Emissivities and detectability of the pure rotational transitions of molecular hydrogen
Abstract
The emissivities of the infrared rotational transitions of H2 are calculated for temperatures from 10 K to 6000 K. The calculations are made for several ratios, R, of Para (J=0) to Ortho (J=1)H2. The possibility of detecting these transitions in interstellar molecular clouds is discussed.
- Publication:
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Contributions of the Observatory of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces Special Series
- Pub Date:
- April 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976CONMS...1..123S
- Keywords:
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- Emission Spectra;
- Hydrogen;
- Infrared Spectra;
- Transition Temperature;
- Chemical Composition;
- Interstellar Matter;
- Transition Flow;
- Astronomy