The CHIANTI atomic database
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2016-04-20 v1
Abstract
The CHIANTI atomic database was first released in 1996 and has had a huge impact on the analysis and modeling of emissions from astrophysical plasmas. The database has continued to be updated, with version 8 released in 2015. Atomic data for modeling the emissivities of 246 ions and neutrals are contained in CHIANTI, together with data for deriving the ionization fractions of all elements up to zinc. The different types of atomic data are summarized here and their formats discussed. Statistics on the impact of CHIANTI to the astrophysical community are given and examples of the diverse range of applications are presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1512.05620,
title = {The CHIANTI atomic database},
author = {Peter R. Young and Ken P. Dere and Enrico Landi and Giulio Del Zanna and Helen Mason},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05620},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
25 pages, submitted to a special issue of Journal of Physics B on astrophysical spectroscopy