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- Dubernet, M. L., et al.
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The virtual atomic and molecular data centre (VAMDC) consortium
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In: Journal of Physics B. - : IOP Publishing. - 0953-4075 .- 1361-6455. ; 49:7
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) Consortium is a worldwide consortium which federates atomic and molecular databases through an e-science infrastructure and an organisation to support this activity. About 90% of the inter-connected databases handle data that are used for the interpretation of astronomical spectra and for modelling in many fields of astrophysics. Recently the VAMDC Consortium has connected databases from the radiation damage and the plasma communities, as well as promoting the publication of data from Indian institutes. This paper describes how the VAMDC Consortium is organised for the optimal distribution of atomic and molecular data for scientific research. It is noted that the VAMDC Consortium strongly advocates that authors of research papers using data cite the original experimental and theoretical papers as well as the relevant databases.
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- Dubernet, M. L., et al.
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Virtual atomic and molecular data centre
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In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. - 0022-4073 .- 1879-1352. ; 111:15, s. 2151-2159
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- The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC, http://www.vamdc.eu) is a European Union funded collaboration between groups involved in the generation, evaluation, and use of atomic and molecular data. VAMDC aims to build a secure, documented, flexible and interoperable e-science environment-based interface to existing atomic and molecular data. The project will cover establishing the core consortium, the development and deployment of the infrastructure and the development of interfaces to the existing atomic and molecular databases. It will also provide a forum for training potential users and dissemination of expertise worldwide. This review describes the scope of the VAMDC project; it provides a survey of the atomic and molecular data sets that will be included plus a discussion of how they will be integrated. Some applications of these data are also discussed.
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- Albert, Damien, et al.
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A Decade with VAMDC : Results and Ambitions
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In: Atoms. - : MDPI. - 2218-2004. ; 8:4
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- This paper presents an overview of the current status of the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) e-infrastructure, including the current status of the VAMDC-connected (or to be connected) databases, updates on the latest technological development within the infrastructure and a presentation of some application tools that make use of the VAMDC e-infrastructure. We analyse the past 10 years of VAMDC development and operation, and assess their impact both on the field of atomic and molecular (A&M) physics itself and on heterogeneous data management in international cooperation. The highly sophisticated VAMDC infrastructure and the related databases developed over this long term make them a perfect resource of sustainable data for future applications in many fields of research. However, we also discuss the current limitations that prevent VAMDC from becoming the main publishing platform and the main source of A&M data for user communities, and present possible solutions under investigation by the consortium. Several user application examples are presented, illustrating the benefits of VAMDC in current research applications, which often need the A&M data from more than one database. Finally, we present our vision for the future of VAMDC.
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- Sahal-Brechot, S., et al.
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Multipole rates for atomic polarization studies : The case of complex atoms in non-spherically symmetric states colliding with atomic hydrogen
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In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 465:2, s. 667-677
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- Context: Interpretation of linearly polarized parameters of the lines of complex atoms for the second solar spectrum needs a lot of collisional coefficients which are often poorly known. Aims: We provide general and simple formulae giving the coefficients of the atomic master equation (depolarization, polarization transfer, population transfer, and relaxation coefficients) for the case of any atomic level (but not a spherically symmetric) that is perturbed by collisions with hydrogen atoms. Methods: We use the theory of the density matrix and the theory of atomic collisions with a few assumptions (frozen core and spin neglected during the collision). We only study collisional transitions between levels of the same configuration with no equivalent electrons in the external shell, and with the rest of the configuration (the core) frozen. We use the basis of the Tkq irreducible spherical tensor operators. Results: The formulae giving the depolarization and polarization transfer coefficients due to collisions with neutral hydrogen for l ≠ 0 levels of complex atoms can be expressed as a linear combination of the k-pole depolarization and elastic collisional rate coefficients obtained for simple atoms. Conclusions: .It should be possible to apply this method for fast calculation of multipole rates for any level having an external shell l ≠ 0.
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