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Carlson et al. 1992

Carlson, B.E., Q. Ma, and A.A. Lacis, 1992: On the inclusion of the hydrogen dimer in the analysis of Voyager IRIS spectra. Astrophys. J., 394, L29-L32, doi:10.1086/186465.

Empirical formulas are fitted to existing theoretical absorption spectra of H₂-H₂ pairs in the far-infrared allowing is to include dimer absoprtion, parameterized with the height dependence of the para-hydrogen profile, in our calculations. Comparison between synthetic and Voyager IRIS spectra shows that once the dimer absorption is included it is now possible to reproduce the hydrogen portion of the IRIS spectrum to within the precision of the instruments.

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@article{ca03800l,
  author={Carlson, B. E. and Ma, Q. and Lacis, A. A.},
  title={On the inclusion of the hydrogen dimer in the analysis of Voyager IRIS spectra},
  year={1992},
  journal={Astrophysical Journal},
  volume={394},
  pages={L29--L32},
  doi={10.1086/186465},
}

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JA  - Astrophys. J.
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