Hadron lists based on experimental studies summarized by the Particle Data
Group (PDG) are a crucial input for the equation of state and thermal models
used in the study of strongly-interacting matter produced in heavy-ion
collisions. Modeling of these strongly-interacting systems is carried out via
hydrodynamical simulations, which are followed by hadronic transport codes that
also require a hadronic list as input. To remain consistent throughout the
different stages of modeling of a heavy-ion collision, the same hadron list
with its corresponding decays must be used at each step. It has been shown that
even the most uncertain states listed in the PDG from 2016 are required to
reproduce partial pressures and susceptibilities from Lattice Quantum
Chromodynamics with the hadronic list known as the PDG2016+. Here, we update
the hadronic list for use in heavy-ion collision modeling by including the
latest experimental information for all states listed in the Particle Data
Booklet in 2021. We then compare our new list, called PDG2021+, to Lattice
Quantum Chromodynamics results and find that it achieves even better agreement
with the first principles calculations than the PDG2016+ list. Furthermore, we
develop a novel scheme based on intermediate decay channels that allows for
only binary decays, such that PDG2021+ will be compatible with the hadronic
transport framework SMASH. Finally, we use these results to make comparisons to
experimental data and discuss the impact on particle yields and spectra.Comment: 17 pages, 16 figures, 2 table