Abstract
In the previous chapters, we have already seen that a directional quantisation exists. The angular momentum vectors in an atom can only orient themselves in certain discrete directions relative to a particular axis (the quantisation axis). The directional quantisation is described by the magnetic quantum number m. In an applied magnetic field B 0 , the interaction energy between the field and the magnetic moment of the electrons in an atom, which we have already calculated, leads to a splitting of the energy terms, which is described by the different possible values of the magnetic quantum number. We shall concern ourselves in this chapter with the measurement of this energy splitting.
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Haken, H., Wolf, H.C. (1987). Atoms in a Magnetic Field: Experiments and Their Semiclassical Description. In: Atomic and Quantum Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97014-6_13
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