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- Model atmospheres for G, F, A, B, and O stars (1979) (1496)
- ATLAS9 Stellar Atmosphere Programs and 2 km/s grid. (1993) (1438)
- Model Atmospheres for Population Synthesis (1992) (577)
- New Grids of ATLAS9 Model Atmospheres (2004) (525)
- SYNTHE Spectrum Synthesis Programs and Line Data. (1993) (455)
- A new sunspot umbral model and its variation with the solar cycle (1986) (422)
- An improved high-resolution solar reference spectrum for earth's atmosphere measurements in the ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared (2010) (364)
- Atomic Line Data (1995) (357)
- A major upgrade of the VALD database (2015) (339)
- in Modelling of Stellar Atmospheres (2004) (316)
- The binary progenitor of Tycho Brahe's 1572 supernova (2004) (209)
- New Opacity Calculations (1991) (205)
- Calculation of Solar Irradiances. I. Synthesis of the Solar Spectrum (1999) (204)
- A calibration of Geneva photometry for B to G stars in terms of Teff, log g and $[M/H]$ (1997) (164)
- Atlas: a Computer Program for Calculating Model Stellar Atmospheres (1970) (115)
- Blanketed model atmospheres for early-type stars (1974) (113)
- Atomic line list (1995) (110)
- Solar abundance model atmospheres for 0,1,2,4,8 km/s. (1994) (105)
- The nonsolar abundance ratios of Arcturus deduced from spectrum synthesis (1993) (104)
- Atomic and molecular data for opacity calculations (1992) (102)
- Atomic data for interpreting stellar spectra: isotopic and hyperfine data (1993) (88)
- "Finding" the "missing" solar ultraviolet opacity. (1992) (87)
- Synthetic Infrared Spectra (1994) (86)
- New Atmospheres for Modelling Binaries and Disks (1993) (77)
- The Solar Spectrum: Atlases and Line Identifications (1995) (74)
- ATLAS12: Opacity sampling model atmosphere program (2013) (71)
- Update of the HITRAN collision-induced absorption section (2019) (71)
- Theoretical uvby-beta indices (1986) (69)
- Is missing Fe I opacity in stellar atmospheres a significant problem (2004) (69)
- A theoretical analysis of uvby photometry. (1978) (67)
- New atlases for solar flux, irradiance, central intensity, and limb intensity (2005) (65)
- The solar spectrum (1991) (63)
- A new opacity-sampling model atmosphere program for arbitrary abundances (1993) (61)
- Including all the lines (2009) (60)
- Diatomic Molecular Data for Opacity Calculations. (1993) (60)
- The Progenitor of Supernova 1993J Revisited (2002) (56)
- ATLAS12, SYNTHE, ATLAS9, WIDTH9, et cetera (2005) (56)
- A NEW VIEW OF VEGA'S COMPOSITION, MASS, AND AGE (2009) (52)
- The spectrum of singly ionized yttrium, Y II (1991) (52)
- The Kurucz Smithsonian Atomic and Molecular Database (1995) (47)
- A statistical procedure for computing line-blanketed model stellar atmospheres with applications to the F5 IV star procyon (1966) (47)
- Relative abundance determinations in extremely metal poor giants. II. Transition probabilities and the abundance determinations (1990) (46)
- The solar abundance of iron : a final word! (1991) (44)
- The eclipsing binary AI Phoenicis : new results based on an improved light curve analysis program (1992) (42)
- HELIOS-K 2.0 Opacity Calculator and Open-source Opacity Database for Exoplanetary Atmospheres (2021) (40)
- A Critical List of Voigt-fitted Equivalent Width Measurements Based on the Solar Flux Spectrum (1993) (38)
- New extended atomic data in cool star model atmospheres - Using Kurucz's new iron data in MAFAGS-OS models (2009) (34)
- Solar Spectrum Synthesis I. A sample atlas from 224 to 300 NM (1981) (33)
- The Primordial Lithium Abundance (1995) (33)
- Computed H β indices from ATLAS9 model atmospheres (2006) (29)
- New Fe II energy levels from stellar spectra (2010) (28)
- Remaining Line Opacity Problems for the Solar Spectrum (1992) (28)
