Updated Atomic Data and Calculations for X-ray Spectroscopy. (arXiv:1207.0576v1 [astro-ph.HE])

Updated Atomic Data and Calculations for X-ray Spectroscopy. (arXiv:1207.0576v1 [astro-ph.HE]):
We describe the latest release of AtomDB, version 2.0.2, a database of atomic
data and a plasma modeling code with a focus on X-ray astronomy. This release
includes several major updates to the fundamental atomic structure and process
data held within AtomDB, incorporating new ionization balance data,
state-selective recombination data, and updated collisional excitation data for
many ions, including the iron L-shell ions from Fe$^{+16}$ to Fe$^{+23}$ and
all of the hydrogen- and helium-like sequences. We also describe some of the
effects that these changes have on calculated emission and diagnostic line
ratios, such as changes in the temperature implied by the He-like G-ratios of
up to a factor of 2.