0.4.3

• Searches given a .dec decay file particle name:
  • Speed-up of searches.
  • Corner cases dealt with.
  • Extended test suite for the Particle.from_dec(...) method.
• Added Particle.is_self_conjugate property.
• Bug fix in the PDG extended file from 2008 (in excited K, D and B meson names).

0.4.2

• Added re-release of the 2018 PDG data table (neutrinos added, formatting fixes).
• CI scripts for Azure enhanced.
• Test coverage improvements.
• Wheel now available on PyPI.

0.4.1

• Enhancements to Particle class:
  • Particles in .dec decay files dealt with, see Particle.from_dec(...) method.
  • Loading tables made nicer, with more documentation.
  • Particle charge is an entry of CSV files again, so that user particles are better dealt with.
• Bug fix for corner cases of using the package for non-valid particles.
• Work on documentation.
• PyPI badge created from https://img.shields.io.

0.4.0

• Changes in API:
  • Rename Particle.from_search/from_search_list to Particle.find/findall.
  • Rename Particle.fullname/name to Particle.name/pdg_name.
  • Rename Particle.bar to Particle.is_name_barred.
  • Rename Particle.latex to Particle.latex_name.
• Neutrinos added to the 2018 data files.
• Better print-out of particle properties.
• Better handling of particle names in HTML and LaTeX.
• Better handling of Particle.empty().
• Test suite of particle and pdgid submodules improved and extended.
• Comprehensive package documentation (data files, particle and pdgid submodules).
• Added utility conversion function of particle names from LaTeX to HTML.
• Fixed LaTeX names of Delta(1232) baryons in data\pdgid_to_latex.csv file.
• Several bug fixes.
• Simpler usage of particle.particle.convert (non-public helper module).

0.3.0

• Particle search engine replaced with more intuitive and powerful version.
• Various improvements in the handling of particle names and literals.
• List of literals extended.
• More documentation in Particle class.
• More tests; table generation is now tested as well.
• Bug fixes in CSV data files and LaTeX naming updates.
• Added missing particles for 2018 data files.

0.2.2

• Bug fix in setup.py.
• CHANGELOG file added.

0.2.1

• Particle now has direct lifetime and ctau access.
• Particle and PDGID literals extended.
• Better documentation.
• Several bugs fixed in Particle and PDGID.
• The minimum version of dependencies are now more accurate.

The Scikit-HEP package hepunits is now a strict dependency.

0.2.0 - 1st Scikit-HEP release

Particle provides a pythonic interface to the Particle Data Group (PDG)
particle data tables and particle identification codes.

First release

Python version of HepPID.