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