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SUBMITTER: Chekmenev EY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8445596 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS earth & space chemistry 20200318 4
A long-overdue hypothesis on the origin of magnetic field of Jovian planets is presented. It is proposed that rapid parahydrogen↔orthohydrogen exchange catalyzed by aerosol clouds of parahydrogen-rich planetary layers renders hyperpolarized nuclear spin state of orthohydrogen (and potentially other proton-containing compounds). This enhancement of nuclear spin polarization by several orders of magnitude (termed <i>hyper</i>polarization) significantly enhances otherwise negligible proton magnetiz ...[more]