Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008aas...212.4103g&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #212, #41.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 40, p.242
Statistics
Computation
Scientific paper
The interpretation of cosmic spectra relies on a vast sea of atomic data which are not readily obtainable from analytic expressions or simple calculations. Since experimental determination of the multitude of atomic excitation, ionization, and recombination rates is clearly impossible, theoretical calculations are required for all transitions of all ionization stages of all elements through the iron peak elements, and to achieve the accuracy necessary for interpreting the most recently observed, high-resolution spectra, state-of-the-art atomic theoretical techniques need to be used. In this talk, I will give an overview of the latest status of the theoretical treatments of atomic processes in astrophysical plasmas, including a description of the available atomic databases. The successes of atomic theory, as assessed by benchmarking computational results with experimental measurements, where available, will be discussed as well as the present challenges facing the theoretical atomic laboratory astrophysics community.
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