile.example by @titoiride in #5885
• WarpXFluidContainer::InitData : pass parameters as function arguments instead of using static variables of the WarpX class by @lucafedeli88 in #5787
• Move auxiliary function CountExtFaces from WarpX header to anonymous namespace in WarpXFaceExtensions by @lucafedeli88 in #5800
• moving Implicit routines from WarpX class to base ImplicitSolver class by @JustinRayAngus in #5882
• Dependencies: Weekly Update by @EZoni in #5884
• Fix direction in spacecraft chargining picmi script by @RevathiJambunathan in #5891
• adding limit_verbose_step flag. by @JustinRayAngus in #5880
• Add 1d cylinder and sphere by @dpgrote in #5189
• Implementing PETSc interface for preconditioned linear solves by @debog in #5856
• Exposing mf register by @RevathiJambunathan in #5846
• PML_RZ: don't use warpx static variables directly by @lucafedeli88 in #5893
• Remove superfluous if condition in impact ionization by @RemiLehe in #5895
• AcceleratorLattice.cpp: fix typo in a comment by @lucafedeli88 in #5903
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5904
• Dependencies: Weekly Update by @EZoni in #5900
• CI: Fix Skipped Required Workflows by @EZoni in #5889
• Pass Efield as optional argument to computePhi by @roelof-groenewald in #5871
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5911
• Dependencies: Weekly Update by @EZoni in #5912
• CI: Update PETSc Workflows by @EZoni in #5914
• Fix table in Docs/source/developers/dimensionality.rst by @dpgrote in #5920
• Add new paper by @RemiLehe in #5921
• For FieldEnergy, use validbox instead of tilebox for the volume factor by @dpgrote in #5922
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5924
• remove erroneous use of is_tangent_to_bndy in SetRhoOrJfieldFromPEC() by @JustinRayAngus in #5905
• permit particle shape = 3 and 4 with mass matrices. by @JustinRayAngus in #5919
• Add new field diagnostic that indicates whether a given cell is covered by the EB or not by @RemiLehe in #5925
• Release: 25.06 by @EZoni in #5933

Full Changelog: 25.05...25.06

25.05

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.05
• pyAMReX: 25.05
• PICSAR-QED: 25.04
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• CI tests: re-enable clang thread sanitizer test by @lucafedeli88 in #5826
• adding infrastructure for computing the mass matrices to be used by the implicit EM solvers by @JustinRayAngus in #5768
• Add new paper using WarpX for astrophysical plasmas by @RemiLehe in #5834
• CI: Fix Bugs with lasy 0.6.1 by @EZoni in #5836
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5835
• updating reference for weighted-particle Coulomb collisions. by @JustinRayAngus in #5837
• Dependencies: Weekly Update by @EZoni in #5833
• print statement for LB by @RevathiJambunathan in #5808
• CI: Remove Obsolete geometry.is_periodic from Input File by @EZoni in #5840
• Use pyamrex in spacecraft charging example by @RemiLehe in #4817
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5844
• pyproject: CMake 4 is fine by @ax3l in #5845
• Dependencies: Weekly Update by @EZoni in #5841
• Tests: amrex.the_arena_init_size=0 by @ax3l in #5785
• WarpX class: coalesce the 4 declarations of ComputeExternalFieldOnGridUsingParser into one by @lucafedeli88 in #5730
• Add photon-photon collisions (linear Breit-Wheeler) by @aeriforme in #3630
• Complete Implementation of PSATD JRhom Algorithm by @oshapoval in #5682
• WarpX class: move WriteUsedInputsFile to an anonymous namespace in WarpXInitData.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5657
• WarpX class: move StoreCurrent and RestoreCurrent to anonymous namespace inside WarpXEvolve.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5747
• Dependencies: Weekly Update by @EZoni in #5857
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5858
• CurrentDeposition.H : remove "#include WarpX.H" , pass global parameters as arguments instead by @lucafedeli88 in #5806
• Move ApplyBCKCorrection from WarpX header to anonymous namespace in WarpXFaceExtensions.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5590
• WarnManager.cpp : display informations of warning causing warpx to stop by @grobertdautun in #5825
• WarpX class: move CheckKnownIssues class to anonymous namespace in WarpXInitData.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5674
• Clang-tidy CI tests: add 2 new checks by @lucafedeli88 in #5772
• Fix bug with double counting of guard cell values in effective potential ES solver by @roelof-groenewald in #5863
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5864
• Rename linear Breit-Wheeler test and add explanation by @aeriforme in #5854
• PML_RZ.cpp: don't use WarpX::GetInstance() by @lucafedeli88 in #5869
• Remove buggy synchronization at end of steps by @dpgrote in #5820
• Check that species involved in linear Breit-Wheeler are photons by @RemiLehe in #5848
• Unify user-input names between nuclear fusion and linear Breit-Wheeler by @aeriforme in #5853
• Reduce duplication in linear Breit-Wheeler by reusing code from fusion, DSMC by @RemiLehe in #5849
• Fix DSMC typo for non-product producing processes by @RemiLehe in #5873
• Release: 25.05 by @EZoni in #5865
• Adding python bindings and a helper setter/getter object in python to… by @clarkse in #5876
• Fix Random Engine constructor for GPU compilation by @RevathiJambunathan in #5877
• Handle impact ionization for cases where the non-target incident species is not in the products by @RemiLehe in #5852

