Version 3.0 – Version History

Versions 1.3 and 2.0 are maintained as archives.

For Version 3.0, the database management system has been completely replaced by a relational database management system. This assures a high level of consistency and integration of the data, as for example for the information on the lines and levels of an atom.

Web Interface Improvements

A new version of the interface has been developed. The interface for the return pages includes direct access to the bibliographic references by clicking on links given in the tables. An advanced help system is provided with balloon explanations of various symbols and quantities.

New graphical features include dynamic transition plots (Grotrian diagrams) with ability to zoom into particular energy levels and their transitions and online generated plots for Saha/Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (LTE) plasma emission spectra for arbitrary electron temperature and density. The Grotrian diagrams interface requires a Java2 plugin (available at java.sun.com) for the user's browser.

Major Data Additions

The data tables have been expanded to include:

1. Spectrum lines and energy levels for xenon in all stages of ionization Xe I-Xe LIV.

2. Spectrum lines and energy levels for rubidium in all stages of ionization Rb I-Rb XXXVII.

3. Energy levels and lines for Hg I and Hg II.

4. New data for the energy levels and spectral lines of Zr III and Zr IV.

5. New data for the energy levels and spectral lines of Ba I and Ba II.

6. Newly compiled data for spectrum lines and levels of Ne I.

7. Spectral lines from the Spectral Data for the Chandra X-ray Observatory Database for Ne V-VIII, Mg V-X, Si VI-XII, and S VIII-XIV in the range 20 Å to170 Å added to ASD.

8. New data for the lines and levels of Ti III-Ti XXII, V IV-V XXIII, Cr V-Cr XXIV, Mn VI-Mn XXV, Fe VII-Fe XXVI, Co VIII-Co XXVII, Ni IX-Ni XXVIII, Cu X-Cu XXIX, Kr V-Kr XXXVI, Mo VI-Mo XLII. This large body of data was taken from the compilation “Spectral Data for Highly Ionized Atoms: TI, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Kr, and Mo,” by T. Shirai, J. Sugar, A. Musgrove, and W.L. Wiese, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 8 (2000). This volume provides data for the spectral lines of these ions. Although the energy levels relevant to each line were given, there was no separate table of energy levels in this volume. The energy values and term identifications of the levels were taken from various NIST energy level compilations, as already included in Version 2.0 of ASD. However, Monograph 8 incorporated numerous modifications to the level data that had taken place since the original NIST compilations. A detailed description of corrections and changes is available.

Data Corrections

An error that occurred in converting wavelengths in air longer than 20000 Å taken from the NIST68 compilation to wave numbers in vacuum was corrected.

All questionable spectral lines (with wavelengths in parentheses in ASD 2.0) are removed.

All terms split into levels (e.g., one term Mg XI 1s4f ³F J=2-4 with energy [13379893] is now presented by three levels with the same energy).

In all occurrences of the 3d⁷ shell, the incorrect term ²D2 replaced with the correct seniority term ²D3.

Minor corrections/additions for specific ions

Quick links:

Al: II IV VII X XII | Ar: I | As: I XXIV XXV XXXIII

B: I | Be: I | Br: XXVII

C: V | Ca: I | Ce: II III | Co: I VI | Cr: I IV | Cu: I III VI

Eu: I

F: I | Fe: III

Ga: III XVI XXII XXIV

He: I

Kr: XXXI

Li: I

Mg: I II XII | Mo: XXXIV

Ne: I | Ni: XIX

O: I V

P: II

S: I II III IV VII | Sc: I II IV V X XI XII XIII XV XIX | Se: XXVI | Si: II

Zn: II III

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Al (various ions)

The major source of corrections/additions was the paper by V. Kaufman and W. C. Martin, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 20, 775 (1991) (below referred to as KM-Al)

Al II

Incorrect lines in the 3s3p-3s3d ³P-³D multiplet are removed.

Al IV

Added 8 levels for 10d, 9d, 8d, 6s (KM-Al)

Added 8 lines from those levels (KM-Al)

Al VII

Added level 1598270, J=7/2 from KM-Al

Added 1 line from that level (KM-Al)

Al X

Lines 177.77 and 177.84, the energies of the lower levels were incorrect

Al XII

For the 1s²-1s2p line, the transition probability was too small by a factor of 100000

Ar I

The value of the level at 125736.9 cm^-1 is changed to 125376.9 cm^-1.