- A Survey of Proper-Motion Stars. II. Extracting Metallicities from High-Resolution, Low S/N Spectra (1987) (28)
- OH and CH continuous opacity in solar and stellar atmospheres (1987) (26)
- Erratum) Notes on the convection in the ATLAS9 model atmospheres. (1997) (25)
- High Resolution Irradiance Spectrum from 300 to 1000 nm (2006) (24)
- Including All the Lines: Data Releases for Spectra and Opacities through 2017 (2017) (24)
- A preliminary theoretical line-blanketed model solar photosphere (1974) (22)
- Stellar model chromospheres. V - Alpha Centauri A /G2 V/ and Alpha Centauri B /K1 V/ (1976) (22)
- A study of solar photospheric limb-darkening variations (1984) (22)
- Center and limb solar spectrum in high spectral resolution 225.2 nm to 319.6 nm (1978) (22)
- Model atmospheres for Vega (1994) (21)
- Progress on Model Atmospheres and Line Data (1997) (21)
- The Baade-Wesselink Method and the Distances to RR Lyrae Stars. III. The Field Star SW Draconis (1987) (21)
- A table of semiempirical gf values. Part 1. Wavelengths: 5. 2682 nm to 272. 3380 nm (1975) (21)
- Ultraviolet spectra for $\lambda$ Boo (HD 125162) computed with H$_{\mathsf 2}$ opacities and Lyman-$\alpha$ H-H and H-H$^{+}$ opacities (2001) (21)
- A table of semiempirical gf values. Part 2. Wavelengths: 272. 3395 nm to 599. 3892 nm (1975) (20)
- Atomic and molecular data needs for astrophysics (2002) (19)
- High resolution atmospheric transmission calculations down to 28.7 km in the 200-243-nm spectral range. (1979) (19)
- Model Atmosphere Codes: ATLAS12 and ATLAS9 (2014) (18)
- Solar spectrum synthesis (1981) (18)
- NEW Fe i LEVEL ENERGIES AND LINE IDENTIFICATIONS FROM STELLAR SPECTRA (2017) (18)
- Statistical Procedure for Computing Line-Blanketed Model Stellar Atmospheres. (1966) (18)
- The Fourth Positive System of Carbon Monoxide (1976) (17)
- Term analysis and hyperfine structure in neutral vanadium (1997) (16)
- Effects of CO molecules on the outer solar atmosphere. Dynamical models with opacity distribution functions (1988) (15)
- A New Theoretical Model Photosphere (1991) (15)
- ACCESS: absolute color calibration experiment for standard stars (2007) (15)
- ATLAS9: Model atmosphere program with opacity distribution functions (2017) (15)
- Atomic Data for Mn and Co. (1994) (14)
- New identified (3H)4d - (3H)4f transitions of Fe II from UVES spectra of HR 6000 and 46 Aql (2009) (14)
- Limbdarkening for 2 km/s grid (No. 13): [+0.0] to [-5.0]. (1993) (13)
- A matrix method for calculating the source function, mean intensity, and flux in a model atmosphere. (1969) (13)
- Semiemprical calculation of gf values (1980) (13)
- Measurement of the oscillator strengths and autoionization widths of the neutral-aluminum multiplet 3s2 3p2 P0 - 3s 3p2 2P (1981) (13)
- Iron abundance in the prototype PG 1159 star, GW Vir pulsator PG 1159―035, and related objects (2011) (12)
- A table of semiempirical gf values. Part 3: Wavelengths: 599.4004 nm to 9997.2746 nm. [to calculate line-blanketed model atmospheres for solar and stellar spectra] (1975) (12)
- Semiempirical Calculation of gf Values, IV: Fe II (1981) (12)
- New Mn II energy levels from the STIS-HST spectrum of the HgMn star HD 175640 (2015) (12)
- The Photospheric Absorption Lines in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of the Multiple System HD 5980 (2002) (11)
- CHROMOSPHERIC MODELS AND THE OXYGEN ABUNDANCE IN GIANT STARS (2016) (11)
- Sample spectral atlas for sirius (1979) (11)
- The ultraviolet spectra of Alpha Aquilae and Alpha Canis Minoris (1977) (10)
- The Mount Wilson Observatory Metallicity Index, C RV: Comparison with Other Photometric Systems (1993) (10)
- Identification of the broad solar emission features near 117 nm (2006) (10)
