Quantum-mechanical analysis of a longitudinal Stern-Gerlach effect

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 4508-4511

  Gallup, G A ^a   Batelaan, H ^a   Gay, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS;

ELECTRON SPIN; STERN-GERLACH EFFECTS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0035858545     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4508     Document Type: Article

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