What is ALADDIN ?

ALADDIN, A Labelled Atomic Data Interface, is a database system developed in order to provide a standard and flexible format and interface for the exchange and management of atomic, molecular and plasma-material interaction data of interest to fusion research. It was originally designed by R. Hulse at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. It is the system adopted by the IAEA and the Atomic Data Centre Network, an international group of sixteen data centres from several countries, for the exchange of data since 1988.

ALADDIN consists of a set of programs which provides an interactive data searching, display on any teletype terminal, and data manipulation capability. It can run on a variety of systems, since the current version requires only an ANSI FORTRAN-77 compatible compiler; a C-version for PC is under development. ALADDIN is maintained by the IAEA atomic and Molecular Data Unit.

As part of the Atomic and Molecular Data Information System (AMDIS), introduced recently by the IAEA Atomic and Molecular Data Unit, the ALADDIN database is now available on-line on the INTERNET, as well as in the traditional diskette form. Those interested in using the on-line version should contact the Atomic and Molecular Data Unit at the address given in the foreword for details.

A list of the atomic and molecular and plasma-surface interaction recommended databases is given here.

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