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Authors = Michael C. Witthoeft ORCID = 0000-0001-6237-7776

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The XSTAR Atomic Database
by Claudio Mendoza, Manuel A. Bautista, Jérôme Deprince, Javier A. García, Efraín Gatuzz, Thomas W. Gorczyca, Timothy R. Kallman, Patrick Palmeri, Pascal Quinet and Michael C. Witthoeft
Atoms 2021, 9(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms9010012 - 5 Feb 2021
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We describe the atomic database of the xstar spectral modeling code, summarizing the systematic upgrades carried out in the past twenty years to enable the modeling of K-lines from chemical elements with atomic number Z30 and recent extensions to handle high-density [...] Read more.
We describe the atomic database of the xstar spectral modeling code, summarizing the systematic upgrades carried out in the past twenty years to enable the modeling of K-lines from chemical elements with atomic number Z30 and recent extensions to handle high-density plasmas. Such plasma environments are found, for instance, in the inner region of accretion disks round compact objects (neutron stars and black holes), which emit rich information about the system’s physical properties. Our intention is to offer a reliable modeling tool to take advantage of the outstanding spectral capabilities of the new generation of X-ray space telescopes (e.g., xrism and athena) to be launched in the coming years. Data curatorial aspects are discussed and an updated list of reference sources is compiled to improve the database provenance metadata. Two xstar spin-offs—the ISMabs absorption model and the uaDB database—are also described. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development and Perspectives of Atomic and Molecular Databases)
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