PX262 - G1 - particle with angular momentum in magnetic field
- considering the classical motion of an electron on a circular path with a radius,
, and angular velocity, - the magnitude of the angular momentum will be:
- it direction will be perpendicular to the plane of the orbit
- the circular movement will induce a current,
, when moving around a loop of area, - the magnetic moment will be equal to the product of the current and the loop area, its direction anti-parallel to
due to the negative sign: - using postulate 3, the magnetic moment operator:
- the
-component of the operator: - if a magnetic field,
, is applied to this system, the energy of the interaction will be:
- in quantum mechanics, if the
-field is aligned with the -axis: - systems that are eigenstates of
, with eigenvalue , a measurement will yield: - defining the bohr magneton
- if the state with
is put into the magnetic field, three transmission energies are expected in the spectra, for