15th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas
A special issue of Atoms (ISSN 2218-2004). This special issue belongs to the section "Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Spectroscopy and Collisions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main goal of the Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths (ASOS) conferences is to bring together ‘producers’ and ‘users’ of atomic data to ensure optimal coordination. Atomic physicists who study the structure of atoms and their radiative and collisional properties will be invited to present the development of their work, while astrophysicists and laboratory plasma physicists will be invited to review their current research interests and the context in which atomic data are needed. The symposium will be held at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice, France, between 29 June and 3 July 2026.
This Special Issue will provide an up-to-date reference on the current status of atomic data for fusion and astrophysical plasma research, detailing what data are available and what are needed for future plasma diagnostics.
Dr. Brian Thorsbro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- atomic lifetime and oscillator strength determination
- hyperfine structure and isotope shifts
- theoretical modeling and computational approaches
- laboratory techniques
- high resolution spectroscopy
- trapped ions
- tests of fundamental constants
- highly charged ions
- collisional processes
- atomic databases and related topics
- astrophysical and laboratory plasmas: atomic data needs
- spectroscopic diagnostics of fusion plasmas
- topics in astrophysics including elemental abundance determination
- atomic spectra from HED plasmas and polarization
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