Electrons, Stern-Gerlach magnets, and quantum mechanical propagation

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 325-331

  Batelaan, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 23044531893     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1450559     Document Type: Article

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