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The aim is to calculate the nonadiabatic transitions of a system with angular momentum in a gyrating magnetic field.

April 15, 1937

Space Quantization in a Gyrating Magnetic Field

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The aim is to calculate the nonadiabatic transitions of a system with angular momentum in a gyrating magnetic field.
Analyzed the effects of a rotating magnetic field inclined to the axis of angular momentum.
Calculated transitions based on the sign of the magnetic moment of the system.
Discussed applications to neutrons, molecular rotation, and atomic nuclear moments.
Demonstrated an absolute method for measuring the sign and magnitude of magnetic moments.
Found dependencies of transitions on the magnetic moment's sign.
Discussed implications for measuring magnetic moments in various systems.

Abstract

The nonadiabatic transitions which a system with angular momentum J makes in a magnetic field which is rotating about an axis inclined with respect to the field are calculated. It is shown that the effects depend on the sign of the magnetic moment of the system. We therefore have an absolute method for measuring the sign and magnitude of the moment of any system. Applications to the magnetic moment of the neutron, the rotational moment of molecules, and the nuclear moment of atoms with no extra-nuclear angular momentum are discussed.

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I. I. Rabi

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