Small White Board Question: Magnetic Moment & Stern-Gerlach Experiments
Quantum Fundamentals 2021
Students consider the relation (1) between the angular momentum and magnetic moment for a current loop and (2) the force on a magnetic moment in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. Students make a (classical) prediction of the outcome of a Stern-Gerlach experiment.
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Angular Momentum Spin Magnetic Moment Stern-Gerlach Experiments Quantum Mechanics
What students learn
- Spin and magnetic moment are related.
- Magnetic moments experience a force from an inhomogeneous magnetic field
- Classically, you'd expect a continuous smear in a Stern-Gerlach experiment, but what you get is two dots.
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- Angular Momentum Spin Magnetic Moment Stern-Gerlach Experiments Quantum Mechanics
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