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|| gamst || real*4 || (s*Ne)^-1|| 0 || log Quadratic Stark damping constant at l0000 K (per perturber) ||
|| gamvw || real*4 || (s*NH)^-1|| 0 || log van der Waals damping constant at l0000 K (per perturber) ||
|| gamst || real*4 || (s*Ne)^-1|| 0 || log Quadratic Stark damping constant at l0000 K (where Ne is the electron number density) ||
|| gamvw || real*4 || depends on value || 0 || van der Waals damping parameter: if <0: log gamma_6 in units of (s*NH)^-1 at l0000 K (where NH is the number density of neutral hydrogen); if >0 : two parameters as defined in Barklem et al. 2000A&AS..142..467B : integer part is cross-section sigma, fractional part is velocity parameter alpha ||
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|| source || char*7 || || blank || reference to the oscillator strength source ||
|| accuracy_flag || char*1 || || blank || type of the accuracy value (see below) ||
|| accuracy || char*6 || || blank || accuracy of the oscillator strength                        ||
|| source || char*7 || || blank || reference to the oscillator strength source^1^ ||
|| accuracy_flag || char*1 || || blank || type of the accuracy value (see below)^2^ ||
|| accuracy || char*6 || || blank || accuracy of the oscillator strength^2^ ||
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accuracy_flag values:<<BR>>
' ' ... no value<<BR>>
1. Special SOURCE filed content. To store multiple references to the wavelengths, oscillator strengths and/or isotopic splitting a special form of the SOURCE field is used. The first byte is the mask. An indicator of special form is that the first byte has a value less than 48 (decimal value of character '0').

2. Accuracy_flag values:<<BR>>
' ' or '_' ... no value<<BR>>
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'E' ... error in dex<<BR>>  An estimated accuracy is listed for each transition strength, indicated by a code letter as given in the table below:
 <<BR>>
 AAA ≤ 0.3%<<BR>>
 AA ≤ 1%<<BR>>
 A+ ≤ 2%<<BR>>
 A ≤ 3%<<BR>>
 B+ ≤ 7%<<BR>>
 B ≤ 10%<<BR>>
 C+ ≤ 18%<<BR>>
 C ≤ 25%<<BR>>
 D+ ≤ 40%<<BR>>
 D ≤ 50%<<BR>>
 E > 50%.<<BR>>

'E' ... absolute error in dex<<BR>>
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 Cancellation factor (CF) is defined as follows. Calculations of the line transition probability are made by summation of contributions of eigenvector components of wave functions of the lower and upper states that come with different signs. All positive and negative contributions are summed separately in partial sums S+ and S−, so that the line strength is given by S = (S+) + (S−). Then CF is defined as CF = [(S+) − abs(S−)]/[(S+) + abs(S−)]. Thus, CF ends up in the range between [−1, 1], and “strong cancellation” occurs when |CF| is close to zero. <<BR>>

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VALD-3 binary record format

Total record length: 270 bytes

Field short name

Type

Unit

Default

Description

wl

real*8

Å

wavelength in vacuum

species

int*4

VALD species code, see VALD list of species

loggf

real*4

log statistical weight times oscillator strength

e_low

real*8

cm^-1

energy of the lower level

j_low

real*4

orbital quantum number for the lower level

e_upp

real*8

cm^-1

energy of the upper level

j_upp

real*4

orbital quantum number for the upper level

lande_low

real*4

99

Lande factor for the lower level

lande_upp

real*4

99

Lande factor for the upper level

gamrad

real*4

s^-1

0

log Radiative damping constant

gamst

real*4

(s*Ne)^-1

0

log Quadratic Stark damping constant at l0000 K (where Ne is the electron number density)

gamvw

real*4

depends on value

0

van der Waals damping parameter: if <0: log gamma_6 in units of (s*NH)^-1 at l0000 K (where NH is the number density of neutral hydrogen); if >0 : two parameters as defined in Barklem et al. 2000A&AS..142..467B : integer part is cross-section sigma, fractional part is velocity parameter alpha

term_flag_low

char*2

blank

level coupling type (e.g. LS)

term_low

char*86

blank

lower level term designation

term_flag_upp

char*2

blank

level coupling type (e.g. LS)

term_upp

char*86

blank

upper level term designation

source

char*7

blank

reference to the oscillator strength source1

accuracy_flag

char*1

blank

type of the accuracy value (see below)2

accuracy

char*6

blank

accuracy of the oscillator strength2

Transition type

char*1

blank

Allowed transition

A

Autoionizing transition

B

Forbidden: Electric quadrupole transition (E2)

C

Forbidden: Magnetic dipole transition (M1)

D

Forbidden: Magnetic quadrupole transition (M2)

E

Forbidden: Electric octupole transition (E3)

F

Forbidden: Magnetic octupole transition (M3)

Extra information

char*1

blank or 0

No extended information

1

Extended van der Waals

2

Extended Stark

3

Extended van der Waals & Stark

4

Transition has hfs extension

5

Extended van der Waals & hfs

6

Extended Stark & hfs

7

Extended van der Waals & Stark + hfs

Not assigned

char*1

blank

Not used

Not assigned

char*1

blank

Not used

comment

char*16

blank

additional comments (e.g. wavelength accuracy)

Notes:

Fields without Default value are mandatory.

1. Special SOURCE filed content. To store multiple references to the wavelengths, oscillator strengths and/or isotopic splitting a special form of the SOURCE field is used. The first byte is the mask. An indicator of special form is that the first byte has a value less than 48 (decimal value of character '0').

2. Accuracy_flag values:
' ' or '_' ... no value
'N' ... quality class (NIST)

  • An estimated accuracy is listed for each transition strength, indicated by a code letter as given in the table below:


    AAA ≤ 0.3%
    AA ≤ 1%
    A+ ≤ 2%
    A ≤ 3%
    B+ ≤ 7%
    B ≤ 10%
    C+ ≤ 18%
    C ≤ 25%
    D+ ≤ 40%
    D ≤ 50%
    E > 50%.

'E' ... absolute error in dex
'C' ... cancellation factor

  • Cancellation factor (CF) is defined as follows. Calculations of the line transition probability are made by summation of contributions of eigenvector components of wave functions of the lower and upper states that come with different signs. All positive and negative contributions are summed separately in partial sums S+ and S−, so that the line strength is given by S = (S+) + (S−). Then CF is defined as CF = [(S+) − abs(S−)]/[(S+) + abs(S−)]. Thus, CF ends up in the range between [−1, 1], and “strong cancellation” occurs when |CF| is close to zero.

'P' ... predicted line

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