Version 0.24.0

• Particle class and submodules:

  • Removed deprecated methods.

• Data files:

  • Fixed typo in the LaTeX name of Lambda(1405).

• Miscellaneous:

  • Added support for Python 3.12 and dropped support for Python 3.7.
  • Started using AllContributors to acknowledge contributions explicitly.

• CI and tests:

  • Updates to pre-commit hooks and CI YAML files.
  • Added support for pixi.

Version 0.23.1

• Miscellaneous:
  • Modernisation of Ruff configuration in pyproject.toml.
• CI and tests:
  • Updates to pre-commit hooks and CI YAML files.

Version 0.23.0

• Data files:
  • Added the 2023 PDG data table file, now default.
  • Version 13 of package CSV data files:
    • Since PDG 2023 information now the default.
  • Removed superseded data files from 2018-2020.
• Tests:
  • Updates to pre-commit hooks.

Version 0.22.1

• Particle class and submodules:
  • Added support for providing spin for SUSY particles, with tests.
• Tests:
  • Test added for particles that should be assigned None masses.
  • Updates to pre-commit hooks.

Version 0.22.0

• Particle class and submodules:
  • Deprecated functions only used to find particles by AmpGen style of names.
    Functionality moved to the DecayLanguage package, the only place where it is needed.
• Data CSV files:
  • Version 12 of package data files made default:
    • Information on nuclei updated based on masses taken from package periodictable version 1.6.1.
    • Several Corsika7 IDs corrected.
    • Otherwise same as version 11 files.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Moved to Ruff for configuration.
• Documentation:
  • Various fixes in docstrings, notably because of particle property updates.
  • README: minor updates/fixes.
• Tests:
  • Doctests run separately in the CI.
  • Updates to pre-commit hooks.

Version 0.21.2

• Classes for MC particle identification codes and converters:
  • Improvements and fixes in Corsika7 module.
  • Full test coverage for Corsika7 module.
  • Better test coverage for PDG ID related functions.
• Tests:
  • Updates to pre-commit hooks.

Version 0.21.1

• Particle class and submodules:
  • Better test coverage.
• PDGID class method and related standalone functions:
  • Minor code simplifications.
  • Significant improvements to test coverage.
• Documentation:
  • README: info added on how to create user-defined particles.
• Tests:
  • Various improvements to the CI.
  • Updates to pre-commit hooks and CI YAML files.

Version 0.21.0

• Data files:
  • Added the 2022 PDG data table file, now default.
  • Version 11 of package CSV data files:
    • Since PDG 2022 information now the default.
• Classes for MC particle identification codes and converters:
  • New Corsika7ID class.
  • New Corsika72PDGIDBiMap bi-directional map between PDG and Corsika7 IDs.
• Particle class, PDGID like classes and related standalone functions:
  • New method Particle.from_nucleus().
  • Extra documentation.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Added a CITATION.cff file.
  • Moved over to using hatchling.
  • Added support for Python 3.11 and dropped support for Python 3.6.
  • Adapted to Pandas 1.5 series (removal of deprecation warnings).
• Documentation:
  • Minor README updates.
• Tests:
  • Updates to pre-commit hooks and CI YAML files.
  • Various improvements to the CI.

Version 0.20.1

• Particle class:
  • More tests of PDGID functions for special particles.
• Experiment-specific modules:
  • particle.lhcb simplified.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Minor cleanup and updates.
• Tests:
  • Now included in the SDist (MANIFEST.in updated).
  • Pre-commit hooks updated.

Version 0.20.0

First Python 3 (3.6+) only version.

• Particle class:
  • Deprecated method find method removed. Use findall or finditer instead.
  • HTML Greek letters in particle names use hex code rather than entity name.
• PDGID class method and related standalone functions:
  • Deprecated function is_composite_quark_or_lepton removed. Use is_excited_quark_or_lepton instead.
• Documentation:
  • README updated with info on the new experiment-specific module particle.lhcb.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Support for Python 2 and Python 3.5 dropped.
  • Full static typing implemented.
• Tests:
  • Pre-commit hooks updated.