Abstract
The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) Consortium is a worldwide consortium which federates atomic and molecular databases through an e-science infrastructure and an organisation to support this activity. About 90% of the inter-connected databases handle data that are used for the interpretation of astronomical spectra and for modelling in many fields of astrophysics. Recently the VAMDC Consortium has connected databases from the radiation damage and the plasma communities, as well as promoting the publication of data from Indian institutes. This paper describes how the VAMDC Consortium is organised for the optimal distribution of atomic and molecular data for scientific research. It is noted that the VAMDC Consortium strongly advocates that authors of research papers using data cite the original experimental and theoretical papers as well as the relevant databases.
Recommended Citation
M. Dubernet et al., "The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) Consortium," Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 49, no. 7, IOP Publishing, Jan 2016.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/7/074003
Department(s)
Chemistry
Keywords and Phrases
Astrophysics; Atoms; Databases; Kinetic Data; Molecules; Spectroscopy
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0953-4075; 1361-6455
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2016 IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2016
