Proton magnetic resonance study of the H2–Ne potential energy surface

Abstract
Measurements of the proton spin‐lattice relaxation time (T1) carried out at 18.775 MHz in two H2–Ne mixtures are presented. Values for T1/ρ)lin, accurate to within 2% are deduced for ten temperatures between 99 and 296 K. These data are compared with values obtained from close‐coupled scattering calculations for a Hartree–Fock plus damped dispersion (HFD) model potential energy surface, allowing a refined anisotropic contribution to be determined.