- Atomic Data for Ca, Sc, Ti, V, and Cr. (1994) (10)
- Chromospheric flare models. (1986) (10)
- Opacities for Stellar Atmospheres: [+0.0],[+0.5],[+1.0]. (1993) (10)
- DASCH DISCOVERY OF A POSSIBLE NOVA-LIKE OUTBURST IN A PECULIAR SYMBIOTIC BINARY (2011) (9)
- Convective Intensification of Magnetic Flux Tubes in Stellar Photospheres (2002) (9)
- Photospheric limb-darkening signatures of global structure variations (1985) (9)
- New Fe i Level Energies and Line Identifications from Stellar Spectra. III. Initial Results from UV, Optical, and Infrared Spectra (2014) (9)
- ACCESS: Enabling an Improved Flux Scale for Astrophysics (2010) (9)
- A study of convective model stellar atmospheres using a modified mixing-length theory (1982) (8)
- A library of theoretical stellar flux spectra. I. Synthetic UBVRI photometry and the metallicity scale for F- to K-type stars. (1992) (8)
- Steps toward a physical calibration of UBV photometry (1985) (8)
- Synthetic template spectra (1995) (8)
- On-board calibration monitor for tracking instrument sensitivity (2008) (7)
- Variations in photospheric limb darkening as a diagnostic of changes in solar luminosity (1982) (7)
- Search for the Companions of Galactic SNe Ia (2003) (7)
- Effects of line blanketing on the solar windows (1968) (7)
- Physical, numerical, and computational limits for Kurucz codes (2005) (7)
- Stellar spectral synthesis in the ultraviolet (1974) (7)
- A Few Things We Do Not Know about Stars and Model Atmospheres (2001) (6)
- Opacities for Stellar Atmospheres: [-3.5],[-4.0],[-4.5]. (1993) (6)
- Status of the ATLAS 12 Opacity Sampling Program and of New Programs for Rosseland and for Distribution Function Opacity (1996) (6)
- MPS-ATLAS: A fast all-in-one code for synthesising stellar spectra (2021) (6)
- Problems with Atomic and Molecular Data: Including All the Lines (2014) (6)
- ACCESS: design and sub-system performance (2012) (6)
- The rotational velocity and barium abundance of Sirius. (1977) (5)
- ACCESS: design and preliminary performance (2010) (5)
- A Few Things We Do Not Know About the Sun and F-G Stars (2002) (5)
- ACCESS: status and pre-flight performance (2014) (4)
- Model Stellar Atmospheres and Real Stellar Atmospheres (1996) (4)
- The empirical BC versus T(eff) scale for non-supergiant O9-G5 stars (1986) (4)
- Theory of Stellar Atmospheres (Theorie des Atmospheres Stellaires) (1976) (4)
- THE ROCKET ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OF A STARS. (1968) (4)
- Stellar limb darkening. A new MPS-ATLAS library for Kepler, TESS, CHEOPS, and PLATO passbands (2022) (4)
- New Lines, New Models, New Colors (1991) (3)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: Model Atmospheres (Kurucz, 1979) (1993) (3)
- Spatially Resolved STIS Spectroscopy of Betelgeuse's Outer Atmosphere (2003) (3)
- Model Atmospheres for Individual Stars with Arbitrary Abundances (1997) (3)
- Biological damage due to photospheric, chromospheric and flare radiation in the environments of main-sequence stars (2009) (3)
- Elementary Physics in the Cellular Automaton Universe (2006) (3)
- Models for Vega (1993) (3)
- Computation of Opacities for Diatomic Molecules (1994) (3)
- Helium Enhancement in the Metal-rich Red Giants of ω Centauri (2020) (3)
- Opacities for Stellar Atmospheres: [-4.0a],[-4.5a],[-5.0a] +.4 alpha (1993) (2)
- Astrobiological effects of F, G, K and M main-sequence stars (2007) (2)
- Why I study the solar spectrum (1990) (2)
- Effective temperature and bolometric correction for HD 61421, HD 87901, HD 159561, and HD 216956 (1985) (2)
- Fe II emission lines in the UV spectrum of Sirius-A and Vega ⋆ (1998) (2)
- Semiempirical Determination of Fe II Oscillator Strengths (1988) (2)
- ACCESS: thermal mechanical design and performance (2013) (2)