For the levels 125490.83 and 125490.74, the core should be ²P_1/2 rather than ²P_3/2.

As I

Duplicate levels 72944.4 and 72501.9 removed

As XXIV

2 duplicate levels 16377000 removed

As XXV

14 incorrectly entered levels above 15000000 removed (only those from Kelly's H-Kr compilation are left).

As XXXIII

Duplicate limit removed

B I

Misprint in configuration 2s²3ld - should be 2s²36d.

Be I

Duplicate lines 2494.583, 2494.728 removed

Br XXVII

14 incorrectly entered levels above 16000000 removed (only those from Kelly's H-Kr compilation are left).

C V

Energy of the 1s3s 3S was 2893573.8, corrected to 2839573.8 (misprint)

Ca I

Level 48398.6 should be 3p⁶4s11h

Ce II

Level 6967.547, J=13/2, second component should be 4f5d(³G^o)6p

Ce III

102961.29, second basis state has had 1/2, should be 3/2

Co I

Group of levels near 55000 wrongly have the same term value of '1', should be '2'-'6'

Co VI

Levels 376793.0, 378219.1, and 378740.0 should be 3d³(⁴P)4p

Cr I

Level 52677.88 should have J=7

Cr IV

One of the levels 239541.4 should have J=5/2

Cu I

Level 84025.1 should be 3d⁹4s(³D₂)12p_3/2

Cu III

Levels 293747 and 294910 should be 3d⁸4s(⁴P)4p

Cu VI

3d⁵(³F2)4p should be 3d⁵(²F2)4p

Eu I

Some levels near 35000 cm^-1 were incorrectly grouped into one term '⁸D^o?'

F I

Incorrect J-values for 138272.0 fixed

Fe III

Transition probability for the 3355.48 line was factor of 10 too small

Ga III

Levels 220346.65, 220346.75, 227637.2, and 227637.2 should have core 3d¹⁰ rather than 3d⁹

Ga XVI

Energy 38425 replaced by 34825 (misprint)

Ga XXII

Configuration for the level 14045000 should be 2s2p⁶4p

Ge XXIV

One of the energies should be 11379000 rather than 111379000

Added leading configurations for levels 12483000, 12330000, 11682000, 11557000, 11406000, 11379000

He I

The energy levels are taken from G.W.F. Drake and W.C. Martin, Can. J. Phys 76, 679-698 (1998). Experimental values (from Table 8 of that paper) are used for 1s2s ³S₁ and ¹S₀, 1s2p ³P_2,1,0 and ¹P₁, 1s3s ¹S₀, 1s3p ³P_2,1,0 and ¹P₁, 1s4s ³S₁, and 1s5s ³S₁. For all other levels, the theoretical data (Table 6) are used. The energies are rounded to 4 places.

Kr XXXI

Energy 2002900 should be 2062900 (misprint)

Li I

Number of double excited configurations have unorthodox designations:

1s.2,3.sp+ 1s2s3p

1s.2,3.sp- 1s2p3s

1s.2,4.sp+ 1s2s4p

1s.2,4.sp- --> 1s2p4s

Mg I

Level 6d added

1 line added; overlap with 5d

Mg II

Some revisions and extensions of the Mg II levels as given in the 1991 wavelengths table are also used in the levels table here. In addition, newly evaluated positions for the quartet levels of configurations involving the 2p⁵(²P^o) excited core are also given in the tables here. All these quartet levels are now given with respect to the 2p⁶3s ²S ground level without any unknown connection ("+x").

Wavelengths and Energy Level Classifications of Magnesium Spectra for All Stages of Ionization (Mg I through Mg XII), V. Kaufman and W. C. Martin, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 20, 83-152 (1991)

(2P*)3s3p(3P*)  4S3/2    428957
           
        4D7/2    434090
        4D5/2    434633
        4D3/2    435190
        4D1/2    435640   

        4P5/2    437570
        4P3/2    438167

(2P*)3p2(3P)      4P*5/2   483373           
       
        4D*7/2   486856

(2P*)3s4s(3S)   4P*5/2   487205

(2P*)3p2(3P)    4D*5/2    488587

(2P*)3s3d(3D)   4F*9/2   489383

                       4P*5/2   489440

Mg XII

For the lines from 7p and 8p, the energies of 1/2and 3/2 were interchanged in the list of transitions (wavelengths do correspond to correct energies).