Full Changelog: 25.04...25.05

25.04

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.04
• PICSAR-QED: 25.04
• pyAMReX: 25.04
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• WarpX class : move UpdateCurrentNodalToStag to anonymous namespace in WarpXComm.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5672
• WarpX class: move AllocateCenteringCoefficients to anonymous namespace in WarpX.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5666
• Make labels with math text raw strings since they behave better by @dpgrote in #5740
• Remove temporary particle container by @EZoni in #5571
• WarpX class : current_centering_* variables no longer static by @lucafedeli88 in #5641
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5749
• HybridPICModel : pass m_fields as an argument to InitData() to reduce reliance on WarpX::GetInstance() by @lucafedeli88 in #5744
• WarpXInitData: eliminate WarpX::GetInstance from WarpX::ReadExternalFieldFromFile by @lucafedeli88 in #5745
• AcceleratorLattice: avoid using WarpX::GetInstance() by @lucafedeli88 in #5746
• PML: pass m_fields as an argument to the constructor to rely less on WarpX::GetInstance() by @lucafedeli88 in #5743
• WarpX and PML headers: remove unused fieldFactory() methods by @lucafedeli88 in #5679
• [mini] Cleanup remaining mention of the tmp_particle_container by @RemiLehe in #5756
• Fix parser function string in MCCCollision by @WeiqunZhang in #5754
• Check if implicit diagnostics file exist before writing the header by @dpgrote in #5750
• Doc: BLAST-WarpX/warpx Links by @ax3l in #5757
• WarpX class: sort_particles_for_deposition and sort_idx_type no longer static by @lucafedeli88 in #5718
• Interfacing 1D CurlCurl from AMReX by @RevathiJambunathan in #5662
• added diagnostic_interval int for nonlinear solver diagnostic. by @JustinRayAngus in #5748
• OpenPMDHelpFunction.H: remove superfluous #include by @lucafedeli88 in #5765
• Extending preconditioners to handle a diagonal operator for E-field by @debog in #5716
• Doc: More Nsight Hints by @ax3l in #5764
• Lassen: No MPI 4+ Support by @ax3l in #5759
• For Python, wrap all input strings in double quotes. by @dpgrote in #5758
• Fix docstrings in WarpXEvolve and WarpXComm : /brief -> \brief by @lucafedeli88 in #5769
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5773
• CI: Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 in GitHub Actions, CUDA 11.7+ by @EZoni in #5731
• Fix a runtime parameter issue in time-averaged diagnostics by @WeiqunZhang in #5753
• Add more profiling instrumentation in the collision kernel by @RemiLehe in #5766
• Fix FieldPoyntingFlux diagnostic for GPU by @dpgrote in #5780
• Calculate global debye length for Coulomb collisions by @dpgrote in #5763
• HankelTransform : remove unnecessary #include "WarpX.H" by @lucafedeli88 in #5789
• change sign for imaginary part of xy in implicit gathers. by @JustinRayAngus in #5791
• Added BL_PROFILE statements to implicit solvers by @debog in #5783
• WarpX class: move PSATDSubtractCurrentPartialSumsAvg to anonymous namespace in WarpXPushFieldEM.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5781
• Add WarpX_UNITY_BUILD by @ax3l in #5702
• Add automated test for ion impact ionization by @RemiLehe in #5761
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5792
• Use KineticEnergy instead of getEnergy by @lucafedeli88 in #5786
• ParticleUtils.H: pass geometry as a parameter to findParticlesInEachCell instead on relying on WarpX::GetInstance() by @lucafedeli88 in #5771
• NuclearFusionFunc.H: remove superfluous include of the WarpX header by @lucafedeli88 in #5794
• ElectrostaticSolver.H: remove superfluous include of the WarpX header by @lucafedeli88 in #5795
• WarpX.cpp: remove some superfluous preprocessor directives by @lucafedeli88 in #5796
• direct gather routine for single vector field by @JustinRayAngus in #5776
• PoissonBoundaryHandler.H: remove #include "WarpX.H" by @lucafedeli88 in #5798
• ParticlesBoundaries.cpp: remove unnecessary #include "WarpX.H" by @lucafedeli88 in #5799
• Docs: add hint in how-to guide for checksum tool by @EZoni in #5663
• CI: Add Workflow to Run Jupyter Notebooks by @EZoni in #5696
• PartitionParticlesInBuffers : pass parameters as function arguments instead of using WarpX static variables by @lucafedeli88 in #5788
• Add Tyushev (2025) to highlights by @roelof-groenewald in #5801
• Fix bad memory access in 1D and 2D in VandB deposition by @dpgrote in #5809
• Fix new bug in particle BTD by @atmyers in #5813
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5815
• Update constants to use values from CODATA 2022 by @dpgrote in #5661
• CI: Fix Post-Job Ccache Error by @EZoni in #5823
• Weekly Update, Release 25.04 by @EZoni in #5814

