J/ApJS/230/8 Compilation of atomic data for key heavy elements (Cashman+, 2017) ================================================================================ Atomic data revisions for transitions relevant to observations of interstellar, circumgalactic, and intergalactic matter. Cashman F.H., Kulkarni V.P., Kisielius R., Ferland G.J., Bogdanovich P. =2017ApJS..230....8C (SIMBAD/NED BibCode) ================================================================================ ADC_Keywords: Atomic physics ; References Keywords: atomic data; atomic processes; ISM: abundances; galaxies: abundances; quasars: absorption lines Abstract: Measurements of element abundances in galaxies from astrophysical spectroscopy depend sensitively on the atomic data used. With the goal of making the latest atomic data accessible to the community, we present a compilation of selected atomic data for resonant absorption lines at wavelengths longward of 911.753{AA} (the HI Lyman limit), for key heavy elements (heavier than atomic number 5) of astrophysical interest. In particular, we focus on the transitions of those ions that have been observed in the Milky Way interstellar medium (ISM), the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of the Milky Way and/or other galaxies, and the intergalactic medium (IGM). We provide wavelengths, oscillator strengths, associated accuracy grades, and references to the oscillator strength determinations. We also attempt to compare and assess the recent oscillator strength determinations. For about 22% of the lines that have updated oscillator strength values, the differences between the former values and the updated ones are >~0.1dex. Our compilation will be a useful resource for absorption line studies of the ISM, as well as studies of the CGM and IGM traced by sight lines to quasars and gamma-ray bursts. Studies (including those enabled by future generations of extremely large telescopes) of absorption by galaxies against the light of background galaxies will also benefit from our compilation. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1.dat 130 575 Line identifications, observed wavelengths, Ritz wavelengths, absorption oscillator strengths and their accuracy grade for key transitions refs.dat 195 84 References of oscillator strength (table 2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: J/A+AS/108/287 : Atomic data (Verner+, 1994) J/A+AS/130/541 : Co II oscillator strengths (Raassen+ 1998) J/A+A/377/361 : Fe II transition probabilities and loggf (Pickering+, 2001) J/A+A/388/704 : Al I & Al II absolute transition proba. (Vujnovic+, 2002) J/ApJ/667/1267 : CrI transition probabilities (Sobeck+, 2007) J/A+A/508/1527 : SiII Radiative transition rates (Bautista+, 2009) J/ApJ/700/1299 : Gas-phase element depletions in the ISM (Jenkins, 2009) J/ApJS/188/32 : Breit-Pauli transition probabilities for SII (Tayal+, 2010) J/ApJS/194/35 : Atomic transition probabilities of Mn (Den Hartog+, 2011) J/ApJ/770/138 : Metallicities of Lyman limit systems and DLA (Lehner+, 2013) J/ApJ/780/76 : SII energy levels & transition line strengths (Kisielius+, 2014) J/ApJS/211/20 : NiI transition probability measurements (Wood+, 2014) J/ApJ/804/76 : ZnII lines and collision strengths (Kisielius+, 2015) J/ApJS/220/13 : Co I transition probabilities (Lawler+, 2015) J/A+A/587/A107 : Transitions between Ni II bound states (Cassidy+, 2016) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 2 I2 --- Z [6/82] Atomic number 4- 9 A6 --- Ion Ion 11- 38 A28 --- loLevel Lower LSJ level 40- 77 A38 --- upLevel Upper LSJ level 79- 89 F11.6 0.1nm lamVac [912.7/7701.1]? Observed vacuum wavelength in Angstroms 91- 98 F8.3 0.1nm lamRitz [906.8/7701.1] Ritz wavelength in Angstroms 100-101 I2 --- glow [1/10] Statistical weight of lower level 103-104 I2 --- gupp [2/12] Statistical weight of upper level 106-113 E8.2 --- f [0.0009/1.9] Oscillator strength 115-120 F6.3 [-] log(gf) [-3.1/0.8] Log weighted oscillator strength 122-124 A3 --- Grade Accuracy grade of oscillator strength (1) 126-130 A5 --- Ref Source of oscillator strength (see refs.dat file) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): An estimated accuracy is listed for each oscillator strength where available, indicated by a code letter as follows: AAA = less than or equal to 0.3% (2 occurrences); AA = less than or equal to 1% (10 occurrences); A+ = less than or equal to 2% (11 occurrences); A = less than or equal to 3% (31 occurrences); B+ = less than or equal to 7% (89 occurrences); B = less than or equal to 10% (80 occurrences); C+ = less than or equal to 18% (73 occurrences); C = less than or equal to 25% (75 occurrences); D+ = less than or equal to 40% (33 occurrences); D = less than or equal to 50% (25 occurrences); E = greater than 50% (7 occurrences). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 5 A5 --- Ref Reference code 7- 25 A19 --- Bibcode Bibcode of the reference 27- 60 A34 --- Auth First author's name(s) and year 62-158 A97 --- Ion Ion 160-195 A36 --- Comm Reference comment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: From electronic version of the journal ================================================================================ (End) Prepared by [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS] 29-Jun-2017