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ChangeLog -- Summary of changes to the WHIZARD package
Use svn log to see detailed changes.
Version 2.8.3
2020-01-09
RELEASE: version 2.8.3
+2020-10-30
+ NLO QCD for final states completed
+ When using Openloops, v2.1.1+ mandatory
+
2020-10-25
Binary grid files for VAMP2 integrator
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2019-10-24
RELEASE: version 2.8.2
2019-10-20
Bug fix for HepMC linker flags
2019-10-19
Support for spin-2 particles from UFO files
2019-09-27
LCIO event format allows rescan and alternate weights
2019-09-24
Compatibility fix for OCaml v4.08.0+
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2019-09-21
RELEASE: version 2.8.1
2019-09-19
Carriage return characters in UFO models can be parsed
Mathematica symbols in UFO models possible
Unused/undefined parameters in UFO models handled
2019-09-13
New extended NLO test suite for ee and pp processes
2019-09-09
Photon isolation (separation of perturbative and fragmentation
part a la Frixione)
2019-09-05
Major progress on NLO QCD for hadron collisions:
- correctly assign flavor structures for alpha regions
- fix crossing of particles for initial state splittings
- correct assignment for PDF factors for real subtractions
- fix kinematics for collinear splittings
- bug fix for integrated virtual subtraction terms
2019-09-03
b and c jet selection in cuts and analysis
2019-08-27
Support for Intel MPI
2019-08-20
Complete (preliminary) HepMC3 support (incl.
backwards HepMC2 write/read mode)
2019-08-08
Bug fix: handle carriage returns in UFO files (non-Unix OS)
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2019-08-07
RELEASE: version 2.8.0
2019-07-31
Complete WHIZARD UFO interface:
- general Lorentz structures
- matrix element support for general color factors
- missing features: Majorana fermions and SLHA
2019-07-20
Make WHIZARD compatible with OCaml 4.08.0+
2019-07-19
Fix version testing for LHAPDF 6.2.3 and newer
Minimal required OCaml version is now 4.02.3.
2019-04-18
Correctly generate ordered FKS tuples for alpha regions
from all possible underlying Born processes
2019-04-08
Extended O'Mega/Recola matrix element test suite
2019-03-29
Correct identical particle symmetry factors for FKS subtraction
2019-03-28
Correct assertion of spin-correlated matrix
elements for hadron collisions
2019-03-27
Bug fix for cut-off parameter delta_i for
collinear plus/minus regions
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2019-03-27
RELEASE: version 2.7.1
2019-02-19
Further infrastructure for HepMC3 interface (v3.01.00)
2019-02-07
Explicit configure option for using debugging options
Bug fix for performance by removing unnecessary debug operations
2019-01-29
Bug fix for DGLAP remnants with cut-off parameter delta_i
2019-01-24
Radiative decay neu2 -> neu1 A added to MSSM_Hgg model
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2019-01-21
RELEASE: version 2.7.0
2018-12-18
Support RECOLA for integrated und unintegrated subtractions
2018-12-11
FCNC top-up sector in model SM_top_anom
2018-12-05
Use libtirpc instead of SunRPC on Arch Linux etc.
2018-11-30
Display rescaling factor for weighted event samples with cuts
2018-11-29
Reintroduce check against different masses in flavor sums
Bug fix for wrong couplings in the Littlest Higgs model(s)
2018-11-22
Bug fix for rescanning events with beam structure
2018-11-09
Major refactoring of internal process data
2018-11-02
PYTHIA8 interface
2018-10-29
Flat phase space parametrization with RAMBO (on diet) implemented
2018-10-17
Revise extended test suite
2018-09-27
Process container for RECOLA processes
2018-09-15
Fixes by M. Berggren for PYTHIA6 interface
2018-09-14
First fixes after HepForge modernization
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2018-08-23
RELEASE: version 2.6.4
2018-08-09
Infrastructure to check colored subevents
2018-07-10
Infrastructure for running WHIZARD in batch mode
2018-07-04
MPI available from distribution tarball
2018-06-03
Support Intel Fortran Compiler under MAC OS X
2018-05-07
FKS slicing parameter delta_i (initial state) implementend
2018-05-03
Refactor structure function assignment for NLO
2018-05-02
FKS slicing parameter xi_cut, delta_0 implemented
2018-04-20
Workspace subdirectory for process integration (grid/phs files)
Packing/unpacking of files at job end/start
Exporting integration results from scan loops
2018-04-13
Extended QCD NLO test suite
2018-04-09
Bug fix for Higgs Singlet Extension model
2018-04-06
Workspace subdirectory for process generation and compilation
--job-id option for creating job-specific names
2018-03-20
Bug fix for color flow matching in hadron collisions
with identical initial state quarks
2018-03-08
Structure functions quantum numbers correctly assigned for NLO
2018-02-24
Configure setup includes 'pgfortran' and 'flang'
2018-02-21
Include spin-correlated matrix elements in interactions
2018-02-15
Separate module for QED ISR structure functions
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2018-02-10
RELEASE: version 2.6.3
2018-02-08
Improvements in memory management for PS generation
2018-01-31
Partial refactoring: quantum number assigment NLO
Initial-state QCD splittings for hadron collisions
2018-01-25
Bug fix for weighted events with VAMP2
2018-01-17
Generalized interface for Recola versions 1.3+ and 2.1+
2018-01-15
Channel equivalences also for VAMP2 integrator
2018-01-12
Fix for OCaml compiler 4.06 (and newer)
2017-12-19
RECOLA matrix elements with flavor sums can be integrated
2017-12-18
Bug fix for segmentation fault in empty resonance histories
2017-12-16
Fixing a bug in PYTHIA6 PYHEPC routine by omitting CMShowers
from transferral between PYTHIA and WHIZARD event records
2017-12-15
