Atomic Spectra Bibliography Databases at NIST

In June 2006, our Atomic Spectroscopy Data Center released three new Bibliographic Databases (BD) containing references to papers with atomic data for controlled fusion research, modeling and diagnostics of astrophysical and terrestrial plasmas, and fundamental properties of electronic spectra of atoms and ions. The NIST Atomic Energy Levels and Spectra BD (http://physics.nist.gov/elevbib) [EL] is the first online version of the NIST bibliography on atomic energy levels and spectra, last published on paper in 1985. It includes more than 9300 references, mostly for years 1967 through 2004. Work is in progress to cover the latest years. The NIST Atomic Transition Probability BD, v.~8.1 (http://physics.nist.gov/fvalbib) [TP] with its 7200 references mainly covers years 1964 through 2006. The NIST Spectral Line Broadening BD, v.~2.0 (http://physics.nist.gov/linebrbib) [LB] has 3600 references, mostly for 1978 through 2006. It is a major upgrade of v.~1.0, which had only 800 references. All three databases are now maintained in a unified database management system that allows us to quickly update the contents. Updates become available to users on the next day. A new Data Entry module makes it easy to enter and categorize the data. This work is supported in part by the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy