Photon strength functions describing the average response of the nucleus to an electromagnetic probe are key input information in the theoretical modelling of nuclear reactions. Consequently they are important for a wide range of fields such as nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, medical isotope production, fission and fusion reactor technologies. They are also sources of information for widely used reaction libraries such as the IAEA Reference Input Parameter Library and evaluated data files such as EGAF.arXiv:1910.06966v1 [nucl-ex] 15 Oct 2019 Fig. 1 (Color online) Schematic representation on how NLDs and PSFs are extracted from the primary γ-ray spectrum. The firstgeneration γ-ray distribution (yellow triangle) is given by the product of the level density ρ(E i − E γ ) and the γ-ray transmission coefficient T γ (E γ ). All values of the elements of the ρ(E i − E γ ) and T γ (E γ ) vectors are allowed to vary in order to give the best fit to the P(E γ , E i ) landscape.

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Updated values and corresponding uncertainties of Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR) parameters which are obtained by the least-squares fitting of theoretical photoabsorption cross sections to experimental data are presented. The theoretical photoabsorption cross sections are taken as a sum of the components corresponding to the excitation of the GDR and quasideuteron photodisintegration. The current compilation is an extension and improvement of the earlier compilations of Lorentzian parameters for ground-state photoneutron and photoabsorption cross sections and covers experimental data made available up• GDR parameters were added for 271 datasets, including 24 new isotopes that were absent previously, i.e.• The GDR values for 40 datasets were corrected by revising the energy interval of fitting and modifying the uncertainty estimates.• The GDR parameters from 8 datasets, namely 15 N, 19 F, 26 Mg, 51 V, 59 Co, 127 I, 141 Pr, 197 Au were excluded due to the poor quality of the fit to experimental data.

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