MOL-D: A Collisional Database and Web Service within the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Center

• Published in: Journal of astrophysics and astronomy 2015-12, Vol.36 (4), p.693-703, Article 0
• Main Authors: Vujčič, V., Jevremović, D., Mihajlov, A. A., Ignjatović, Lj. M., Srećković, V. A., Dimitrijević, M. S., Malović, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Cross sections; Data centers; Helium; Hydrogen; Ionization; Ions; Kinetics; Mathematical models; Molecular ions; Molecules; Observations and Techniques; Photodissociation; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Plasma; Review; Web services
• ISSN: 0250-6335; 0973-7758
• DOI: 10.1007/s12036-015-9344-y

MOL-D database is a collection of cross-sections and rate coefficients for specific collisional processes and a web service within the Serbian Virtual Observatory (SerVO) and the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Center (VAMDC). This database contains photo-dissociation cross-sections for the individual ro-vibrational states of the diatomic molecular ions and rate coefficients for the atom-Rydberg atom chemi-ionization and inverse electron–ion–atom chemi-recombination processes. At the moment it contains data for photodissociation cross-sections of hydrogen H 2 + and helium He 2 + molecular ions and the corresponding averaged thermal photodissociation cross-sections. The ro-vibrational energy states and the corresponding dipole matrix elements are provided as well. Hydrogen and helium molecular ion data are important for calculation of solar and stellar atmosphere models and for radiative transport, as well as for kinetics of other astrophysical and laboratory plasma (i.e. early Universe).