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The theory of the motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field as given in the preceding chapter is by no means complete. The reason is that, in addition to the angular momentum and magnetic moment due to the motion of the centre of mass of the electron, it is also necessary to ascribe to the electron intrinsic angular momentum and magnetic moment, as if it were not a point mass but a rotating charged body.1 These are called the spin angular momentum and magnetic moment, as opposed to those due to the motion of the centre of mass of the electron, which we shall now call orbital. The phenomenon itself is called the spin of the electron.
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© 1964 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Blokhintsev, D.I. (1964). Intrinsic Angular Momentum and Magnetic Moment of the Electron. Spin. In: Quantum Mechanics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9711-6_10
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