Event index for multiple processes in event file correct
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2017-12-13
RELEASE: version 2.6.2
2017-12-07
User can set offset in event numbers
2017-11-29
Possibility to have more than one RECOLA process in one file
2017-11-23
Transversal/mixed (and unitarized) dim-8 operators
2017-11-16
epa_q_max replaces epa_e_max (trivial factor 2)
2017-11-15
O'Mega matrix element compilation silent now
2017-11-14
Complete expanded P-wave form factor for top threshold
2017-11-10
Incoming particles can be accessed in SINDARIN
2017-11-08
Improved handling of resonance insertion, additional parameters
2017-11-04
Added Higgs-electron coupling (SM_Higgs)
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2017-11-03
RELEASE: version 2.6.1
2017-10-20
More than 5 NLO components possible at same time
2017-10-19
Gaussian cutoff for shower resonance matching
2017-10-12
Alternative (more efficient) method to generate
phase space file
2017-10-11
Bug fix for shower resonance histories for processes
with multiple components
2017-09-25
Bugfix for process libraries in shower resonance histories
2017-09-21
Correctly generate pT distribution for EPA remnants
2017-09-20
Set branching ratios for unstable particles also by hand
2017-09-14
Correctly generate pT distribution for ISR photons
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2017-09-08
RELEASE: version 2.6.0
2017-09-05
Bug fix for initial state NLO QCD flavor structures
Real and virtual NLO QCD hadron collider processes
work with internal interactions
2017-09-04
Fully validated MPI integration and event generation
2017-09-01
Resonance histories for shower: full support
Bug fix in O'Mega model constraints
O'Mega allows to output a parsable form of the DAG
2017-08-24
Resonance histories in events for transferral
to parton shower (e.g. in ee -> jjjj)
2017-08-01
Alpha version of HepMC v3 interface
(not yet really functional)
2017-07-31
Beta version for RECOLA OLP support
2017-07-06
Radiation generator fix for LHC processes
2017-06-30
Fix bug for NLO with structure
functions and/or polarization
2017-06-23
Collinear limit for QED corrections works
2017-06-17
POWHEG grids generated already during integration
2017-06-12
Soft limit for QED corrections works
2017-05-16
Beta version of full MPI parallelization (VAMP2)
Check consistency of POWHEG grid files
Logfile config-summary.log for configure summary
2017-05-12
Allow polarization in top threshold
2017-05-09
Minimal demand automake 1.12.2
Silent rules for make procedures
2017-05-07
Major fix for POWHEG damping
Correctly initialize FKS ISR phasespace
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2017-05-06
RELEASE: version 2.5.0
2017-05-05
Full UFO support (SM-like models)
Fixed-beam ISR FKS phase space
2017-04-26
QED splittings in radiation generator
2017-04-10
Retire deprecated O'Mega vertex cache files
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2017-03-24
RELEASE: version 2.4.1
2017-03-16
Distinguish resonance charge in phase space channels
Keep track of resonance histories in phase space
Complex mass scheme default for OpenLoops amplitudes
2017-03-13
Fix helicities for polarized OpenLoops calculations
2017-03-09
Possibility to advance RNG state in rng_stream
2017-03-04
General setup for partitioning real emission
phase space
2017-03-06
Bugfix on rescan command for converting event files
2017-02-27
Alternative multi-channel VEGAS implementation
VAMP2: serial backbone for MPI setup
Smoothstep top threshold matching
2017-02-25
Single-beam structure function with
s-channel mapping supported
Safeguard against invalid process libraries
2017-02-16
Radiation generator for photon emission
2017-02-10
Fixes for NLO QCD processes (color correlations)
2017-01-16
LCIO variable takes precedence over LCIO_DIR
2017-01-13
Alternative random number generator
rng_stream (cf. L'Ecuyer et al.)
2017-01-01
Fix for multi-flavor BLHA tree
matrix elements
2016-12-31
Grid path option for VAMP grids
2016-12-28
Alpha version of Recola OLP support
2016-12-27
Dalitz plots for FKS phase space
2016-12-14
NLO multi-flavor events possible
2016-12-09
LCIO event header information added
2016-12-02
Alpha version of RECOLA interface
Bugfix for generator status in LCIO
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2016-11-28
RELEASE: version 2.4.0
2016-11-24
Bugfix for OpenLoops interface: EW scheme
is set by WHIZARD
Bugfixes for top threshold implementation
2016-11-11
Refactoring of dispatching
2016-10-18
Bug fix for LCIO output
2016-10-10
First implementation for collinear soft terms
2016-10-06
First full WHIZARD models from UFO files
2016-10-05
WHIZARD does not support legacy gcc 4.7.4 any longer
2016-09-30
Major refactoring of process core and NLO components
2016-09-23
WHIZARD homogeneous entity: discarding subconfigures
for CIRCE1/2, O'Mega, VAMP subpackages; these are
reconstructable by script projectors
2016-09-06
Introduce main configure summary
2016-08-26
Fix memory leak in event generation
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2016-08-25
RELEASE: version 2.3.1
2016-08-19
Bug fix for EW-scheme dependence of gluino propagators
2016-08-01
Beta version of complex mass scheme support
2016-07-26
Fix bug in POWHEG damping for the matching
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2016-07-21
RELEASE: version 2.3.0
2016-07-20
UFO file support (alpha version) in O'Mega
2016-07-13
New (more) stable of WHIZARD GUI
Support for EW schemes for OpenLoops
Factorized NLO top decays for threshold model
2016-06-15
Passing factorization scale to PYTHIA6
Adding charge and neutral observables
2016-06-14
Correcting angular distribution/tweaked kinematics in
non-collinear structure functions splittings
2016-05-10
