Towards a self-consistent approach to model cool hydrogen plasma emission

Cool (molecular) plasmas are ubiquitous throughout the Universe. Practically all opacity and emissivity studies of molecular plasmas are conducted utilizing data or codes taken from several different sources. To this end, we are developing a fully generalizable self-consistent approach to model cool hydrogen (H$_2$ and H$_2^+$) plasmas opacity and emissivity. Here we present results of cool hydrogen plasmas emission, and a preliminary investigation of the plasma effects in low-temperature hydrogen plasmas using an equation of state model.