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Low-frequency electromagnetic radiation of hydrogen molecular gas: effect of the ortho-para conversion

Atomic Physics 2018-11-19 v1

Abstract

We calculate the rate of the spontaneous magnetic dipole radiation transitions from ortho- to para-states of the hydrogen molecule at the room temperature with the radiation wavelengths about 0.01 - 0.1 cm. Exponentially small differences between the rotational energies and heat capacities of parahydrogen and orthohydrogen molecules and also diatomic molecules consisting of different hydrogen atoms for high temperatures are derived.

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@article{arxiv.1811.06835,
  title  = {Low-frequency electromagnetic radiation of hydrogen molecular gas: effect of the ortho-para conversion},
  author = {A. M. Ishkhanyan and V. P. Krainov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.06835},
  year   = {2018}
}