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Mantid 6.8.0 Release Notes

We are proud to announce version 6.8.0 of Mantid.

This release includes a wide array of updates, bugfixes, and new features.

Notably the version of python has been upgraded to 3.10 which produces better error messages and has new features such as match-case syntax with structural pattern matching. See https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.10.html#summary-release-highlights for a summary and more details.

We would like to highlight the following improvements:

• Autoscaling options have been added to the SliceViewer to help quickly rescale color limits based on statistical variation in the data (e.g. mean +/- 3 sigma).

• New algorithms BayesQuasi2 and BayesStretch2 based on the quickBayes package (these replace the now deprecated BayesQuasi and BayesStretch algorithms).

• New algorithm FindSXPeaksConvolve to find single-crystal Bragg peaks in instruments with RectangularDetectors (such as SXD).

• Algorithms SANSTubeCalibration v1 and SANSTubeMerge v1 have been added for calibrating the Sans2d instrument at ISIS.

These are just some of the many improvements in this release, so please take a look at the release notes, which are filled with details of the important changes and improvements in many areas. The development team has put a great effort into making all of these improvements within Mantid, and we would like to thank all of our beta testers for their time and effort helping us to make this another reliable version of Mantid.

Throughout the Mantid project we put a lot of effort into ensuring Mantid is a robust and reliable product. Thank you to everyone that has reported any issues to us. Please keep on reporting any problems you have, or crashes that occur on our forum.

Installation packages can be found on our download page which now links to the assets on our GitHub release page, where you can also access the source code for the release.

Citation

Please cite any usage of Mantid as follows:

• Mantid 6.8.0: Manipulation and Analysis Toolkit for Instrument Data.; Mantid Project. doi: 10.5286/SOFTWARE/MANTID6.8

• Arnold, O. et al. Mantid-Data Analysis and Visualization Package for Neutron Scattering and mu-SR Experiments. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 764 (2014): 156-166 doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.07.029 (download bibtex)

Changes

• Framework

• Mantid Workbench

• Diffraction

• Muon Analysis

• Low Q

  • Reflectometry

  • SANS

• Spectroscopy

  • Direct Geometry

  • Indirect Geometry

Full Change Listings

For a full list of all issues addressed during this release please see the GitHub milestone.