The Exact Theory of the Stern–Gerlach Experiment and Why It Does Not Imply That a Fermion Can Only Have Its Spin Up or Down

The Stern–Gerlach experiment is notoriously counter-intuitive. The official theory is that the spin of a fermion remains always aligned with the magnetic field. Its directions are thus quantized: It can only be spin-up or spin-down. However, that theory is based on mathematical errors in the way it...

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Main Author: Gerrit Coddens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/1/134