The UK APAP Network

Our Mission:

The UK APAP (Atomic Processes for Astrophysical Plasmas) Network was formed to calculate electron and photon collisional data for atoms and ions, intended for astrophysical plasma modelling and spectral analysis. These data are interfaced with the applications of the astrophysical community via databases of fundamental data and derived collisional-radiative rate coefficients, together with level populations, spectral syntheses and line ratios for emission studies. The UK APAP Network follows-on from the UK RmaX Network and extends its mission to a wider range of atomic processes.

We are:

(from left to right GDZ, PY, HM, PJS, NRB, KAB)

o Nigel Badnell (Strathclyde)
o Keith Berrington (Sheffield-Hallam)
o Helen Mason (Cambridge)
o Pete Storey (UCL)
o Peter Young (NRL)
o Giulio Del Zanna (Cambridge)

Post-doc:

o Guiyun Liang (Strathclyde)

Alumni:

(from left to right MCW, CPB)

o Connor Ballance (Auburn)
o Mike Witthoeft (NASA-Goddard)

Data:

Our data is archived at a number of sites, either as standalone data or as part of a modelling package:
oADAS
oCHIANTI
oOak Ridge CFADC
oTIP/TOPbase

UK APAP Codes

These codes are freely available. If you use these codes to generate a publication then we would appreciate an acknowledgement and a reference to this web-page. Details of background references can be found here.

APAP/RmaX Network Publications.
IRON Project Publications.
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