linemake: An Atomic and Molecular Line List Generator

TL;DR

linemake is an open-source, user-friendly tool designed to generate curated atomic and molecular line lists for spectral synthesis, integrating data from various sources and encouraging proper citation.

Contribution

It introduces a lightweight, easy-to-use line list generator that consolidates spectral data and promotes transparency and proper referencing in spectral analysis.

Findings

Provides a regularly updated GitHub repository with line lists and references

Facilitates spectral synthesis with curated atomic and molecular data

Encourages proper citation of data sources in research

Abstract

In this research note, we present linemake, an open-source atomic and molecular line list generator. Rather than a replacement for a number of well-established atomic and molecular spectral databases, linemake aims to be a lightweight, easy-to-use tool to generate formatted and curated lists suitable for spectral synthesis work. We encourage users of linemake to understand the sources of their transition data and cite them as appropriate in published work. We provide the code, line database, and an extensive list of literature references in a GitHub repository (https://github.com/vmplacco/linemake), which will be updated regularly as new data become available.