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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…

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We present in this paper new and updated calculations of the ionization equilibrium for all the elements from H to Ni. We collected for these elements all the data available in the literature for the ionization and radiative plus…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. Mazzotta , G. Mazzitelli , S. Colafrancesco , N. Vittorio

The Leiden Atomic and Molecular Database (LAMDA) collects spectroscopic information and collisional rate coefficients for molecules, atoms, and ions of astrophysical and astrochemical interest. We describe the developments of the database…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-24 Floris van der Tak , François Lique , Alex Faure , John Black , Ewine van Dishoeck

Ionization energies for the ground state of berylliumlike ions with nuclear charge numbers in the range Z=16-96 are rigorously evaluated. The calculations merge the ab initio QED treatment in the first and second orders of the perturbation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-07-22 A. V. Malyshev , A. V. Volotka , D. A. Glazov , I. I. Tupitsyn , V. M. Shabaev , G. Plunien

Relevant uncertainties on theoretical atomic data are vital to determine the accuracy of plasma diagnostics in a number of areas including in particular the astrophysical study. We present a new calculation of the uncertainties on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Liyi Gu , Chintan Shah , Ruitian Zhang

The Accelerator Mass Spectrometry technique makes it possible to measure rare long-lived isotopes such as $^{10}$Be, $^{14}$C, $^{26}$Al, $^{36}$Cl, $^{41}$Ca and $^{129}$I. The content of these isotopes can be at the level of 10$^{-15}$ of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-11-08 A. Bondar , V. Parkhomchuk , A. Petrozhitsky , T. Shakirova , A. Sokolov

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…

Today Vienna Atomic Line Database (VALD) is one of main databases of atomic and molecular parameters required for stellar spectra analysis. We present the new features that recently appeared in the VALD3 release, including the effects of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-31 Yu. Pakhomov , N. Piskunov , T. Ryabchikova

A comprehensive model atom was constructed for C I using the most up-to-date atomic data. We evaluated non-local thermodynamical equilibrium (NLTE) line formation for neutral carbon in classical 1D models representing atmospheres of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-09 S. A. Alexeeva , L. I. Mashonkina

The study shows how to define "exactly" the average ion charge $Z_{\rm I}$ in the electron-ion model for plasmas and liquid metals: this definition comes out of the condition that a plasma consisting of electrons and nuclei can be described…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-05-04 Junzo Chihara

Charged Particle Therapy is a technique for cancer treatment that exploits hadron beams, mostly protons and carbons. A critical issue is the monitoring of the dose released by the beam to the tumor and to the surrounding tissues. We present…

We present the 2025 release of the spectral synthesis code Cloudy, highlighting significant enhancements to the scope and accuracy of the physics which have been made since the previous release. A major part of this development involves…

We report measured rate coefficients for electron-ion recombination for Si10+ forming Si9+ and for Si9+ forming Si8+, respectively. The measurements were performed using the electron-ion merged-beams technique at a heavy-ion storage ring.…

The concept of basic chemical models is introduced, which is new from the standpoint of the physics of nonideal atomic plasma. This concept is based on the requirement of full conformity of the expression for free energy in the chemical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. L. Khomkin , I. A. Mulenko , A. S. Shumikhin

We describe a new atomic and molecular database we developed for use in the spectral synthesis code Cloudy. The design of Stout is driven by the data needs of Cloudy, which simulates molecular, atomic, and ionized gas with kinetic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 M. L. Lykins , G. J. Ferland , R. Kisielius , M. Chatzikos , R. L. Porter , P. A. M. van Hoof , R. J. R. Williams , F. P. Keenan , P. C. Stancil

The Laboratory Astrophysics program employing the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) has been providing useful atomic data in support of the x-ray missions Chandra and XMM-Newton. Major achievements…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ehud Behar , Steven M. Kahn

The emission lines emitted from gaseous nebulae carry valuable information about the physical conditions and chemical abundances of ionized gases in these objects, as well as the interstellar extinction. "proEQUIB" is a library containing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-09 Ashkbiz Danehkar

After an extensive assessment of the effective collision strengths available to model the He-like triplet of C V, N VI, O VII, Ne IX, Mg XI and Si XIII in collisionally dominated plasmas, new accurate effective collision strengths are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-27 Y. Rodríguez , E. Gatuzz , M. A. Bautista , C. Mendoza

Over the past years, we have developed GATE version 10, a major re-implementation of the long-standing Geant4-based Monte Carlo application for particle and radiation transport simulation in medical physics. This release introduces many new…

A methane line list for the HITEMP spectroscopic database, covering 0-13,400 cm$^{-1}$ ($>$746 nm), is presented. To create this compilation, ab initio line lists of $^{12}$CH$_{4}$ from Rey et al. (2017) ApJ, 847, 105 (provided at separate…