About the atomic and molecular databases in the planetary community -- A contribution in the Laboratory Astrophysics Data WG IAU 2022 GA session

TL;DR

This paper discusses the importance, organization, and challenges of atomic and molecular databases in planetary science, emphasizing FAIR principles and their role in spectroscopic data interpretation.

Contribution

It provides an overview of existing A&M databases relevant to planetary science and addresses issues related to access, organization, and infrastructure.

Findings

Existing databases are crucial for interpreting spectroscopic data.

Challenges include data accessibility and standardization.

The paper promotes FAIR principles for database improvement.

Abstract

This paper corresponds to an invited oral contribution to the session 5A organised by the IAU inter-commission B2-B5 working group (WG) "Laboratory Astrophysics Data Compilation, Validation and Standardization: from the Laboratory to FAIR usage in the Astronomical Community" at the IAU 2022 General Assembly (GA). This WG provides a platform where to discuss the Findability, Accessibility,Interoperability, Reuse (FAIR) usage of laboratory Atomic and Molecular (A&M) data in astronomy and astrophysics. A&M data play a key role in the understanding of the physics and chemistry of processes in several research topics, including planetary science and interdisciplinary research in particular the atmospheres of planets and planetary explorations, etc. Databases, compilation of spectroscopic parameters, and facility tools are used by computer codes to interpret spectroscopic observations and simulate them. In this talk I presented existing A&M databases of interest to the planetary community focusing on access, organisation, infrastructures, limitations and issues, etc.