Full Changelog: 25.03...25.04

25.03

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.03
• PICSAR-QED: 25.01
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• pyAMReX: 25.03
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5643
• RTD: Fix GA Integration by @ax3l in #5645
• Add MCC forward scattering by @budjensen in #5621
• Add PMC boundary conditions by @dpgrote in #5628
• Remove NamedComponentParticleContainer (Use from AMReX) by @atmyers in #5481
• Doc: New APL on Magnetic Reconnection by @ax3l in #5646
• Update highlights for Ma et al. PRAB oblique laser in RZ by @n01r in #5653
• Doc : MR paper highlight by @RevathiJambunathan in #5651
• Move Fornberg coefficients calculations from WarpX to ablastr by @lucafedeli88 in #5619
• WarpX class : em_solver_medium no longer a static variable by @lucafedeli88 in #5642
• Clang-tidy CI test: bump version from 16 to 17 by @lucafedeli88 in #5600
• WarpX class: moving initialization of warning manager to WarpXInit by @lucafedeli88 in #5579
• WarpX class: move shiftMF to anonymous namespace in WarpXMovingWindow.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5609
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5655
• Move several EB-related methods out of the WarpX class by @lucafedeli88 in #5630
• WarpX class: simplify return type of get_spectral_solver_fp using auto& by @lucafedeli88 in #5656
• Add reduced diagnostic: 2d differential luminosity by @aeriforme in #5545
• WarpX class: move SetDotMask to anonymous namespace in WarpX.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5644
• Update to latest AMReX version by @EZoni in #5669
• Add external particle fields ohms law hybrid by @clarkse in #5275
• Add PECInsulator to Curl-Curl BC by @dpgrote in #5667
• Perlmutter: SW Install Updates by @ax3l in #5648
• mini-PR: Cleanup in Ohm solver for readability by @roelof-groenewald in #5675
• WarpX class: fuse together doFieldIonization with doFieldIonization(lev) and doQEDEvents with doQEDEvents(lev) by @lucafedeli88 in #5671
• WarpX class: remove declaration of two unimplemented functions by @lucafedeli88 in #5670
• Fix plot_distribution_mapping.py for 2D by @atmyers in #5660
• WarpX class: move PrintDtDxDyDz to an anonymous namespace in WarpXInitData.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5658
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5680
• WarpX class: remove unused functions NodalSyncJ and NodalSyncRho by @lucafedeli88 in #5685
• Small fix in Perlmutter GPU sbatch script by @aeriforme in #5683
• Doc: PoP on Ion-Acoustic Solitions by @ax3l in #5686
• WarpX class: remove unused methods GetMacroscopicProperties and GetHybridPICModel by @lucafedeli88 in #5640
• Fix: AddPlasmaFlux w/ RT Components by @ax3l in #5694
• Doc: Helion Credits by @ax3l in #5688
• Doc: Frontier Update (Feb 18, 2025) by @ax3l in #5695
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5699
• PICMI Diagnostics settings: added handling method for ParticleHistogram2D in Reduced Diagnostics by @YifanWu-USTC in #5689
• Fixing bug that only applied last field in the list of external field… by @clarkse in #5690
• Adding hyper-resistivity expression, function of rho, B by @mattobin in #5692
• Add diagnostic file output for the implicit solvers by @dpgrote in #5464
• Documentation: update profile for Adastra supercomputer (CINES, France) by @lucafedeli88 in #5709
• Doc: ADIOS2 v2.10.2 by @ax3l in #5706
• Ionization.H : remove duplicate call to m_get_externalEB by @grobertdautun in #5710
• Add Python function to extract particles scraped during the last step. by @RemiLehe in #5711
• Move linear interpolation functions to ablastr by @lucafedeli88 in #5714
• Fix HIP CI by @atmyers in #5707
• Added support to use adios2's flatten_step by @guj in #5634
• pre-commit: set up clang-format hook by @EZoni in #5687
• Add Villasenor and Buneman current deposition with explicit scheme by @dpgrote in #5700
• Synchronize velocity for diagnostics by @dpgrote in #1751
• DSMC: Add impact ionization by @roelof-groenewald in #5654
• Readme.md : correct typo in Governance section ("High Performance Computing Foundation" --> "High Performance Software Foundation" ) by @lucafedeli88 in #5723
• Synchronize after copying in 2D reduced diagnostics by @aeriforme in #5726
• ABLASTR: Silence/Disable write_used_inputs_file by @ax3l in #5733
• acknowledgments.rst : corrected typo ("High Performance Computing Foundation" --> "High Performance Software Foundation" ) by @grobertdautun in #5724
• openPMD: no BP5 Group Based by @ax3l in #5735
• Python: setuptools[core] by @ax3l in #5736
• WarpX class: move out PSATDCurrentCorrection and PSATDVayDeposition by @lucafedeli88 in #5684
• Release 25.03 by @EZoni in #5734

New Contributors

• @YifanWu-USTC made their first contribution in #5689
• @mattobin made their first contribution in #5692
• @grobertdautun made their first contribution in #5710

