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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 622, 期 2, 页码 1356-1362出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/427682
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atomic data; early universe; intergalactic medium; radio lines : general
We present accurate rates for spin exchange processes in collisions of hydrogen atoms for temperatures in the range 1 K < T < 300 K. A fully quantal, multichannel theory is employed in the calculations. We discuss the respective roles of spin exchange and long-range magnetic interactions in collisional redistribution of sublevel populations. We use the rates to calculate the spin temperature of hydrogen in the universe at 20 < z < 200 and explore its sensitivity to the collision data. We stress the important role of atomic collisions in enabling 21 cm tomography, recently proposed by Loeb & Zaldarriaga, of the dark age universe.
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