Atomic and molecular data for space astronomy : needs, analysis, and availability : a selection of papers presented at the joint commission meeting III of the 21st I.A.U. General Assembly, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 July-1 August 1991

this Is A Very Useful Reference Book For Working Astronomers And Astrophysicists. Forming The Proceedings Of A Recent Iau Meeting Where The Availability And The Needs Of Atomic And Molecular Data Were Discussed, The Papers Published Here Discuss Existing And Planned Instruments For Astronomical Spectroscopy From Earth-orbiting Satellites. In Particular, the Atomic And Molecular Parameters That Are, Or Will Be, needed For Analysis Of The Data Obtained By These Instruments Are Considered. A Number Of Significant Shortcomings In The Available Databases Are Identified. The Needs Highlighted Will Be Of Interest To Laboratory Astrophysicists, Both Experimentalists And Theorists, Who Canproduce The Data Required. A Second Group Of Papers Provides A Current Inventory Of Atomic And Molecular Data Compilations. This is a very useful reference book for working astronomers and astrophysicists. Forming the proceedings of a recent IAU meeting where the availability and the needs of atomic and molecular data were discussed, the papers published here discuss existing and planned instruments for astronomical spectroscopy from earth-orbiting satellites. In particular, the atomic and molecular parameters that are, or will be, needed for analysis of the data obtained by these instruments are considered. A number of significant shortcomings in the available databases are identified. The needs highlighted will be of interest to laboratory astrophysicists, both experimentalists and theorists, who canproduce the data required. A second group of papers provides a current inventory of atomic and molecular data compilations. A reference work for astronomers and astrophysicists which surveys the existing and planned instrumentation for astronomical spectroscopy from Earth-orbiting satellites. The atomic and molecular parameters required for analysis of the data obtained by these instruments are considered.