Full Changelog: 25.02...25.03

25.02

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.02
• PICSAR-QED: 25.01
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• pyAMReX: 25.02
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• Make do_subcycling a private variable of the WarpX class by @lucafedeli88 in #5546
• CMake: ABLASTR FFT AMReX by @ax3l in #5548
• python callback at restart by @RevathiJambunathan in #5549
• Python: useful error when initialize_warpx not called before creating ParticleContainerWrapper by @archermarx in #5412
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5553
• Add doxygen documentation regarding is_igf_2d_slices by @aeriforme in #5556
• Update differential luminosity test by @aeriforme in #5555
• Pass gamma_boost as an argument to AcceleratorLattice and LatticeElementFinder by @lucafedeli88 in #5541
• Use amrex::getParticleCell More by @ax3l in #5557
• Containerfile by @sinha-r in #5141
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5564
• Doc: Update Frontier by @ax3l in #5570
• Fix restart for implicit simulations by @atmyers in #5489
• CI: install clang dependencies directly from LLVM by @EZoni in #5575
• Remove unused code from WarpX class constructor by @lucafedeli88 in #5572
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5580
• storePhiOnParticles: fix misplaced pragma omp parallel if by @lucafedeli88 in #5577
• New embedded boundary data structures in preparation for #5534 by @RemiLehe in #5574
• Doc: More Developer Packages by @ax3l in #5568
• Move CheckDims and ParseGeometryInput out of WarpXUtil by @lucafedeli88 in #5354
• WarpXUtil.H: remove unused function getCellCoordinates by @lucafedeli88 in #5583
• WarpX.cpp : move free function TagWithLevelSuffix inside WarpX::AllocInitMultiFab by @lucafedeli88 in #5582
• Modify stair-case approximation to the EB by @RemiLehe in #5534
• Use self_fields_verbosity value for magnetostatic solver by @roelof-groenewald in #5560
• Clean-up the analysis script by @oshapoval in #5586
• Use new stair-case approximation in hybrid solver by @RemiLehe in #5558
• WarpXInitEB: fix " int eb_update" shadowing "std::array< std::unique_ptramrex::iMultiFab,3> & eb_update" by @lucafedeli88 in #5591
• WarpX header: remove unused GetDistanceToEB function by @lucafedeli88 in #5589
• WarpX class: move ReorderFornbergCoefficients from WarpX.H to WarpX.cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5578
• Only allocate edge_lengths and face_areas when using the ECT solver by @RemiLehe in #5593
• Add automated test for particle absorption on new stair-case approximation by @RemiLehe in #5562
• openPMD-api: 0.16.1+ by @ax3l in #5375
• Maintainer: Weekly Update Script by @ax3l in #5565
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5607
• WarpX class: make psatd_solution_type a private member variable by @lucafedeli88 in #5602
• WarpX class: make zmax_plasma_to_compute_max_step a private member variable and remove do_compute_max_step_from_zmax by @lucafedeli88 in #5605
