diff --git a/docs/source/release/v4.3.0/indirect_geometry.rst b/docs/source/release/v4.3.0/indirect_geometry.rst index a452189d03aa202c8f3841b411727de841efafa4..a9998661616ba5dab15faacbff44750c74e11cb4 100644 --- a/docs/source/release/v4.3.0/indirect_geometry.rst +++ b/docs/source/release/v4.3.0/indirect_geometry.rst @@ -10,6 +10,21 @@ Indirect Geometry Changes improvements, followed by bug fixes. +Improvements +############ + +- In Abins the instrumental broadening implementation has been overhauled. + + - Output spectra from Abins should now be smooth and free of artefacts. + - A fast approximate scheme is implemented and automatically applied + when appropriate for simulations of TOSCA spectra. Alternative + broadening implementations may be selected through the + AbinsParameters system, including slow reference methods. + - Spectra now follow the broader Mantid convention for histograms: + values correspond to frequencies at the mid-points of the + histogram bins. (Previously the values would correspond to one + bin-edge.) + BugFixes ######## diff --git a/scripts/test/Abins/AbinsBroadeningTest.py b/scripts/test/Abins/AbinsBroadeningTest.py index fc49f222f212e0a3c2484c73b3c4e6e879b7eeaf..917aae8783b5fdcca52897e9d157387ba69af2b3 100644 --- a/scripts/test/Abins/AbinsBroadeningTest.py +++ b/scripts/test/Abins/AbinsBroadeningTest.py @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class AbinsBroadeningTest(unittest.TestCase): self.assertAlmostEqual(sum(curve), 1) - def test_noraml_sum(self): + def test_normal_sum(self): """Check that normally-distributed kernel sums to unity""" # Note that unlike Gaussian kernel, this totals intensity 1 even with absurdly large bins