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Hydrogen Molecules in the Dark Ages Halos: Thermal Emission vs. Resonant Scattering

The emission from dark ages halos in the lines of transitions between lowest rotational levels of hydrogen and hydrogen deuteride molecules is analyzed. It is assumed molecules to be excited by CMB and collisions with hydrogen atoms. The physical parameters of halos and number density of molecules are precalculated in assumption that halos are homogeneous top-hat spheres formed from the cosmological density perturbations in the four-component Universe with post-Planck cosmological parameters. The differential brightness temperatures and differential spectral fluxes in the rotational lines of H$_2$-HD molecules are computed for two phenomena: thermal luminescence and resonant scattering of CMB radiation. The results show that expected maximal values of differential brightness temperature of warm halos ($T_K\sim$200-800 K) are at the level of nanokelvins, are comparable for both phenomena, and are below sensitivity of modern sub-millimeter radio telescopes. For hot halos ($T_K\sim$2000-5000 K) the thermal emission of H2-ortho molecules dominates and the differential brightness temperatures are predicted to be of a few microkelvins at the frequencies 300-600 GHz, that could be detectable with telescopes of a new generation.