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The author calculates the probability of non-adiabatic processes when an oriented atomic beam passes close to a point where the magnetic field vanishes.
Translated from Atomi orientati in campo magnetico variabile, “Il Nuovo Cimento”, vol. 9, 1932, pp. 43–50, by P. Radicati di Brozolo.
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Majorana, E. (2020). Oriented Atoms in a Variable Magnetic Field. In: Cifarelli, L. (eds) Scientific Papers of Ettore Majorana. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23509-3_8
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