Mantid 6.16.0 Release Notes#

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We are proud to announce version 6.16.0 of Mantid.

Key features of this release include:

  • Upgraded to Python 3.12. See the changes made to Python here.

  • A large number of new features added to the new Instrument Viewer, as detailed in the Mantid Workbench release notes.

  • The Help documentation now opens in the system’s default web browser instead of an embedded viewer.

  • Further improvements for texture analysis including Ikeda Carpenter peak shapes and support for IMAT. Further details are in the Diffraction release notes.

  • For ORNL instruments which use the ADARA system, it is now possible to record and playback an ADARA-packet stream. (#40748 for more details).

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 6.16.0: Manipulation and Analysis Toolkit for Instrument Data.; Mantid Project. doi: 10.5286/SOFTWARE/MANTID6.16

  • 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#

Full Change Listings#

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