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The effect of changes in the general photon distribution on the (infrared-active and Raman-active) vibrational spectra and emissivities of a system of harmonic oscillators is examined. An application is given to the Bose condensation of photons, postulated in the Fröhlich model for in vivo biological systems, and its consequences for their millimeter-wave and far-infrared vibrational spectra and vibrational emissivities. Implications of the analysis for the interpretation of such spectra are discussed.
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Illinger, K.H. (1984). Millimeter-Wave and Far-Infrared Spectroscopic Properties of Cellular Systems. In: Adey, W.R., Lawrence, A.F. (eds) Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2789-9_33
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