Photodissociation and photoionization cross sections See photo.tar file with the photodissociation (.pd) and photoionization (.pi) cross sections. The basic reference is: E.F. van Dishoeck 1988, in Rate Coefficients in Astrochemistry, eds. T.J. Millar and D.A. Williams (Kluwer), p. 49-72. The format is: - line 1: title - line 2: number of discrete transitions N (5 in this case) - line 3-3+N: - label of transition - wavelength (A) - pi e^2/m c^2 lambda^2 f eta (cm^2 A) (See Eq. 2) - line 3+N+1: number of wavelengths M at which continuous cross section is specified - line 3+N+2: lower wavelength threshold for continuous cross section (cross section is zero for lambda < lambda_th) this is often indicated with a minus sign, or, in case the zero is explicitly listed as the last point, as -1. - line 3+N+2+M: - label - wavelength (A) - cross section (cm^2) at specific wavelengths you need to make a spline fit through these points to get the continuous cross section as a function of wavelength (See Eq. 1) Photoionization is only by continuous absorption.