- Atomic and Diatomic Molecular Opacities for Atmospheres and Envelopes (1992) (2)
- Semiempirical Calculation of gf Values: sc II (3d+4s) 2 - (3d+4s) 4p, a Detialed Example (1973) (2)
- Astrobiological Effects of Stellar Radiation in Circumstellar Environments (2006) (2)
- An outline of radiatively-driven cosmology (2000) (2)
- Gedanken Astrophysics - the Universe Since Recombination (1992) (2)
- A table of semiempirical gf values. Pt 1: Wavelengths: 5.2682 NM to 272.3380 nm; Pt 2: Wavelengths: 272.3395 NM to 599.3892 nm; Pt 3: Wavelengths: 599.4004 NM to 9997.2746 NM (1975) (1)
- Reducing photometry by computing atmospheric transmission (1989) (1)
- Theoretical Stellar Energy Distributions (1986) (1)
- The formation of life (2000) (1)
- High resolution ultraviolet stellar spectroscopy from space observations: What atomic physics and astrophysics can do for each other (1990) (1)
- Radiatively-Driven Cosmology in the Cellular Automaton Universe (2006) (1)
- Solar Spectroscopy: Visible Emission (2000) (1)
- Astrobiology in the Environments of Main-Sequence Stars: Effects of Photospheric Radiation (2007) (1)
- Opacities for Stellar Atmospheres: [-0.5],[-1.0],[-1.5]. (1993) (1)
- The Grid of Model Stellar Atmospheres from 50,000° to 11,000° (1969) (1)
- A progress report on theoretical photometry. (1979) (1)
- Semiempirical Calculation of gf values, II: Fe I(3d+4s)8 - (3d+4s)7 4p (1974) (1)
- Progress on Solar Opacity (1985) (1)
- Model Stellar Atmospheres and Real Stellar Atmospheres and Status of the ATLAS12 Opacity Sampling Program and of New Programs for Rosseland and for Distribution Function Opacity (1996) (1)
- Cool stars: spectral energy distributions and model atmosphere fluxes (1993) (1)
- Solar Ultraviolet Spectrum Synthesis. (1976) (1)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: Computed Hbeta indices from ATLAS9 model (Castelli+, 2006) (2006) (1)
- The precession of Mercury and the deflection of starlight by special relativity alone (2006) (1)
- How to Build a Model of the Atmosphere and Spectrum (2014) (1)
- Opacities for Stellar Atmospheres: [-2.0],[-2.5],[-3.0]. (1993) (1)
- Line-Blanketing in Theoretical Model Atmospheres for F, G, and K-Type Stars (1988) (1)
- Opacities for Stellar Atmospheres: [-2.5a],[-3.0a],[-3.5a] +.4 alpha. (1993) (1)
- The Possible Role of Radiative Acceleration in Supporting Extended Atmospheres in Be Stars (1976) (0)
- The "Extra-Solar Giant Planets" are Brown Dwarfs (2001) (0)
- A Calibration of FWHM vs. v for UV Lines (2004) (0)
- New calibration of the Vilnius photometric system. I. Effective temperatures and gravities of B-type stars (1993) (0)
- 1999 TiO linelist from Schwenke (1998). (1999) (0)
- The Metallicity Distribution Function of Halo Dwarfs and Globular Clusters (1988) (0)
- K Stars: Analysis of IUE-LW Fluxes (1994) (0)
- Theoretical Stellar Flux Spectra for F- to K-type Stars (Buser+ 1992) (1995) (0)
- Binaries among the blue stragglers in M67. (1991) (0)
- RR Lyrae studies with Kepler: showcasing RR Lyr (2013) (0)
- Model Atmospheres for Globular Cluster Stars (1981) (0)
- Yet another progress report: new models soon. (1988) (0)
- Most Population III Supernovae are Duds (2008) (0)
- The progenitor of Tycho Brahe’s 1572 supernova (0)
- The Spectrum of Sirius from 307 to 1040 NM (1995) (0)
- Further Enhancements to the Wilson-Devinney Eclipsing Binary Modeling Code (1994) (0)
- High Resolution Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Cool Dwarf Stars (2018) (0)
- ACCESS: Thermal Mechanical Design, Performance, and Status (2014) (0)
- A table of semiempirical gf values. Pt 4: FeII (1981) (0)
- Atmospheres for population II stars. (1987) (0)
- The empirical B.C. (Bolometric Correction) versus T eff scale for non-supergiant O9 - G5 stars. (1985) (0)