• WarpX class: make dt_update_interval a private member variable by @lucafedeli88 in #5603
• WarpX class: make safe_guard_cells a private member variable by @lucafedeli88 in #5599
• WarpX class: make do_divb_cleaning_external a private member variable by @lucafedeli88 in #5598
• WarpX class: make mirror-related variables private member variables by @lucafedeli88 in #5596
• Move checkEarlyUnusedParams from WarpX class to anonymous namespace by @lucafedeli88 in #5573
• Catch warpx not being initialized in library loader by @archermarx in #5567
• CI: CDash dashboard support by @EZoni in #5566
• Docs: configure conda to use only conda-forge by @EZoni in #5569
• Docs and issue templates: clarify usage of issues and discussions by @aeriforme in #5527
• Docs: improve "Workflows" section for developers by @EZoni in #5525
• Doc: Workflows -> How-To by @ax3l in #5608
• WarpX class: make verboncoeur_axis_correction a private member variable by @lucafedeli88 in #5604
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5610
• [mini] Fix stretch factor in Gaussian initialisation w/ spatial and angular chirps by @MaxThevenet in #5494
• Reduce particle shape when a particle approaches the EB by @oshapoval in #5209
• CDash: fix variables in CTestConfig.cmake by @EZoni in #5611
• Clang-tidy CI test: bump version from 15 to 16 by @lucafedeli88 in #5592
• WarpX class: evolve_scheme no longer a static variable by @lucafedeli88 in #5616
• WarpX class: ProjectionCleanDivB no longer static by @lucafedeli88 in #5615
• Remove unused SliceDiagnostic.H/cpp by @lucafedeli88 in #5617
• WarpX class: AllocInitMultiFab and imultifab_map no longer static by @lucafedeli88 in #5614
• CMake/CTest: Opt-in Disable Signal Handling by @ax3l in #5550
• Doc: Update Spack Instructions by @ax3l in #5587
• Flux injection from EB: Pick a random point instead of the centroid by @WeiqunZhang in #5493
• Add reference for new article using WarpX [Tyushev (2025)] by @roelof-groenewald in #5627
• WarpX class: remove unused static variable by @lucafedeli88 in #5626
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: Weekly Update by @ax3l in #5613
• Added CI to test secondary ion emission in RZ. by @oshapoval in #5576
• Embedded Boundary: take some EB-related methods out of WarpX class by @lucafedeli88 in #5625
• MultiFabRegister: throw in get by @ax3l in #5356
• Doc: Frontier OpenMP Load by @ax3l in #5631
• Add FieldPoyntingFlux reduced diagnostic by @dpgrote in #5475
• Doc Lassen: Pip Cache Disabled by @ax3l in #5632
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5633
• Add execution of afterEpush callback in hybrid solver by @roelof-groenewald in #5629
• Fix bug with DSMC collisions in RZ by @roelof-groenewald in #5622
• Fix Dangling Ref in EB Init by @ax3l in #5635
• Fixing bug in hyper-resistivity calculation which had missing terms i… by @clarkse in #5638
• Release 25.02 by @ax3l in #5639

