2000/06/20 by Manuel A. Bautista
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph
published as in "Atomic Data Needs for X-ray Astronomy" 2000. M.A. Bautista, T.R. Kallman, A.K. Pradhan (eds.) · workshop on "Atomic Data Needs for X-ray Astronomy". December 1999, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/atomic
arxiv created 2000/06/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Several different approximations and techniques have been developed for the calculation of atomic structure, ionization, and excitation of atoms and ions. These techniques have been used to compute large amounts of spectroscopic data of various levels of accuracy. This paper presents a review of these theoretical methods to help non-experts in atomic physics to better understand the qualities and limitations of various data sources and assess how reliable are spectral models based on those data.