Include (Fortran) TAUOLA/PHOTOS for tau decays via PYTHIA6
(backwards validation of LC CDR/TDR samples)
2016-04-27
Within OpenLoops virtuals: support for Collier library
2016-04-25
O'Mega vertex tables only loaded at first usage
2016-04-21
New CJ15 PDF parameterizations added
2016-04-21
Support for hadron collisions at NLO QCD
2016-04-05
Support for different (parameter) schemes in model files
2016-03-31
Correct transferral of lifetime/vertex from PYTHIA/TAUOLA
into the event record
2016-03-21
New internal implementation of polarization
via Bloch vectors, remove pointer constructions
2016-03-13
Extension of cascade syntax for processes:
exclude propagators/vertices etc. possible
2016-02-24
Full support for OpenLoops QCD NLO matrix
elements, inclusion in test suite
2016-02-12
Substantial progress on QCD NLO support
2016-02-02
Automated resonance mapping for FKS subtraction
2015-12-17
New BSM model WZW for diphoton resonances
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2015-11-22
RELEASE: version 2.2.8
2015-11-21
Bugfix for fixed-order NLO events
2015-11-20
Anomalous FCNC top-charm vertices
2015-11-19
StdHEP output via HEPEVT/HEPEV4 supported
2015-11-18
Full set of electroweak dim-6 operators included
2015-10-22
Polarized one-loop amplitudes supported
2015-10-21
Fixes for event formats for showered events
2015-10-14
Callback mechanism for event output
2015-09-22
Bypass matrix elements in pure event sample rescans
StdHep frozen final version v5.06.01 included internally
2015-09-21
configure option --with-precision to
demand 64bit, 80bit, or 128bit Fortran
and bind C precision types
2015-09-07
More extensive tests of NLO
infrastructure and POWHEG matching
2015-09-01
NLO decay infrastructure
User-defined squared matrix elements
Inclusive FastJet algorithm plugin
Numerical improvement for small boosts
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2015-08-11
RELEASE: version 2.2.7
2015-08-10
Infrastructure for damped POWHEG
Massive emitters in POWHEG
Born matrix elements via BLHA
GoSam filters via SINDARIN
Minor running coupling bug fixes
Fixed-order NLO events
2015-08-06
CT14 PDFs included (LO, NLO, NNLL)
2015-07-07
Revalidation of ILC WHIZARD-PYTHIA event chain
Extended test suite for showered events
Alpha version of massive FSR for POWHEG
2015-06-09
Fix memory leak in interaction for long cascades
Catch mismatch between beam definition and CIRCE2 spectrum
2015-06-08
Automated POWHEG matching: beta version
Infrastructure for GKS matching
Alpha version of fixed-order NLO events
CIRCE2 polarization averaged spectra with
explicitly polarized beams
2015-05-12
Abstract matching type: OO structure for matching/merging
2015-05-07
Bug fix in event record WHIZARD-PYTHIA6 transferral
Gaussian beam spectra for lepton colliders
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2015-05-02
RELEASE: version 2.2.6
2015-05-01
Models for (unitarized) tensor resonances in VBS
2015-04-28
Bug fix in channel weights for event generation.
2015-04-18
Improved event record transfer WHIZARD/PYTHIA6
2015-03-19
POWHEG matching: alpha version
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2015-02-27
RELEASE: version 2.2.5
2015-02-26
Abstract types for quantum numbers
2015-02-25
Read-in of StdHEP events, self-tests
2015-02-22
Bugfix for mother-daughter relations in
showered/hadronized events
2015-02-20
Projection on polarization in intermediate states
2015-02-13
Correct treatment of beam remnants in
event formats (also LC remnants)
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2015-02-06
RELEASE: version 2.2.4
2015-02-06
Bugfix in event output
2015-02-05
LCIO event format supported
2015-01-30
Including state matrices in WHIZARD's internal IO
Versioning for WHIZARD's internal IO
Libtool update from 2.4.3 to 2.4.5
LCIO event output (beta version)
2015-01-27
Progress on NLO integration
Fixing a bug for multiple processes in a single
event file when using beam event files
2015-01-19
Bug fix for spin correlations evaluated in the rest
frame of the mother particle
2015-01-17
Regression fix for statically linked processes
from SARAH and FeynRules
2015-01-10
NLO: massive FKS emitters supported (experimental)
2015-01-06
MMHT2014 PDF sets included
2015-01-05
Handling mass degeneracies in auto_decays
2014-12-19
Fixing bug in rescan of event files
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2014-11-30
RELEASE: version 2.2.3
2014-11-29
Beta version of LO continuum/NLL-threshold
matched top threshold model for e+e- physics
2014-11-28
More internal refactoring: disentanglement of module
dependencies
2014-11-21
OVM: O'Mega Virtual Machine, bytecode instructions
instead of compiled Fortran code
2014-11-01
Higgs Singlet extension model included
2014-10-18
Internal restructuring of code; half-way
WHIZARD main code file disassembled
2014-07-09
Alpha version of NLO infrastructure
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2014-07-06
RELEASE: version 2.2.2
2014-07-05
CIRCE2: correlated LC beam spectra and
GuineaPig Interface to LC machine parameters
2014-07-01
Reading LHEF for decayed/factorized/showered/
hadronized events
2014-06-25
Configure support for GoSAM/Ninja/Form/QGraf
2014-06-22
LHAPDF6 interface
2014-06-18
Module for automatic generation of
radiation and loop infrastructure code
2014-06-11
Improved internal directory structure
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2014-06-03
RELEASE: version 2.2.1
2014-05-30
Extensions of internal PDG arrays
2014-05-26
FastJet interface
2014-05-24
CJ12 PDFs included
2014-05-20
Regression fix for external models (via SARAH
or FeynRules)
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2014-05-18
RELEASE: version 2.2.0
2014-04-11
Multiple components: inclusive process definitions,
syntax: process A + B + ...
