Magnetic field dependent yield of geminate radical pair recombination in micelles: Test of the Johnson-Merrifield approximation Original Research Article

The magnetic field dependence of the radical pair recombination yield in micelles is investigated by an accurate numerical solution of the stochastic Liouville equation and by the Johnson-Merrifield approximation. Despite the simplicity of the approximation which is based on simple balance equations for the populations of the states it is found that useful results (~ 10% accuracy) are obtained in the expected region of applicability which includes typical experimental situations.