Mo XXXIV

Energy of the 2s² 2p⁴ (³P) 3d ²F_5/2 level should be 22046000 rather than 18060000, and the wavelength of the corresponding line should be 4.536 rather than 5.536.

Ne I

Transition probability for the 6402.248 line was factor of 10 too small

Ni XIX

Level 10925000, configuration should be 2s2p⁶4p rather than 2p2p⁶4p

O I

Duplicate line 1152.55 removed

O V

Line 485.834, lower level quantum numbers were incorrect

P II

There are a few duplicate lines (4402.104, 4417.337, 4466.140, 4530.823, 4582.180) with the same f, log(gf),S but different A. Those with A's corresponding to f are retained, others removed.

S (various ions)

The major source of corrections/additions was the paper by V. Kaufman and W. C. Martin, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 22, 279 (1993) (below referred to as KM-S)

S I

Added two 14d, one 12d levels; 7d,8d,9d ⁵D with j=2,3 (KM-S)

Had wrong energies 95206 and 95189 in the line list, corrected. Also:

70166.187/70166.195

67890.008/67890.016

67887.797/67887.805

67885.527/67885.535

Line 1106 is wrong, removed

11 lines added from KM-S

Duplicate lines 8874.48 removed

S II

Transition probability for the 2334.605 line was too large by a factor of 10000

S III

Energy 157810.31 corrected to 157610.31 (misprint)

S IV

9 3s3p(³P)5s and 3s3p(³P)5p levels added from KM-S

41 lines added from KM-S

S VII

Line 352.347 had wrong parent term for the upper level

Sc (various ions)

The main source for data corrections was V. Kaufman and J. Sugar, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 17, 1679 (1989) which is below referred to as KS-Sc.

Sc I

Unidentified 101 levels and 86 lines from the KS-Sc are added

Fixed misprints in line lists:

upper level: 3649.131, 6797.26, 6799.62, 6803.68, 10684.09, 8181.32, 10716.85, 12320.29, 16707.11, 23896.2, 23896.2, 25154.9, 26185.2

lower level: 5020.137, 5066.384

Removed duplicate line 2699.015

Corrected parent term for the line 17012.76

Sc II

Energies of 3d7s ³D₃ and two 5g levels corrected in the line lists

6 lines added

Sc IV

Energy of the 3s²3p⁵(²P^o_3/2)6h J=4 corrected in the line list

Sc V

Duplicate lines 296.16, 300.01

Sc X

Duplicate lines 596.67, 595.99, 586.96, 459.396, 576.77,490.220, 449.267, 383.580, 352.556, 357.490, 342.528,337.883, 458.165, 588.03, 736.41 removed

Sc XI

Duplicate lines 105.145, 522.810, 505.117, 382.042, 372.507, 168.943, 138.381, 138.283, 128.247, 127.154, 105.177, 104.441, 97.875, 97.868, 97.816, 95.090, 94.861, 84.414, 84.414, 84.371, 83.958, 78.509, 78.924, 77.932, 77.895, 64.98, 64.70 removed

Sc XII

56 levels added from KS-Sc

2 duplicate lines removed (26.544, 26.920)

Sc XIII

Level 4071600 added from KS-Sc

Lines 24.560, 24.791 added from KS-Sc

Sc XV

Levels 4880000, 4789200 (with the parent term ¹P) added from KS-Sc

Lines 21.792, 21.370 added from KS-Sc

Sc XIX

Duplicate lines 11.845, 11.377, 11.204, 10.785, 10.631, 10.443, 2.8964 removed

Se XXVI

14 incorrectly entered levels above 14000000 removed (only those from Kelly's H-Kr compilation are left).

Si II

Line 2334.605, A-value too large by a factor of 10⁵

Zn II

Levels 138114.0 and 138117.5 should be 3d¹⁰9d

Zn III

3d⁹(²D_3/2)8s should be 3d⁹(²D_5/2)8s for E =293658.4.