2014-03-13
Improved PS mappings for e+e- ISR
ILC TDR and CLIC spectra included in CIRCE1
2014-02-23
New models: AltH w\ Higgs for exclusion purposes,
SM_rx for Dim 6-/Dim-8 operators, SSC for
general strong interactions (w/ Higgs), and
NoH_rx (w\ Higgs)
2014-02-14
Improved s-channel mapping, new on-shell
production mapping (e.g. Drell-Yan)
2014-02-03
PRE-RELEASE: version 2.2.0_beta
2014-01-26
O'Mega: Feynman diagram generation possible (again)
2013-12-16
HOPPET interface for b parton matching
2013-11-15
PRE-RELEASE: version 2.2.0_alpha-4
2013-10-27
LHEF standards 1.0/2.0/3.0 implemented
2013-10-15
PRE-RELEASE: version 2.2.0_alpha-3
2013-10-02
PRE-RELEASE: version 2.2.0_alpha-2
2013-09-25
PRE-RELEASE: version 2.2.0_alpha-1
2013-09-12
PRE-RELEASE: version 2.2.0_alpha
2013-09-03
General 2HDM implemented
2013-08-18
Rescanning/recalculating events
2013-06-07
Reconstruction of complete event
from 4-momenta possible
2013-05-06
Process library stacks
2013-05-02
Process stacks
2013-04-29
Single-particle phase space module
2013-04-26
Abstract interface for random
number generator
2013-04-24
More object-orientation on modules
Midpoint-rule integrator
2013-04-05
Object-oriented integration and
event generation
2013-03-12
Processes recasted object-oriented:
MEs, scales, structure functions
First infrastructure for general Lorentz
structures
2013-01-17
Object-orientated reworking of library and
process core, more variable internal structure,
unit tests
2012-12-14
Update Pythia version to 6.4.27
2012-12-04
Fix the phase in HAZ vertices
2012-11-21
First O'Mega unit tests, some infrastructure
2012-11-13
Bugfix in anom. HVV Lorentz structures
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2012-09-18
RELEASE: version 2.1.1
2012-09-11
Model MSSM_Hgg with Hgg and HAA vertices
2012-09-10
First version of implementation of multiple
interactions in WHIZARD
2012-09-05
Infrastructure for internal CKKW matching
2012-09-02
C, C++, Python API
2012-07-19
Fixing particle numbering in HepMC format
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2012-06-15
RELEASE: version 2.1.0
2012-06-14
Analytical and kT-ordered shower officially
released
PYTHIA interface officially released
2012-05-09
Intrisince PDFs can be used for showering
2012-05-04
Anomalous Higgs couplings a la hep-ph/9902321
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2012-03-19
RELEASE: version 2.0.7
2012-03-15
Run IDs are available now
More event variables in analysis
Modified raw event format (compatibility mode exists)
2012-03-12
Bugfix in decay-integration order
MLM matching steered completely internally now
2012-03-09
Special phase space mapping for narrow resonances
decaying to 4-particle final states with far off-shell
intermediate states
Running alphas from PDF collaborations with
builtin PDFs
2012-02-16
Bug fix in cascades decay infrastructure
2012-02-04
WHIZARD documentation compatible with TeXLive 2011
2012-02-01
Bug fix in FeynRules interface with --prefix flag
2012-01-29
Bug fix with name clash of O'Mega variable names
2012-01-27
Update internal PYTHIA to version 6.4.26
Bug fix in LHEF output
2012-01-21
Catching stricter automake 1.11.2 rules
2011-12-23
Bug fix in decay cascade setup
2011-12-20
Bug fix in helicity selection rules
2011-12-16
Accuracy goal reimplemented
2011-12-14
WHIZARD compatible with TeXLive 2011
2011-12-09
Option --user-target added
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2011-12-07
RELEASE: version 2.0.6
2011-12-07
Bug fixes in SM_top_anom
Added missing entries to HepMC format
2011-12-06
Allow to pass options to O'Mega
Bug fix for HEPEVT block for showered/hadronized events
2011-12-01
Reenabled user plug-in for external code for
cuts, structure functions, routines etc.
2011-11-29
Changed model SM_Higgs for Higgs phenomenology
2011-11-25
Supporting a Y, (B-L) Z' model
2011-11-23
Make WHIZARD compatible for MAC OS X Lion/XCode 4
2011-09-25
WHIZARD paper published: Eur.Phys.J. C71 (2011) 1742
2011-08-16
Model SM_QCD: QCD with one EW insertion
2011-07-19
Explicit output channel for dvips avoids printing
2011-07-10
Test suite for WHIZARD unit tests
2011-07-01
Commands for matrix element tests
More OpenMP parallelization of kinematics
Added unit tests
2011-06-23
Conversion of CIRCE2 from F77 to F90, major
clean-up
2011-06-14
Conversion of CIRCE1 from F77 to F90
2011-06-10
OpenMP parallelization of channel kinematics
(by Matthias Trudewind)
2011-05-31
RELEASE: version 1.97
2011-05-24
Minor bug fixes: update grids and elsif statement.
