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@RemiLehe RemiLehe released this 06 Jan 04:59
· 207 commits to dev since this release
1.1.0
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This new release introduces the option to read openPMD files with different backends. In addition to the legacy h5py backend (which can read only HDF5 openPMD file), openPMD-viewer now has the option to use the openpmd-api backend (which can read both HDF5 and ADIOS openPMD files). Because the openpmd-api backend is thus more general, it is selected by default if available (i.e. if installed locally).
The user can override the default choice, by passing the backend argument when creating an OpenPMDTimeSeries object, and check which backend has been chosen by inspecting the .backend attribute of this object.

In addition, several smaller changes were introduced in this PR:

  • The method get_laser_envelope can now take the argument laser_propagation in order to support lasers that do not propagates along the z axis.
  • openPMD-viewer can now properly read groupBased openPMD files (i.e. files that contain several iterations) #301.
  • Users can now pass arrays of ID to the ParticleTracker #283
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