- DIVISION IX / COMMISSION 25 / WORKING GROUP: INFRARED ASTRONOMY (2010) (0)
- DASCH J075731.1+201735: Discovery of A Peculiar Slow Nova in A Peculiar Symbiotic Binary (2011) (0)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: B to G stars calibration in Geneva photometry (Kunzli+, 1997) (1996) (0)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: New FeII energy levels from stellar spectra (Castelli+, 2010) (2010) (0)
- Research on Spectroscopy, Opacity, and Atmospheres (1999) (0)
- The Distances to RR Lyrae Variables (1988) (0)
- UV spectrum of λ boo (2015) (0)
- WORKING GROUP ON INFRARED ASTRONOMY (2015) (0)
- A few things we do not know about the sun and F stars and G stars (2000) (0)
- High-cadence high-resolution spectroscopy of the prototype RR Lyrae (2014) (0)
- High-cadence high-resolution spectroscopy of the prototype RR Lyrae (2014) (0)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: Semiempirical gf Values (Kurucz + 1975) (1996) (0)
- Line Blanketing in VEGA and Sirus (1976) (0)
- DIVISION IX / COMMISSION 25 / WORKING GROUP INFRARED ASTRONOMY (2007) (0)
- DIVISION IX / COMMISSION 25 / WORKING GROUP INFRARED ASTRONOMY (2011) (0)
- Fundamental parameters of Cepheids IV. Radii and luminosities (1997) (0)
- Stellar Atmospheric Modelling for the ACCESS Program (2018) (0)
- Chromosphere flare models (1985) (0)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: New FeI level energies from stellar spectra (Peterson+, 2015) (2015) (0)
- Survey for the companions of SN 1572 and SN 1006 (2004) (0)
- Opacities for Stellar Atmospheres: [+0.1],[+0.2],[+0.3]. (1993) (0)
- VizieR Online Data Catalog: New MnII energy levels (Castelli+, 2015) (2015) (0)
- Cryptoplanet update (2007) (0)
- Report on the celescope ultraviolet observations from the OAO-2 satellite and associated research at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. (1973) (0)
- Effect of the variation of electronic dipole moment on theoretical spectra: application to the λ Bootis stars (1999) (0)
- ACCESS: Mission Overview, Design and Status (2010) (0)
- ACCESS: integration and pre-flight performance (2017) (0)
- Photospheric and sunspot models from high-resolution spectrum synthesis. (1983) (0)
- The Solar Oxygen Abundance, and the Rare Isotopes of C and O, Derived from Infrared Spectra of Carbon Monoxide (2005) (0)
- The Distances and Absolute Magnitudes of RR Lyrae Variables (1986) (0)
- New Lyman alpha-opacities and consequences on stellar spectra (1999) (0)
- IMF for Mgt3Me, Recycling of Mass, and Energy Balance in the ISM (1983) (0)
- On-line atomic & molecular data for astronomy. (1996) (0)
- Identifying New Fe I Levels from Stellar Spectra (2015) (0)
- ACCESS: Design, Strategy, and Test Performance (2013) (0)
- Solar-cycle temperature variations in sunspots (1984) (0)
- Ultraviolet spectra for Boo (HD 125162) computed with H2 opacities and Lyman- H{H and H{H + opacities (2001) (0)
- Working Group on Infrared Astronomy (Groupe de Travail pour Astronomie Infrarouge) (2000) (0)
- Theoretical Colors for Helium Rich Cepheids. (1979) (0)
- 0 ELEMENTARY PHYSICS IN THE CELLULAR AUTOMATON UNIVERSE (2006) (0)
- DIVISION IX / COMMISSION 25 / WORKING GROUP INFRARED ASTRONOMY (2007) (0)
- Investigation of Photospheric Limb-Darkening Variation Between 1980 and 1985 (1985) (0)
- Yet another Progress Report - New Model Atmospheres Soon (1988) (0)
- Rapid computation of line opacity in SYNTHE and DFSYNTHE (2005) (0)
- A correction to the pp reaction (2000) (0)
- The fourth positive system of carbon monoxide. [tables (data)] (1976) (0)
- ACCESS Sub-system Performance (2016) (0)
- An Upper Limit for the Deuterium Abundance in the Halo Star HD 140283 (1994) (0)
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