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2011-05-10
RELEASE: version 2.0.5
2011-05-09
Fixed bug in final state flavor sums
Minor improvements on phase-space setup
2011-05-05
Minor bug fixes
2011-04-15
WHIZARD as a precompiled 64-bit binary available
2011-04-06
Wall clock instead of cpu time for time estimates
2011-04-05
Major improvement on the phase space setup
2011-04-02
OpenMP parallelization for helicity loop in O'Mega
matrix elements
2011-03-31
Tools for relocating WHIZARD and use in batch
environments
2011-03-29
Completely static builds possible, profiling options
2011-03-28
Visualization of integration history
2011-03-27
Fixed broken K-matrix implementation
2011-03-23
Including the GAMELAN manual in the distribution
2011-01-26
WHIZARD analysis can handle hadronized event files
2011-01-17
MSTW2008 and CT10 PDF sets included
2010-12-23
Inclusion of NMSSM with Hgg couplings
2010-12-21
Advanced options for integration passes
2010-11-16
WHIZARD supports CTEQ6 and possibly other PDFs
directly; data files included in the distribution
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2010-10-26
RELEASE: version 2.0.4
2010-10-06
Bug fix in MSSM implementation
2010-10-01
Update to libtool 2.4
2010-09-29
Support for anomalous top couplings (form factors etc.)
Bug fix for running gauge Yukawa SUSY couplings
2010-09-28
RELEASE: version 1.96
2010-09-21
Beam remnants and pT spectra for lepton collider re-enabled
Restructuring subevt class
2010-09-16
Shower and matching are disabled by default
PYTHIA as a conditional on these two options
2010-09-14
Possibility to read in beam spectra re-enabled (e.g. Guinea
Pig)
2010-09-13
Energy scan as (pseudo-) structure functions re-implemented
2010-09-10
CIRCE2 included again in WHIZARD 2 and validated
2010-09-02
Re-implementation of asymmetric beam energies and collision
angles, e-p collisions work, inclusion of a HERA DIS test
case
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2010-10-18
RELEASE: version 2.0.3
2010-08-08
Bug in CP-violating anomalous triple TGCs fixed
2010-08-06
Solving backwards compatibility problem with O'Caml 3.12.0
2010-07-12
Conserved quantum numbers speed up O'Mega code generation
2010-07-07
Attaching full ISR/FSR parton shower and MPI/ISR
module
Added SM model containing Hgg, HAA, HAZ vertices
2010-07-02
Matching output available as LHEF and STDHEP
2010-06-30
Various bug fixes, missing files, typos
2010-06-26
CIRCE1 completely re-enabled
Chaining structure functions supported
2010-06-25
Partial support for conserved quantum numbers in
O'Mega
2010-06-21
Major upgrade of the graphics package: error bars,
smarter SINDARIN steering, documentation, and all that...
2010-06-17
MLM matching with PYTHIA shower included
2010-06-16
Added full CIRCE1 and CIRCE2 versions including
full documentation and miscellanea to the trunk
2010-06-12
User file management supported, improved variable
and command structure
2010-05-24
Improved handling of variables in local command lists
2010-05-20
PYTHIA interface re-enabled
2010-05-19
ASCII file formats for interfacing ROOT and gnuplot in
data analysis
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2010-05-18
RELEASE: version 2.0.2
2010-05-14
Reimplementation of visualization of phase space
channels
Minor bug fixes
2010-05-12
Improved phase space - elimination of redundancies
2010-05-08
Interface for polarization completed: polarized beams etc.
2010-05-06
Full quantum numbers appear in process log
Integration results are usable as user variables
Communication with external programs
2010-05-05
Split module commands into commands, integration,
simulation modules
2010-05-04
FSR+ISR for the first time connected to the WHIZARD 2 core
##################################################################
2010-04-25
RELEASE: version 2.0.1
2010-04-23
Automatic compile and integrate if simulate is called
Minor bug fixes in O'Mega
2010-04-21
Checkpointing for event generation
Flush statements to use WHIZARD inside a pipe
2010-04-20
Reimplementation of signal handling in WGIZARD 2.0
2010-04-19
VAMP is now a separately configurable and installable unit of
WHIZARD, included VAMP self-checks
Support again compilation in quadruple precision
2010-04-06
Allow for logarithmic plots in GAMELAN, reimplement the
possibility to set the number of bins
2010-04-15
Improvement on time estimates for event generation
##################################################################
2010-04-12
RELEASE: version 2.0.0
2010-04-09
Per default, the code for the amplitudes is subdivided to allow
faster compiler optimization
More advanced and unified and straightforward command language
syntax
Final bug fixes
2010-04-07
Improvement on SINDARIN syntax; printf, sprintf function
thorugh a C interface
2010-04-05
Colorizing DAGs instead of model vertices: speed boost
in colored code generation
2010-03-31
Generalized options for normalization of weighted and
unweighted events
Grid and weight histories added again to log files
Weights can be used in analyses
2010-03-28
Cascade decays completely implemented including color and
spin correlations
2010-03-07
Added new WHIZARD header with logo
2010-03-05
Removed conflict in O'Mega amplitudes between flavour sums
and cascades
StdHEP interface re-implemented
2010-03-03
RELEASE: version 2.0.0rc3
Several bug fixes for preventing abuse in input files
OpenMP support for amplitudes
Reimplementation of WHIZARD 1 HEPEVT ASCII event formats
FeynRules interface successfully passed MSSM test
2010-02-26
Eliminating ghost gluons from multi-gluon amplitudes
2010-02-25
RELEASE: version 1.95
HEPEVT format from WHIZARD 1 re-implemented in WHIZARD 2
2010-02-23
Running alpha_s implemented in the FeynRules interface
2010-02-19
MSSM (semi-) automatized self-tests finalized
2010-02-17
RELEASE: version 1.94
2010-02-16
Closed memory corruption in WHIZARD 1
Fixed problems of old MadGraph and CompHep drivers
with modern compilers
Uncolored vertex selection rules for colored amplitudes in
O'Mega
2010-02-15
Infrastructure for color correlation computation in O'Mega
finished
Forbidden processes are warned about, but treated as non-fatal
2010-02-14
Color correlation computation in O'Mega finalized
2010-02-10
Improving phase space mappings for identical particles in
initial and final states
Introduction of more extended multi-line error message
2010-02-08
First O'Caml code for computation of color correlations in
O'Mega
2010-02-07
First MLM matching with e+ e- -> jets
##################################################################
2010-02-06
RELEASE: version 2.0.0rc2
2010-02-05
Reconsidered the Makefile structure and more extended tests
Catch a crash between WHIZARD and O'Mega for forbidden processes
Tensor products of arbitrary color structures in jet definitions
2010-02-04
Color correlation computation in O'Mega finalized
##################################################################
2010-02-03
RELEASE: version 2.0.0rc1
##################################################################
2010-01-31
Reimplemented numerical helicity selection rules
Phase space functionality of version 1 restored and improved
2009-12-05
NMSSM validated with FeynRules in WHIZARD 1 (Felix Braam)
2009-12-04
RELEASE: version 2.0.0alpha
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2009-04-16
RELEASE: version 1.93
2009-04-15
Clean-up of Makefiles and configure scripts
Reconfiguration of BSM model implementation
extended supersymmetric models
2008-12-23
New model NMSSM (Felix Braam)
SLHA2 added
Bug in LHAPDF interface fixed
2008-08-16
Bug fixed in K matrix implementation
Gravitino option in the MSSM added
2008-03-20
Improved color and flavor sums
##################################################################
2008-03-12
RELEASE: version 1.92
LHEF (Les Houches Event File) format added
Fortran 2003 command-line interface (if supported by the compiler)
Automated interface to colored models
More bug fixes and workarounds for compiler compatibility
##################################################################
2008-03-06
RELEASE: version 1.91
New model K-matrix (resonances and anom. couplings in WW scattering)
EWA spectrum
Energy-scan pseudo spectrum
Preliminary parton shower module (only from final-state quarks)
Cleanup and improvements of configure process
Improvements for O'Mega parameter files
Quadruple precision works again
More plotting options: lines, symbols, errors
Documentation with PDF bookmarks enabled
Various bug fixes
2007-11-29
New model UED
##################################################################
2007-11-23
RELEASE: version 1.90
O'Mega now part of the WHIZARD tree
Madgraph/CompHEP disabled by default (but still usable)
Support for LHAPDF (preliminary)
Added new models: SMZprime, SM_km, Template
Improved compiler recognition and compatibility
Minor bug fixes
##################################################################
2006-06-15
RELEASE: version 1.51
Support for anomaly-type Higgs couplings (to gluon and photon/Z)
Support for spin 3/2 and spin 2
New models: Little Higgs (4 versions), toy models for extra dimensions
and gravitinos
Fixes to the whizard.nw source documentation to run through LaTeX
Intel 9.0 bug workaround (deallocation of some arrays)
2006-05-15
O'Mega RELEASE: version 0.11
merged JRR's O'Mega extensions
##################################################################
2006-02-07
RELEASE: version 1.50
To avoid confusion: Mention outdated manual example in BUGS file
O'Mega becomes part of the WHIZARD generator
2006-02-02 [bug fix update]
Bug fix: spurious error when writing event files for weighted events
Bug fix: 'r' option for omega produced garbage for some particle names
Workaround for ifort90 bug (crash when compiling whizard_event)
Workaround for ifort90 bug (crash when compiling hepevt_common)
2006-01-27
Added process definition files for MSSM 2->2 processes
Included beam recoil for EPA (T.Barklow)
Updated STDHEP byte counts (for STDHEP 5.04.02)
Fixed STDHEP compatibility (avoid linking of incomplete .so libs)
Fixed issue with comphep requiring Xlibs on Opteron
Fixed issue with ifort 8.x on Opteron (compiling 'signal' interface)
Fixed color-flow code: was broken for omega with option 'c' and 'w'
Workaround hacks for g95 compatibility
2005-11-07
O'Mega RELEASE: version 0.10
O'Mega, merged JRR's and WK's color hack for WHiZard
O'Mega, EXPERIMENTAL: cache fusion tables (required for colors
a la JRR/WK)
O'Mega, make JRR's MSSM official
##################################################################
2005-10-25
RELEASE: version 1.43
Minor fixes in MSSM couplings (Higgs/3rd gen squarks).
