ctools 2.0 release (6 June 2022)

Overview

ctools 2.0 is a major release that adds significant functionality.

In particular, this release provides:

• Analysis scripts for the science analysis of COMPTEL data

• Tracking of the carbon footprint of the ctools usage

• Storing of model fitting results in XML model definition result files

Bug fixes

• [3915] - Store RA_PNT and DEC_PNT in ctmodel cube

• [3426] - Fix implementation of fix_spat_for_ts parameter in ctlike

Improvements

• [4058] - Add support for ASTRI instrument

• [4006] - Allow determination of upper limits on spatial parameters in ctulimit

• Add methods to access ctlike attributes

• Add restart of bisection in case of bad convergence in ctulimit

• [3725] - Add confidence parameter to csspec and cslightcrv

• [3662] - Stamp all output FITS files

• [3668] - Add source counts constraints to cssens

• [3630] - Add ASCL shields to About page

• [3626] - Use file function constructor in csspec

• [3606] - Add BINS method to csspec

• [3592] - Rename virtual abstract :doxy:`ctool::run` method to :doxy:`ctool::process` and add non-abstract :doxy:`ctool::run` method

• [3562] - Add hidden fix_spat parameter to cttsmap

• [3555] - Use test source position in cssens

• Add optimizer setter to :doxy:`ctlikelihood` base class.

• Add refit_if_failed parameter to ctlike

• [3441] - Add :doxy:`ctobssim::models` method

• [3431] - Add ctlike results to XML file

• [3324] - Replace :doxy:`std::tmpnam` by :doxy:`gammalib::tmpnam` function in ctselect

• [3324] - Remove implicit conversion warnings

• [1707] - Replace ASCII output files by FITS files

New features

• [3983] - Add comgendb script

• [3738] - Add COMPTEL analysis scripts

• Add csadd2caldb script

• [3592] - Add csfootprint script