Release Notes for OPAL 2022.1

Fix particle-matter interactions for CCOLLIMATOR element (#380, #718)

Fix back-track simulations (#675)

Fix algorithm for spatial monitors (#682)

Fix for output file names for LossDataSink (#685)

Fix values assigned to dispersion (#687)

Fix description of minimum values in monitor statistics (#689)

Fix units in DumpEMFields header (#691)

Fix mean longitudinal position in temporal monitor (#698, #706)

Fix input momentum between FROMFILE distribution type and BEAM (#701)

Fix particle definition in BEAM command (#703)

Fix assignation of BEAM, FIELDSOLVER and DISTRIBUTION in RUN command (#713)

Fix AMR solver (#714, #715)

Fix wake function (#734)

Fix Trimcoils (#736)

Python interface for OPAL (#624, #660)

New element attribute (DELETEONTRANSVERSEEXIT, default true) to disable deletion of particles when exiting transversally (#673)

Command-line argument --help-command to display the help for opal commands and their attributes (#680)

Beam stripping physics in OPAL-t (#684, #724)

New option (COMPUTEPERCENTILES, default false) to compute percentiles (#693)

New end field model using an asymmetric enge function for Scaling FFA magnet (#722, #728)

New option (DUMPBEAMMATRIX, default false) to write 6D beam (sigma) matrix in statistics output (#729)

P3M solver (Particle-Particle-Particle-Mesh, #737)

Internal unit conversions (#690, #704)

Replace plain enum by scoped enumerations (#694, #708)

Remove literal comparison of empty strings (#711)

The properties of heavy ion beams have been redefined (#699)

Wake field file format simplified (#735)

Improve standard output (#710)

Four additional quantities temperature, Debye length, plasma parameter and RMS number density are available in the stat file for simulations without emission (#737)