The Emission Line Project:

Benchmarking the Plasma Spectral Emission Codes

Nancy S. Brickhouse & Jeremy Drake

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Chandra X-ray Observatory Center

M.I.T.
February 19, 1999

Overview of Plasma Spectral Emission Codes

Critical Evaluation of Atomic Data

Why Other Benchmarks Are Not Enough

Comments on Solar Data

ELP Functional Activities

Utility of ELP Stellar Spectra for Atomic Physics