Elizabeth McMillan, undergraduate researcher received the Undergraduate Research Award. John Dupuy, undergraduate researcher received the Ted. L. Simons Memorial Award.
Benhui Yang, Assistant Research Scientist in the CSP, had his work just published in Nature Communications.
Ion Collision Databases
The Ion Collision Database at UGA consists of two main components: i) charge exchange in ion-atom and ion-molecule collisions and ii) elastic scattering, charge transfer, spin exchange, and related transport properties for proton and atomic hydrogen collisions with H. The goal of both databases is to provide accurate cross section and rate coefficient data for the astrophysical modeling community. The database includes available theoretical and experimental data and is funded by the NASA Astrophysics Data Analysis Program.
Excitation Database
The collisional excitation database includes rate coefficients for molecular rotational and vibrational quenching due to neutral particle collisions computed in our group. All data are available in various formats (e.g., LAMDA, Basecol, ...). Estimates of molecular collisional data obtained via scaling and atomic fine-structure excitation rate coefficients will be added soon. The database is funded by the NASA Astrophysics Data Analysis Program.
Molecular Opacity Database
The UGA Molecular Opacity Project (UGAMOP) database focuses on theoretical data for bound-bound and bound-free (photodissociation) transitions of diatomic molecules. Available data include molecular rovibrational energies, rovibrational and electronic transition probabilities, and photodissociation cross sections computed in our group. In particular, rovibrationally-resolved and LTE photodissociation cross sections are provided. Various NASA and NSF grants have funded this work over the years. Some molecular excitation and atomic photoionization data are also provided, but the former is being moved to the Excitation Database.