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The CHIANTI atomic database

Young, P. R.; Mason, H. E.; Del Zanna, G. +2 more

The freely available CHIANTI atomic database was first released in 1996 and has had a huge impact on the analysis and modeling of emissions from astrophysical plasmas. It contains data and software for modeling optically thin atom and positive ion emission from low density (≲10¹³ cm^-3) plasmas from x-ray to infrared wavelengt…