The Stern-Gerlach experiment at 100
Abstract
100 years ago, Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach demonstrated that silver atoms have a quantized magnetic moment, as predicted from the Bohr-Sommerfeld model of the atom. But the correct interpretation of the result proved to be far more subtle — and revolutionary.
- Publication:
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Nature Reviews Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 2022
- DOI:
- 10.1038/s42254-022-00436-4
- Bibcode:
- 2022NatRP...4..140C