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We've developed a scalable and sustainable online atomic data portal with an automated interface for easy update and addition of new data. The current portal provides energies, transition matrix elements, transition rates, radiative…

There has been a growing request from the X-ray astronomy community for a quantitative estimate of systematic uncertainties originating from the atomic data used in plasma codes. Though there have been several studies looking into atomic…

We present new atomic data (radiative transitions rates and collision strengths) from large scale calculations and a non-LTE spectral model for Fe III. This model is in very good agreement with observed astronomical emission spectra, in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Manuel A. Bautista , Connor P. Ballance , Pascal Quinet

High precision atomic data is indispensable for experiments involving studies of fundamental interactions, astrophysics, atomic clocks, plasma science, and others. We develop new parallel atomic structure codes and explore the difficulties…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-03-11 C. Cheung , M. S. Safronova , S. G. Porsev

This report summarizes laboratory measurements of atomic wavelengths, energy levels, hyperfine and isotope structure, energy level lifetimes, and oscillator strengths. Theoretical calculations of lifetimes and oscillator strengths are also…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-10-30 Gillian Nave , Sultana Nahar , Gang Zhao

Many large scale numerical simulations of astrophysical plasmas must also reproduce the hydrogen ionization and the resulting emission spectrum, in some cases quite accurately. We describe a compact model hydrogen atom that can be readily…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Jason W. Ferguson , Gary J. Ferland

Large-scale self-consistent multiconfiguration Dirac--Hartree--Fock and relativistic configuration interaction calculations are reported for the $n \leq 6$ levels in Be-like ions from B II to Ne VII. Effects from electron correlation are…

Accurate atomic data and plasma models are essential for interpreting the upcoming high-quality spectra from missions like XRISM and Athena. Estimating physical quantities, like temperature, abundance, turbulence, and resonance scattering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-21 Priyanka Chakraborty , Rachel Hemmer , Adam R. Foster , John Raymond , Arnab Sarkar , Randall Smith , Nancy Brickhouse

We present extensive calculations of radiative transition rates and electron impact collision strengths for Fe II. The data sets involve 52 levels from the $3d\,^7$, $3d\,^64s$, and $3d\,^54s^2$ configurations. Computations of $A$-values…

This report summarizes laboratory measurements of atomic wavelengths, energy levels, hyperfine and isotope structure, energy level lifetimes, and oscillator strengths. Theoretical calculations of lifetimes and oscillator strengths are also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-08 Gillian Nave , Glenn M. Wahlgren , Jeffrey R. Fuhr

Atomic data are an important source of systematic uncertainty in our determinations of nebular chemical abundances. However, we do not have good estimates of these uncertainties since it is very difficult to assess the accuracy of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-31 Leticia Juan de Dios , Mónica Rodríguez

We present a detailed model of the discrete X-ray spectroscopic features expected from steady-state, low-density photoionized plasmas. We apply the Flexible Atomic Code (FAC) to calculate all of the necessary atomic data for the full range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Kinkhabwala , E. Behar , M. Sako , M. F. Gu , S. M. Kahn , F. B. S. Paerels

Spectral lines from N-like ions can be used to measure the temperature and density of various types of astrophysical plasmas. The atomic databases of astrophysical plasma modelling codes still have room for improvement in their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 Junjie Mao , N. R. Badnell , G. Del Zanna

A large number of wave modes exist in a magnetized plasma. Their properties are determined by the interaction of particles and waves. In a simulation code, the correct treatment of field quantities and particle behavior is essential to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-10-04 Patrick Kilian , Patricio A. Muñoz , Cedric Schreiner , Felix Spanier

Atomic and molecular data for the transitions of a number of astrophysically interesting species are summarized, including energy levels, statistical weights, Einstein A-coefficients and collisional rate coefficients. Available collisional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 F. L. Schoeier , F. F. S. van der Tak , E. F. van Dishoeck , J. H. Black

We use the PyNeb 1.1.16 Python package to evaluate the atomic datasets available for the spectral modeling of [Fe II] and [Fe III], which list level energies, A-values, and effective collision strengths. Most datasets are reconstructed from…

The measurement of stellar properties such as chemical compositions, masses and ages, through stellar spectra, is a fundamental problem in astrophysics. Progress in the understanding, calculation and measurement of atomic properties and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 Paul S. Barklem

Astrophysical plasma codes are built on atomic databases. In the current atomic databases, R-matrix electron-impact excitation data of O-like ions are limited. The accuracy of plasma diagnostics with O-like ions depends on the availability…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-15 Junjie Mao , N. R. Badnell , G. Del Zanna

The CHIANTI atomic database provides sets of assessed data used for simulating spectral observations of astrophysical plasmas. This article describes updates that will be released as version~10.1 of the database. A key component of CHIANTI…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-08-23 Kenneth Dere , Giulio Del Zanna , Peter Young , Enrico Landi

Accurate atomic data are essential for opacity calculations and for abundance analyses of the Sun and other stars. The aim of this work is to provide accurate and extensive results of energy levels and transition data for C I - IV. The…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 W. Li , A. M. Amarsi , A. Papoulia , J. Ekman , P. Jönsson