The Production of and Experiments in Strong Magnetic Fields

Abstract

In the light of modern knowledge we take it that the structural character of the atom is of an essentially dynamic nature: that is, the atom consists of a system in which moving charged bodies move round a central nucleus, the properties of the atom being wholly dependent on the number and orbits of the electrons. We therefore see that these properties, for instance the magnetic moments, coherence forces, spectra, etc., may be changed if we can find a means of disturbing the motion of the orbital electrons. The most efficient way of doing this is by subjecting the atom to an outside magnetic force.