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An ensemble of electrons is said to be polarized if the electron spins have a preferential orientation so that there exists a direction for which the two possible spin states are not equally populated. Reasons are given for the interest in polarized electrons.
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N. F. Mott, H. S. W. Massey: The Theory of Atomic Collisions (Clarendon, Oxford 1965 ) Chap. IX
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Kessler, J. (1985). Introduction. In: Polarized Electrons. Springer Series on Atoms+Plasmas, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02434-8_1
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