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The Journal of Chemical Physics

Is spin-aligned hydrogen a Bose gas?

Jack H. Freed

Published Jan 15, 1980• 29 citations
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Abstract

The Born−Oppenheimer approximation is used to discuss Bose statistics of spin aligned H atoms under conditions of low temperature, high magnetic field and high density. (AIP)
DOI
10.1063/1.439224

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