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The Rachel interface facilitates [http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/beta_rachel/calculation_in_2_minutes.html fast setup of Gosia calculations] and data analysis using push-button controls with guided input and 'plain language' warnings during setup. Rachel is written in Python 2.6 and is expected to be Python 2.7 compliant. It runs under Linux and Unix (OS X) machines. A Windows version is not planned.

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A 64-bit processor is essential, because Gosia runs fastest and most accurately on 64-bit machines. ~~The release-candidate version, expected in the September of 2011, will~~ have many structural changes in the code, allowing more automation, more general particle detector options and fewer user prompts for standard operations.

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A 64-bit processor is essential, because Gosia runs fastest and most accurately on 64-bit machines. Versions 1.* have many structural changes in the code, allowing more automation, more general particle detector options and fewer user prompts for standard operations.

[[File:Typicalgosiainput.png|thumb|right|Excerpt of a typical Gosia input for a collective system.]]While gosia.20081208 incorporates the [[OP,BRIC]] command to read internal conversion data from BrIcc data files, removing the burden of entering ICC interpolation data by the user, the GUI allows the greatest possible automation by prompts for pre-defined or user-defined germanium detector crystals or arrays, calculation of Zeigler stopping power data, optimum meshpoint selection for yield calculations, transformation of rectilinear detector definition to laboratory-frame spherical-polar interpolation coordinates, etc. For standard problems, the burden on the user is reduced to entering nuclear level and matrix data for simulations (including optional data-set simulation) and real experimental data for fitting of matrix elements. For collective systems, where the matrix definition often includes several hundred lines of matrix elements, rotor parameters can be given to reduce the setup time for the initial guesses of matrix element values. This also eliminates the need for the user to re-index the reduced matrix elements by hand as changes are made to the matrix or level scheme.

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In the beta versions, the GUI preserves backward-compatibility of the saved session files, so that users can upgrade the GUI without having to rebuild the session.

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When ~~the release candidate becomes available~~, users will have to rebuild their sessions, because of major changes in the internal structure that cannot be automatically upgraded. This can be aided by the export/import tools for the level and matrix data.

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When changing to version 1.0 or later, users will have to rebuild their sessions, because of major changes in the internal structure that cannot be automatically upgraded. This can be aided by the export/import tools for the level and matrix data. Subsequent versions will have the automatic upgrading reinstated.

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~~In the release versions, automatic upgrading of saved sessions will be reinstated.~~

==Capabilities of version 1==

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===Planned upgrades===

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There are a number of planned upgrades, ~~''some''~~ of which ~~will be incorporated in the first [[rachel_release_candidate | release candidate] version~~. The upgrade plan and priorities will be changed based on user feedback and bug reports.

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There are a number of planned upgrades, many of which have already been added to versions 1.0 and later. The upgrade plan and priorities will be changed based on user feedback and bug reports.

# More accurate stopping power calculations for low-Z beams.

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 The Rachel interface facilitates [http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/beta_rachel/calculation_in_2_minutes.html fast setup of Gosia calculations] and data analysis using push-button controls with guided input and 'plain language' warnings during setup.  Rachel is written in Python 2.6 and is expected to be Python 2.7 compliant.  It runs under Linux and Unix (OS X) machines.  A Windows version is not planned.
-A 64-bit processor is essential, because Gosia runs fastest and most accurately on 64-bit machines.  The release-candidate version, expected in the September of 2011, will have many structural changes in the code, allowing more automation, more general particle detector options and fewer user prompts for standard operations.
+A 64-bit processor is essential, because Gosia runs fastest and most accurately on 64-bit machines.  Versions 1.* have many structural changes in the code, allowing more automation, more general particle detector options and fewer user prompts for standard operations.
 [[File:Typicalgosiainput.png|thumb|right|Excerpt of a typical Gosia input for a collective system.]]While gosia.20081208 incorporates the [[OP,BRIC]] command to read internal conversion data from BrIcc data files, removing the burden of entering ICC interpolation data by the user, the GUI allows the greatest possible automation by prompts for pre-defined or user-defined germanium detector crystals or arrays, calculation of Zeigler stopping power data, optimum meshpoint selection for yield calculations, transformation of rectilinear detector definition to laboratory-frame spherical-polar interpolation coordinates, etc.  For standard problems, the burden on the user is reduced to entering nuclear level and matrix data for simulations (including optional data-set simulation) and real experimental data for fitting of matrix elements.  For collective systems, where the matrix definition often includes several hundred lines of matrix elements, rotor parameters can be given to reduce the setup time for the initial guesses of matrix element values.  This also eliminates the need for the user to re-index the reduced matrix elements by hand as changes are made to the matrix or level scheme.
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 In the beta versions, the GUI preserves backward-compatibility of the saved session files, so that users can upgrade the GUI without having to rebuild the session.
-When the release candidate becomes available, users will have to rebuild their sessions, because of major changes in the internal structure that cannot be automatically upgraded.  This can be aided by the export/import tools for the level and matrix data.
+When changing to version 1.0 or later, users will have to rebuild their sessions, because of major changes in the internal structure that cannot be automatically upgraded.  This can be aided by the export/import tools for the level and matrix data.  Subsequent versions will have the automatic upgrading reinstated.
-In the release versions, automatic upgrading of saved sessions will be reinstated.
 ==Capabilities of version 1==
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 ===Planned upgrades===
-There are a number of planned upgrades, ''some'' of which will be incorporated in the first [[rachel_release_candidate | release candidate] version.  The upgrade plan and priorities will be changed based on user feedback and bug reports.
+There are a number of planned upgrades, many of which have already been added to versions 1.0 and later.  The upgrade plan and priorities will be changed based on user feedback and bug reports.
 # More accurate stopping power calculations for low-Z beams.