This should be final, since the MSSM results agree now completely
with Madgraph and Sherpa
User-defined lower and upper limits for split event file count
Allow for counters (events, bytes) exceeding $2^{31}$
Revised checksum treatment and implementation (now MD5)
Bug fix: missing process energy scale in raw event file
##################################################################
2005-09-30
RELEASE: version 1.42
Graphical display of integration history ('make history')
Allow for switching off signals even if supported (configure option)
2005-09-29
Revised phase space generation code, in particular for flavor sums
Negative cut and histogram codes use initial beams instead of
initial parton momenta. This allows for computing, e.g., E_miss
Support constant-width and zero-width options for O'Mega
Width options now denoted by w:X (X=f,c,z). f option obsolescent
Bug fix: colorized code: flipped indices could screw up result
Bug fix: O'Mega with 'c' and 'w:f' option together (still some problem)
Bug fix: dvips on systems where dvips defaults to lpr
Bug fix: integer overflow if too many events are requested
2005-07-29
Allow for 2 -> 1 processes (if structure functions are on)
2005-07-26
Fixed and expanded the 'test' matrix element:
Unit matrix element with option 'u' / default: normalized phase space
##################################################################
2005-07-15
RELEASE: version 1.41
Bug fix: no result for particle decay processes with width=0
Bug fix: line breaks in O'Mega files with color decomposition
2005-06-02
New self-tests (make test-QED / test-QCD / test-SM)
check lists of 2->2 processes
Bug fix: HELAS calling convention for wwwwxx and jwwwxx (4W-Vertex)
2005-05-25
Revised Makefile structure
Eliminated obsolete references to ISAJET/SUSY (superseded by SLHA)
2005-05-19
Support for color in O'Mega (using color flow decomposition)
New model QCD
Parameter file changes that correspond to replaced SM module in O'Mega
Bug fixes in MSSM (O'Mega) parameter file
2005-05-18
New event file formats, useful for LHC applications:
ATHENA and Les Houches Accord (external fragmentation)
Naive (i.e., leading 1/N) color factor now implemented both for
incoming and outgoing partons
2005-01-26
include missing HELAS files for bundle
pgf90 compatibility issues [note: still internal error in pgf90]
##################################################################
2004-12-13
RELEASE: version 1.40
compatibility fix: preprocessor marks in helas code now commented out
minor bug fix: format string in madgraph source
2004-12-03
support for arbitray beam energies and directions
allow for pT kick in structure functions
bug fix: rounding error could result in zero cross section
(compiler-dependent)
2004-10-07
simulate decay processes
list fraction (of total width/cross section) instead of efficiency
in process summary
new cut/analysis parameters AA, AAD, CTA: absolute polar angle
2004-10-04
Replaced Madgraph I by Madgraph II. Main improvement: model no
longer hardcoded
introduced parameter reset_seed_each_process (useful for debugging)
bug fix: color initialization for some processes was undefined
2004-09-21
don't compile unix_args module if it is not required
##################################################################
2004-09-20
RELEASE: version 1.30
g95 compatibility issues resolved
some (irrelevant) memory leaks closed
removed obsolete warning in circe1
manual update (essentially) finished
2004-08-03
O'Mega RELEASE: version 0.9
O'Mega, src/trie.mli, src/trie.ml: make interface compatible with
the O'Caml 3.08 library (remains compatible with older
versions). Implementation of unused functions still
incomplete.
2004-07-26
minor fixes and improvements in make process
2004-06-29
workarounds for new Intel compiler bugs ...
no rebuild of madgraph/comphep executables after 'make clean'
bug fix in phase space routine:
wrong energy for massive initial particles
bug fix in (new) model interface: name checks for antiparticles
pre-run checks for comphep improved
ww-strong model file extended
Model files particle name fixes, chep SM vertices included
2004-06-22
O'Mega RELEASE: version 0.8
O'Mega MSSM: sign of W+/W-/A and W+/W-/Z couplings
2004-05-05
Fixed bug in PDFLIB interface: p+pbar was initialized as p+p (ThO)
NAG compiler: set number of continuation lines to 200 as default
Extended format for cross section summary; appears now in whizard.out
Fixed 'bundle' feature
2004-04-28
Fixed compatibility with revised O'Mega SM_ac model
Fixed problem with x=0 or x=1 when calling PDFLIB (ThO)
Fixed bug in comphep module: Vtb was overlooked
##################################################################
2004-04-15
RELEASE: version 1.28
Fixed bug: Color factor was missing for O'Mega processes with
four quarks and more
Manual partially updated
2004-04-08
Support for grid files in binary format
New default value show_histories=F (reduce output file size)
Revised phase space switches: removed annihilation_lines,
removed s_channel_resonance, changed meaning of
extra_off_shell_lines, added show_deleted_channels
Bug fixed which lead to omission of some phase space channels
Color flow guessed only if requested by guess_color_flow
2004-03-10
New model interface: Only one model name specified in whizard.prc
All model-dependent files reside in conf/models (modellib removed)
2004-03-03
Support for input/output in SUSY Les Houches Accord format
Split event files if requested
Support for overall time limit
Support for CIRCE and CIRCE2 generator mode
Support for reading beam events from file
2004-02-05
Fixed compiler problems with Intel Fortran 7.1 and 8.0
Support for catching signals
##################################################################
2003-08-06
RELEASE: version 1.27
User-defined PDF libraries as an alternative to the standard PDFLIB
2003-07-23
Revised phase space module: improved mappings for massless particles,
equivalences of phase space channels are exploited
Improved mapping for PDF (hadron colliders)
Madgraph module: increased max number of color flows from 250 to 1000
##################################################################
2003-06-23
RELEASE: version 1.26
CIRCE2 support
Fixed problem with 'TC' integer kind [Intel compiler complained]
2003-05-28
Support for drawing histograms of grids
Bug fixes for MSSM definitions
##################################################################
2003-05-22
RELEASE: version 1.25
Experimental MSSM support with ISAJET interface
Improved capabilities of generating/analyzing weighted events
Optional drawing phase space diagrams using FeynMF
##################################################################
2003-01-31
RELEASE: version 1.24
A few more fixes and workarounds (Intel and Lahey compiler)
2003-01-15
Fixes and workarounds needed for WHIZARD to run with Intel compiler
Command-line option interface for the Lahey compiler
Bug fix: problem with reading whizard.phs
##################################################################
2002-12-10
RELEASE: version 1.23
Command-line options (on some systems)
Allow for initial particles in the event record, ordered:
[beams, initials] - [remnants] - outgoing partons
Support for PYTHIA 6.2: Les Houches external process interface
String pythia_parameters can be up to 1000 characters long
Select color flow states in (internal) analysis
Bug fix in color flow content of raw event files
Support for transversal polarization of fermion beams
Cut codes: PHI now for absolute azimuthal angle, DPHI for distance
'Test' matrix elements optionally respect polarization
User-defined code can be inserted for spectra, structure functions
and fragmentation
Time limits can be specified for adaptation and simulation
User-defined file names and file directory
Initial weights in input file no longer supported
Bug fix in MadGraph (wave function counter could overflow)
Bug fix: Gamelan (graphical analysis) was not built if noweb absent
##################################################################
2002-03-16
RELEASE: version 1.22
Allow for beam remnants in the event record
2002-03-01
Handling of aliases in whizard.prc fixed (aliases are whole tokens)
2002-02-28
Optimized phase space handling routines
(total execution time reduced by 20-60%, depending on process)
##################################################################
2002-02-26
RELEASE: version 1.21
Fixed ISR formula (ISR was underestimated in previous versions).