New Contributors

• @sinha-r made their first contribution in #5141

Full Changelog: 25.01...25.02

25.01

Dependencies

• AMReX: 25.01
• PICSAR-QED: 24.09
• picmistandard: 0.33.0
• pyAMReX: 25.01
• openPMD-api: 0.15.1
• Python: 3.9 - 3.13

What's Changed

• Fix read_raw_data.py script by @dpgrote in #5490
• Remove unused function ScrapeParticles by @RevathiJambunathan in #5491
• Add multifab method that takes an int for the direction by @dpgrote in #5473
• Fix the extrapolation for guard cells in the insulator region by @dpgrote in #5499
• Fix the time for the insulator boundary field evaluation by @dpgrote in #5488
• Removing asserts now that AMReX has been updated. by @clarkse in #5476
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5504
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5501
• Add Dan Barnes' effective potential (semi-implicit) Poisson solver by @roelof-groenewald in #5079
• Add verbosity flag for diagnostic output print statements by @roelof-groenewald in #5503
• Added abort message if 1D PSATD is used by @oshapoval in #5500
• Added AnalyticFluxDistribution class by @oshapoval in #5422
• Replace quartz with dane by @dpgrote in #5507
• Update Dane install to put sources in the workspace directory by @dpgrote in #5509
• Add quasi-3D Integrated Green Functions solver by @aeriforme in #5089
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5513
• AMReX/pyAMReX/PICSAR: weekly update by @EZoni in #5512
• Fix FieldEnergy reduced diagnostic by @dpgrote in #5498
• DSMC: make the check of the number of processes more robust by @RemiLehe in #5515
• Follow-up: quasi-3D IGF solver by @aeriforme in #5516
• CTest: split checksum analysis from test analysis, expose arguments by @EZoni in #5456
• Doc: Wave Attenuation Numerics by @ax3l in #5532
• Injection from EB: do not create particles outside of user-specified bounds by @RemiLehe in #5521
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5529
• PEC: Fix Uninit Var Warning (GCC) by @ax3l in #5536
• Use same MLMG parameters in MS solver as in ES solver by @roelof-groenewald in #5517
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #5539
• Update CMake version for Perlmutter AY25 by @n01r in #5535
• Remove an unnecessary call to WarpX::GetInstance() by @lucafedeli88 in #5540
• CI: ignore all .rst files in the repository by @EZoni in #5523
• Docs: fix bugs (broken links, missing examples) by @EZoni in #5522
• Python 3.13 Support, 3.8 EOL by @ax3l in #5361
• Release 25.01 by @ax3l in #5544

Full Changelog: 24.12...25.01