New version includes ISR in leading-log approximation up to
third order. Parameter ISR_sqrts renamed to ISR_scale.
##################################################################
2002-02-19
RELEASE: version 1.20
New process-generating method 'test' (dummy matrix element)
Compatibility with autoconf 2.50 and current O'Mega version
2002-02-05
Prevent integration channels from being dropped (optionally)
New internal mapping for structure functions improves performance
Old whizard.phx file deleted after recompiling (could cause trouble)
2002-01-24
Support for user-defined cuts and matrix element reweighting
STDHEP output now written by write_events_format=20 (was 3)
2002-01-16
Improved structure function handling; small changes in user interface:
new parameter structured_beams in &process_input
parameter fixed_energy in &beam_input removed
Support for multiple initial states
Eta-phi (cone) cut possible (hadron collider applications)
Fixed bug: Whizard library was not always recompiled when necessary
Fixed bug: Default cuts were insufficient in some cases
Fixed bug: Unusable phase space mappings generated in some cases
2001-12-06
Reorganized document source
2001-12-05
Preliminary CIRCE2 support (no functionality yet)
2001-11-27
Intel compiler support (does not yet work because of compiler bugs)
New cut and analysis mode cos-theta* and related
Fixed circular jetset_interface dependency warning
Some broadcast routines removed (parallel support disabled anyway)
Minor shifts in cleanup targets (Makefiles)
Modified library search, check for pdflib8*
2001-08-06
Fixed bug: I/O unit number could be undefined when reading phase space
Fixed bug: Unitialized variable could cause segfault when
event generation was disabled
Fixed bug: Undefined subroutine in CIRCE replacement module
Enabled feature: TGCs in O'Mega (not yet CompHEP!) matrix elements
(CompHEP model sm-GF #5, O'Mega model SM_ac)
Fixed portability issue: Makefile did rely on PWD environment variable
Fixed portability issue: PYTHIA library search ambiguity resolved
2001-08-01
Default whizard.prc and whizard.in depend on activated modules
Fixed bug: TEX=latex was not properly enabled when making plots
2001-07-20
Fixed output settings in PERL script calls
Cache enabled in various configure checks
2001-07-13
Support for multiple processes in a single WHIZARD run. The
integrations are kept separate, but the generated events are mixed
The whizard.evx format has changed (incompatible), including now
the color flow information for PYTHIA fragmentation
Output files are now process-specific, except for the event file
Phase space file whizard.phs (if present) is used only as input,
program-generated phase space is now in whizard.phx
2001-07-10
Bug fix: Undefined parameters in parameters_SM_ac.f90 removed
2001-07-04
Bug fix: Compiler options for the case OMEGA is disabled
Small inconsistencies in whizard.out format fixed
2001-07-01
Workaround for missing PDFLIB dummy routines in PYTHIA library
##################################################################
2001-06-30
RELEASE: version 1.13
Default path /cern/pro/lib in configure script
2001-06-20
New fragmentation option: Interface for PYTHIA with full color flow
information, beam remnants etc.
2001-06-18
Severe bug fixed in madgraph interface: 3-gluon coupling was missing
Enabled color flow information in madgraph
2001-06-11
VAMP interface module rewritten
Revised output format: Multiple VAMP iterations count as one WHIZARD
iteration in integration passes 1 and 3
Improved message and error handling
Bug fix in VAMP: handle exceptional cases in rebinning_weights
2001-05-31
new parameters for grid adaptation: accuracy_goal and efficiency_goal
##################################################################
2001-05-29
RELEASE: version 1.12
bug fixes (compilation problems): deleted/modified unused functions
2001-05-16
diagram selection improved and documented
2001-05-06
allow for disabling packages during configuration
2001-05-03
slight changes in whizard.out format; manual extended
##################################################################
2001-04-20
RELEASE: version 1.11
fixed some configuration and compilation problems (PDFLIB etc.)
2001-04-18
linked PDFLIB: support for quark/gluon structure functions
2001-04-05
parameter interface written by PERL script
SM_ac model file: fixed error in continuation line
2001-03-13
O'Mega, O'Caml 3.01: incompatible changes
O'Mega, src/trie.mli: add covariance annotation to T.t
This breaks O'Caml 3.00, but is required for O'Caml 3.01.
O'Mega, many instances: replace `sig include Module.T end' by
`Module.T', since the bug is fixed in O'Caml 3.01
2001-02-28
O'Mega, src/model.mli:
new field Model.vertices required for model functors, will
retire Model.fuse2, Model.fuse3, Model.fusen soon.
##################################################################
2001-03-27
RELEASE: version 1.10
reorganized the modules as libraries
linked PYTHIA: support for parton fragmentation
2000-12-14
fixed some configuration problems (if noweb etc. are absent)
##################################################################
2000-12-01
RELEASE of first public version: version 1.00beta

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